First P.W. goin' on.

It comes the time when we finally revise all of our notes and start to prepare for something. This time, a practical work. There will be a few of them throughout the year and this one is about evaluation of web sites that have to do with the classroom.
The first step was make use of GoogleDocs in order to get the groups of no more of three o four people. Below each group we had to state what sites we are going to analise. One of them will be about its potential usefulness as resource for materials design and the other about its usefulness in the classroom.

The criteria for evaluating web resources will be divided into: purpose, authority, objectivity, appropriatness, currency, responsibility, clarity and accessibility.

So far, we are starting to analise these two sites:

http://www.mes-english.com/

http://www.cambridge.org/ar/elt/students/zones/resources/item2325607/?site_locale=es_AR&resourceType=2505894&resourceTypeVisibility=student&currentSubjectID=2325607&pageNo=1

We will let you know about our conclusions as soon as we have the results.

Personally, I'm getting a lot out of this because I've never approached a website in this way. It's the first time I examine the authenticity of a site, finding out about the creator and his purposes. Until now, I just looked for the things I needed, no matter where did they come from. Of course, I will be teaching someday, so I must be very careful with the material I choose. This practical work is a great tool to have in mind.