WEBSITE REVIEW ASSIGNMENT |
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| FORMAT: Use the headings in capital letters below in your entry. |
TOPIC: specify content area that you were assigned
TITLE OF SITE: give title of website (found at the very very top of the browser screen)
WEBSITE ADDRESS: complete and accurate (I recommend copying/pasting it in) (not wikipedia).
AUTHOR/AFFILIATION: give author and author’s affiliation (if individual author is not given, give only the affiliation – the agency or organization.). Spell out all acronyms.
ANNOTATION: indicate information obtainable from site and relevance to class (80-120 words).
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| RULES |
- Find the best website on the subject (especially useful if contains links to related sites but the site cannot contain only links; it must contain significant, relevant info; cannot be wikipedia).
- E-mail your website review to me to post it at http://wc.pima.edu/~bfiero/bio105/105sites.htm.
- Give a short (less than 3 minutes) oral presentation on your assigned website to persuade your classmates to go to the website.
- Your annotation section must be 80-120 words (if you type it in Microsoft Word then it will do a word count for you).
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| SAMPLE |
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Your Name: Brad Fiero
TOPIC: Plate Tectonics
TITLE OF SITE: This Dynamic Earth: The Story of Plate Tectonics
WEBSITE ADDRESS: http://pubs.usgs.gov/publications/text/dynamic.html
AUTHOR/AFFILIATION: W. Jacquelyne Kious and Robert I. Tilling, U.S. Geological Survey
ANNOTATION: This site covers many aspects of plate tectonics -- from the origin of the theory and its concepts, to the present day events and their effects on humankind. This site uses stunning images to help one understand the concepts. Finally, this site contains many links to other good sites on plate tectonics and related subjects.
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| SCORING RUBRIC |
Website Topic and Title accurate (1 pt)
Author/Affiliation complete and accurate and must include affiliation (2 pts)
Annotation useful (5 pts)
Oral Presentation (2 pts): convincing argument to go to website
Penalties:
- Website Address not accurate (-2 if corrected; otherwise –8)
- Website not clearly one of the best on the class subject area (-4)
- One or more grammatical errors (-1)
- Late (-1/day late)
Total: 8 points for review + 2 points for presentation |