I chose to evaluate The National Association for the Education of Young
Children (NAEYC) website. For over 80 years, the National Association for the
Education of Young Children has worked to raise the quality of programs for all
children from birth through age eight. A tremendous part of NAEYC's efforts to
improve early childhood education is through different systems of accreditation
for programs that are committed to meeting national standards of quality.
The NAEYC website provides publications that
are published by NAEYC, as well as selected educational resources from other
publishers. The National Association for the Education of Young Children
(NAEYC) is committed to providing the best possible resources related to early
childhood education to support professional development. NAEYC has the
materials needed, with useful research and practical information about early
childhood development and learning.
I chose to view a blog for an electronic
resource that does not adhere to standards/guidelines of quality research. The
blog is authored by an individual that gives opinions that has worked in
helping children in her classroom. The blog earlyliteracycounts.blogspot.com is
an electronic resource that does not adhere to standards/guidelines of quality
research. This electronic resource is not accredited and the author is not
known. She provides information that is helpful in exposing parents and
teachers to early childhood activities that has assisted her in reaching the
children she teaches.
In validating the credibility of online
resources I am able to look at the URL to determine if the information is from
a valid source, if it has a purpose and its author. This information will help
me as I start to conduct my research.
References:
New York Library Association. (2010).
Evaluating websites: Criteria and tools. Cornell University Library.
Retrieved from http://olinuris.library.cornell.edu/ref/research/webeval.html
National
Association for the Education of Young Children: www.naeyc.org
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