Critical Website Evaluation: The Hero's Journey
In considering use of the website The Monomyth: Hero’s Journey, especially in the secondary classroom, understanding the goal of classroom instruction becomes the driving force in evaluating the online information presented by the Office of Resources for International and Area Studies [ORIAS] (n. d.). Although the Monomyth website is almost fifteen years old, the material is timeless and gives educators a glimpse into how information can both drive curriculum design and give students a chance to critically evaluate a website that improves their ability to understand online text.
Even though the site is geared toward middle school curriculum, the Journey of the Hero based on Joseph Campbell's monomyth provides a model for comparing heroic stories (ORIAS, n. d.). The form Critical Evaluation of a Web Site: Secondary School Level (Schrock, 2013, May 25) gives a great overview in evaluating the Website in a way that ties all our resources given to us this past week. In the previous assignment for Week 2, we determined the best Website to begin our evaluation utilizing a refined Boolean search of Joseph Campbell + monomyth. We will be utilizing lesson formats written by Harris & Thompson (2005) in The Hero’s Journey: A Guide to Literature and Life.
When beginning our discovery of the Website, we will determine the validity using the REAL method described by Alan November (2008), and the ABC Method of Evaluating Online Information (Laureate Education, Inc., 2010). In completing the evaluation of this website, none of the video and audio links worked, and a few of the forward and back links were also inoperative. This will present minor challenges in the classroom, easily overcome by clicking through to other interesting sites.
The Think Aloud was recorded via Camtasia 2 for Mac developed by TechSmith Corporation. The link is located at http://www.screencast.com/t/SvCNPdLR
In considering use of the website The Monomyth: Hero’s Journey, especially in the secondary classroom, understanding the goal of classroom instruction becomes the driving force in evaluating the online information presented by the Office of Resources for International and Area Studies [ORIAS] (n. d.). Although the Monomyth website is almost fifteen years old, the material is timeless and gives educators a glimpse into how information can both drive curriculum design and give students a chance to critically evaluate a website that improves their ability to understand online text.
Even though the site is geared toward middle school curriculum, the Journey of the Hero based on Joseph Campbell's monomyth provides a model for comparing heroic stories (ORIAS, n. d.). The form Critical Evaluation of a Web Site: Secondary School Level (Schrock, 2013, May 25) gives a great overview in evaluating the Website in a way that ties all our resources given to us this past week. In the previous assignment for Week 2, we determined the best Website to begin our evaluation utilizing a refined Boolean search of Joseph Campbell + monomyth. We will be utilizing lesson formats written by Harris & Thompson (2005) in The Hero’s Journey: A Guide to Literature and Life.
When beginning our discovery of the Website, we will determine the validity using the REAL method described by Alan November (2008), and the ABC Method of Evaluating Online Information (Laureate Education, Inc., 2010). In completing the evaluation of this website, none of the video and audio links worked, and a few of the forward and back links were also inoperative. This will present minor challenges in the classroom, easily overcome by clicking through to other interesting sites.
The Think Aloud was recorded via Camtasia 2 for Mac developed by TechSmith Corporation. The link is located at http://www.screencast.com/t/SvCNPdLR