2.1.1 Collecting Reputable Digital Resources Quest

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 2.1.1 Collecting Reputable Digital Resources Quest

In doing my web-based walkabout I found numerous sites that are valuable to educators. However, we must be vigilant to remember to check all sites for :
1. Authority- who is the author of this site?
2. Accuracy- is the information reliable? Credible? Valid?
3. Purpose- when was this article, site, info published? Is it timely?
4. Audience- who is this site targeting?

Be careful and mindful of what is on the web- you can get sucked in to unreliable and "shady" sites.

If you are looking for scholarly sites and reports stay away from ~ in the web name- this generally means it is a personal blog site. Which will lead to more opinions than facts.

I also had no idea about DNS- I really found this quite interesting and realize this can help me tremendously when searching and "googling" results come up. This can save be a ton of time and stress to know that....

• .edu (education)
• .gov (government)
• .mil (US military)
• .org (may be a non-profit organization)

The following sites I found to be very helpful for me in teaching gifted teachers or working with gifted students and parents.

http://hoagiesgifted.org/


http://yourgiftedtalentedchild.com/characteristics-of-gifted-children-2/

NURTURE THEIR GIFTS

http://www.nsgt.org/about-the-society/


All three of these sites were new to me- I found many more put realized after this session many were only advertising or blogs.