Participate 2 – Collecting Reputable Digital Resources

Post in your blog: Describe the walkabout experience and include the link to the list of social-bookmarked resources compiled during the exploration.

I decided to do some searching for reputable sites for my classes and organizing them in Symbaloo. I decided to give the bookmarking site a real try. I liked it a lot better then I thought I would. I decided to bring together sites that I use for finding images for presentations of artwork. I started collecting sites. I also found some new resources that included first-person interviews of contemporary artists. I installed the WOT app to my chrome browser as well to rate how reliable as the site was.

Here is the Symbaloo board that I created.
https://messyartteacher.symbaloo.com/home/mix/13ePGdTUiW

1. What were the three most useful tools or resources resulting from the web walkabout?
   I tried to use sources that found that have reliable content creators. TedTalk, PBS, and major art museums. Major art museums would have researched and curated information on their sites. I’ve also used Google Scholar for looking for material I can cite in research papers. Is this a source reliable and how recent was the post made? Is it an opinion or factual? Who is the author?
2. How can students be taught to safely collect tools and resources that can help them maximize their learning?
   The Evaluating Resource provided in the unit by the Baker University Library was helpful.
   I would recommend that they read the content and decide does it sound like it is a scholarly reliable source? Or is this not appropriate for a high school or college-level course assignment to cite. The database searches can be helpful, but I had to read the articles.
3. What policies or procedures might need to be in place to make the above item possible?
   Providing a checklist like the one in the unit would be helpful for students to see if the source is reliable.  Here is a link from the ThoughtfulLearning site.  I would use that as an activity for my students.
   It would be helpful as the instructor to provide links to sites and sources that are reliable. I would create a video that explains my expectations for sites that would be a good place for students to visit. In my classes, I review and check the credibility of the person that I’m sharing the information with my students. For art history research students need to stay away from Wikipedia and ArtStory.