News+Sources

I googled News Rating Services and found a couple of websites that fit the web 2.0 criteria. The website [|www.newstrust.net] was interesting but not fully functioning. I teach a unit on the media and I thought I could possibly use this website. According to the website, their mission is: Our mission for the **NewsTrust**[|?] project is to:
 * help the public evaluate news quality, using online review tools to identify good journalism
 * feature the best news stories and sources on important topics, based on member ratings
 * enhance news quality by providing a feedback loop between audience and journalists
 * promote a quest for truth based on the highest principles of journalism

If it gets up and running, it is my understanding that students could create their own front page with stories that are credible and rated by journalists.

I started playing around with website called [|www.polldaddy.com]. Easy to use and you can create polls with any question you want and it's free. I put together a poll about the race for governor in Wisconsin and posted it on a free wiki site: http://brjeducation.pbwiki.com/Wisconsin%20Politics I'm planning on trying to get students to log on and vote. Brent @ spring green

//Brent, I checked out your site. Awesome little tool. Where did you find the voting tool on PB? I'm having a hard time moving around in pb and getting out of the "planning a vacation" template.// //Looks like the current govenor is ahead.// //Mary// //I did enjoy the poll site. This could be a lot of fun and you could add a forum for discussion because boy did I have things to say when I saw the current governor is winning. I still want to say something about that, but I won't. Thanks Brent-Wendy//

I found another site that is more social at this point, but you could do anything you wanted with it. My site is [|http://residencehalls.wetpaint.com]. I have just created an opportunity for others to discuss their residence living experiences. I found it very easy to use and it allows you to secure it to only the people you want to access it. You can make it anything you want there is nothing you can't do. I was able to create the layout except the right hand side has all this garbage that I would rather not have. I would say it is like using this moodle. However, I can see any rescent activity on the page as well. Wendy Just an update...I got an anonymous post on my site. So, I am not sure if it was one of you, but that was pretty exciting because no one has posted anything on my moodle forum Wendy //Wendy. Sweet. Very cool that you are getting responses and it looks like a very easy site to get around in. I can see how valuable your discussion question is to help people who supervise resident halls but also a fun question to see others experiences.// //Mary//

//Thanks for the feedback Mary and for teaching me how to add color to show the change in editors.//