Search 1:

Search Topic: Multicultural Education in the classroom

Search Terms: multicultural, diversity, education

Type of Search: keyword (Asians)

Search Engine: Altavista

Attempt	Search terms and operators used	# of hits	Quality of Hits The majority of hit in this search appear to be (choose one).
1	Cultural	2,022,855	Poor
2	Diversity	870,349	Good/poor
3	Asian	1	Excellent
4	Multicultural + Education	23,475	Excellent/good

http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/evalelem.html

Critical Evaluation Survey: Elementary School Level

CRITICAL EVALUATION OF A WEB SITE: ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LEVEL

Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators --

http://discoveryschool.com/schrockguide/

1. How are you hooked to the Internet?

___ Computer and modem

__x_ Direct connection at school

2. If you are using a modem, what is the speed? 2400, 9600, 14.4, 28.8, 33.6, 56k

56k

3. What Web browser are you using?__altavista___________________________

4. What is the URL of the Web page you are looking at?

http://www.asiasociety.org/education/

5. What is the name of the site? __Asian Society_____________________________________

How Does It Look?

Lots of pictures, many of them done in traditional Asian art.

Does the page take a long time to load? YES / NO

Are there big pictures on the page? YES / NO

Is the spelling correct on the page? YES / NO

Yes

Is the author's name and e-mail address on the page? YES / NO

Is there a picture on the page that you can use to choose links? (Image map) YES/NO

Yes

Is there information in columns on the page? (Table) YES / NO

Yes, Table of Contents

If you go to another page, is there a way to get back to the first page? YES / NO

Yes

Is there a date that tells you when the page was made? YES / NO

Do the photographs look real? YES / NO / NO PHOTOGRAPHS

Yes, artwork

Do the sounds sound real? YES / NO / NO SOUNDS

No sounds

What Did You Learn?

There is a lot to learn from the Asian cultures. Many are trained to go into business for themselves and that is why we have a lot of Asian owned business in American. Which is good.

Does the title of the page tell you what it is about? YES / NO

Yes

Is there an introduction on the page that tells you what is included? YES / NO

Yes

Are the facts on the page what you were looking for? YES / NO

No, had to do some additional searches

Would you have gotten more information from the encyclopedia? YES / NO

No, this is more current

Would the information have been better in the encyclopedia? YES / NO

No, again, more current

Does the author of the page say some things you disagree with? YES / NO

Does the author of the page include information that you know is wrong? YES / NO

No, at this point not too familiar with the Asian culture.

Do the pictures and photographs on the page help you learn? YES / NO / NO

PICTURES

Yes, gives you some idea on what their art is like and the meaning behind them.

Search 2:

Search Topic: Multicultural Education in the classroom

Search Terms: multicultural, diversity, Asian education

Type of Search: keyword

Search Engine: Hotmail

Attempt	Search terms and operators used	# of hits	Quality of Hits The majority of hit in this search appear to be (choose one).
1	Multicultural Education	196	Poor
2	Asians	2503	Poor
3	Diversity	359	Excellent
4	Asian Culture	134	Excellent

http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/evalelem.html

Critical Evaluation Survey: Elementary School Level

3. What Web browser are you using?__Hotmail___________________________

4. What is the URL of the Web page you are look?

http://chineseculture.about.com/culture/chineseculture/library/extra/story/blyrh12121999.htm

5. What is the name of the site? __Chinese Story - Chinese Culture____________

How Does It Look?

Very boring, more words, less pictures

Does the page take a long time to load? YES / NO

Are there big pictures on the page? YES / NO

Is the spelling correct on the page? YES / NO

Yes

Is the author's name and e-mail address on the page? YES / NO

Yes

Is there a picture on the page that you can use to choose links? (Image map) YES/NO

Yes

Is there information in columns on the page? (Table) YES / NO

Yes

If you go to another page, is there a way to get back to the first page? YES / NO

Yes

Is there a date that tells you when the page was made? YES / NO

Do the photographs look real? YES / NO / NO PHOTOGRAPHS

Yes, actual photograph

Do the sounds sound real? YES / NO / NO SOUNDS

No sounds

What Did You Learn?

The way they tell a story and the way I am use to hearing it, is very different. It shows how each culture decides what is important and what needs to be changed.

Does the title of the page tell you what it is about? YES / NO

Yes

Is there an introduction on the page that tells you what is included? YES / NO

Yes

Are the facts on the page what you were looking for? YES / NO

No, several links before finding something that interest me.

Would you have gotten more information from the encyclopedia? YES / NO

Would the information have been better in the encyclopedia? YES / NO

Does the author of the page say some things you disagree with? YES / NO

Does the author of the page include information that you know is wrong? YES / NO

Unable to tell at this point

Do the pictures and photographs on the page help you learn? YES / NO / NO

PICTURES

No, very little pictures

Search 3:

Multicultural Education (folders)

Asian Culture (folders)

Search current news

Special collection documents

Multicultural education

Asian Americans

Movies

Museums & Galleries

Teachers & Teaching

Latinos

Ethnicity & Race

Languages

Dance

Anthropology

Elementary Schools

Non-fiction literature

Affirmative Action

Teachers & Teaching

Pacific Rim Market

Buddhism

http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/evalelem.html

Critical Evaluation Survey: Elementary School Level

3. What Web browser are you using?__Northern Light__________________

4. What is the URL of the Web page you are look?

http://www.asiancravings.com/asiancreations.htm

5. What is the name of the site? __Asian Craving - Asian Creations__________

How Does It Look?

I went to the recipe page, very colorful

Does the page take a long time to load? YES / NO

Are there big pictures on the page? YES / NO

Yes

Is the spelling correct on the page? YES / NO

Yes

Is the author's name and e-mail address on the page? YES / NO

Is there a picture on the page that you can use to choose links? (Image map) YES/NO

Is there information in columns on the page? (Table) YES / NO

Yes

If you go to another page, is there a way to get back to the first page? YES / NO

Yes, the table of contents changes

Is there a date that tells you when the page was made? YES / NO

Do the photographs look real? YES / NO / NO PHOTOGRAPHS

Yes

Do the sounds sound real? YES / NO / NO SOUNDS

No sounds

What Did You Learn?

The recipes that I viewed all had a story to g with each of them. It showed that the story and the recipe were passed down through many generations.

Does the title of the page tell you what it is about? YES / NO

Yes

Is there an introduction on the page that tells you what is included? YES / NO

Yes

Are the facts on the page what you were looking for? YES / NO

Yes

Would you have gotten more information from the encyclopedia? YES / NO

Definitely not

Would the information have been better in the encyclopedia? YES / NO

Does the author of the page say some things you disagree with? YES / NO

Does the author of the page include information that you know is wrong? YES / NO

Do the pictures and photographs on the page help you learn? YES / NO / NO

PICTURES

Not really

Summary of my sites:

Looking at all of the questions and answers above, write a paragraph telling why this Web site is helpful (or not helpful) for your project.

Search 1:

It would be very helpful. Not only does it tell you about their culture, it also gives you different ways to present or learn about it, such as: books, videos, tapes, etc. It provided many links to other places of interest and even have a category called 'roundtable' so that you can log on and talk to other educators, students and others.

Although it is a good site, teachers have to break down the materials needed for the age level being taught. Some of it is quite interesting but at the same time confusing. All in all, I will refer back to it. I am teaching this summer and this will be a constant reference for me to refer back to.

Search 2:

Would not be helpful at all. Very disappointed with the search. Had to go through several links before finding something that seemed interesting. Once I got there, did not like what I found. The search was too broad and covered many things under the topic. On one occasion, it gave me a list of nude/porno sites to review. Definitely not one to keep.

Search 3:

The search engine was awesome. I liked it better than the others. It took me less time trying to maneuver through the searches to find something that I liked. Northern Lights have an ingenious way of presenting a lot of material into smaller categories, especially the one that I chose to do. It not only gave me what I was looking for, but other things I might be interested in. The site that I did find was very helpful and provided many avenues for me to explore when I finished with my current site. Excellent, excellent, excellent.