Recently I tried to find 15 websites that, after being evaluated, proved to be respectable. This was much more difficult than I thought. Unless it was a blog, an author or creator was often hard to find. A publisher was non-existent except with original resources. There was rarely a date. Links were only present half of the time. And when trying to validate the evidence there were mixed returns. Many sites claiming to be educational were either ONLY trying to sell a product or threw that little tidbit in at the end of the spill. This assignment took twice as long as I thought it would because many sites that I thought would easily pass "inspection" proved not valuable in the end. The Web 2.0 sites were a jumble of results within the evaluation process. Many of the tools did have creators but the reviews are so wishy-washy! To prove that they do what they say they will, a person has to try out the tools for a longer period of time than one sitting. After reviewing other's Delicious accounts I realized that, though there were a couple duplicated sites, many of my sites are centered around early childhood education while my peers are focused more on the elementary age. The fifteen sites that I finally did select are useful, have an author or generator that at least seems credible, don't try to sell anything, and have positive reviews (if applicable).
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