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Evaluating Websites

Evaluating Websites. Objectives. By the end of today you will know: Why websites should be evaluated How to evaluate websites. Why Evaluate?. All websites are not created equally Example: Martin Luther King, Jr. http://www.martinlutherking.org. http://www.martinlutherking.org.

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Evaluating Websites

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  1. Evaluating Websites

  2. Objectives • By the end of today you will know: • Whywebsites should be evaluated • How to evaluate websites

  3. Why Evaluate? • All websites are not created equally • Example: Martin Luther King, Jr. http://www.martinlutherking.org

  4. http://www.martinlutherking.org

  5. http://www.martinlutherking.org

  6. Sample flyer

  7. http://www.martinlutherking.org 8

  8. http://www.martinlutherking.org

  9. So, how will you know if a website is reliable?

  10. How to Evaluate? • Start your research using reliable sources • Cross reference - find the same information in another source

  11. How to Evaluate? • Domain names (.com, .edu) can sometimes be helpful: .gov governmental agency (very reliable!) (example: hawaii.gov/hdoa)

  12. How to Evaluate? • Be careful of tilde “~” • Indicates a personal website Ex. http://www2.hawaii.edu/~Higa

  13. Let’s Practice… • Kukui High School

  14. Yearbook info

  15. Yearbook

  16. Recent News Clip

  17. Is this a reliable site? (Follow along with your handout)

  18. Authority: Contact Info?

  19. Link check

  20. Current information?

  21. Wikipedia: Good & Bad • Be careful!

  22. Wikipedia: The Bad Side E.g., A 2007 news article: • 1,662 Wikipedia edits made from Univ. of Hawaii computers • 776 edits made from Dept. of Ed. computers

  23. Wikipedia: The Bad Side Examples: • Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice died in a Texas bathroom in 2004 • Hawaii Congressman Neil Abercrombie has killed more than 5 million wolves

  24. Wikipedia: The Good Side Cited sources may be useful

  25. Thank you for your attention, now you try it!

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