Read Aloud

I did my Read Aloud on the same website I validated, The Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus.

Website Authenticity

The website I chose to validate was about the Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus. When first looking at the website, the graphics and pictures make it seem like a reliable source of information. The first paragraph talks about facts about the octopus, which could make someone believe it, but as i went farther down the page i found "facts" that were very hard to believe. Supposedly, the octopus can reproduce while in the trees, and tells how they migrate from water to land, and from land to trees. It states that the octopus was overharvested and used for fashion, and includes a picture of a woman supposedly wearing one as a hat. The domain for the website is ".net", which means that no company or organization or educational facility created it. If you look up the Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus on wikipedia, it brings up a page that says that the website was a hoax created in 1998. It goes to show that you cant always trust the information on the internet. I will definitely keep this in mind when I look at other information.

Magazine cover

My partner was Kristin Duncan. Here is our magazine cover. :)

"The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing."
Albert Einstein

Survey Results

Here are the results to my surveys in graph form.

Survey

Web 2.0 Bookmark

I chose Slideshare for my Web 2.0 bookmark. It is used to upload powerpoints, documents, etc. I think it will be very helpful in the classroom. I would have liked to know about this site when posting my student artifact, because it was a powerpoint presentation. This website will come in handy when classes make online projects or documents and want to save them or upload them. I will be sure to use this bookmark in my future classroom.