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Website E valuation. Diane Harz Media Center Toms River High School East. QUESTIONS TO CONSIDER. WHY IS IT IMPORTANT TO EVALUATE WEBSITES? WHAT CRITERIA CAN BE USED TO EVALUATE WEBSITES?. MYTH VS. FACT. MYTH: IF IT’S ON THE INTERNET, IT MUST BE TRUE.

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Website E valuation

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  1. WebsiteEvaluation Diane Harz Media Center Toms River High School East

  2. QUESTIONS TO CONSIDER • WHY IS IT IMPORTANT TO EVALUATE WEBSITES? • WHAT CRITERIA CAN BE USED TO EVALUATE WEBSITES?

  3. MYTH VS. FACT MYTH:IF IT’S ON THE INTERNET, IT MUST BE TRUE. FACT:ANYONE CAN PUBLISH ANYTHING ON THE WEB. MYTH: WEBSITES PROVIDE OBJECTIVE INFORMATION. FACT:THE WEBSITE MIGHT BE AN ADVERTISEMENT OR OPINION.

  4. EVALUATION CHECKLIST IN YOUR THIRST FOR KNOWLEDGE, JUST THINK - A SODA • AUTHOR • SUPPORT • OBJECTIVITY • DATE • ACCURACY

  5. AUTHOR • WHO WROTE THE INFORMATION ON THE WEBSITE? • WHAT ARE THE AUTHOR’S CREDENTIALS? • DOES THE AUTHOR PROVIDE AN EMAIL, PHONE NUMBER, OR MAILING ADDRESS?

  6. SUPPORT • DOES THE PAGE CITE CREDIBLE SOURCES? • CAN THE SOURCE BE TRIANGULATED (HAVE 2 OTHER SOURCES THAT SUPPORT IT)? • DOES THE PAGE HAVE A MIX OF INTERNAL & EXTERNAL LINKS?

  7. OBJECTIVITY • IS THE PURPOSE OF THE SITE TO INFORM, TO ENTERTAIN, OR TO PERSUADE? • DOES THE SITE PRESENT SEVERAL VIEWPOINTS? • IS THERE ADVERTISING ON THE SITE AND, IF SO, IS IT A CONFLICT OF INTEREST?

  8. DATE • DOES THE SITE HAVE A DATE OF CREATION? • WHEN WAS THE SITE LAST UPDATED? • HOW CURRENT ARE THE LINKS? • IS THE INFORMATION CURRENT ENOUGH FOR YOUR NEEDS?

  9. ACCURACY • DOES THE SITE CONTAIN ANY MISSPELLINGS OR GRAMMATICAL ERRORS? • DOES THE SITE CONTAIN ANY INFORMATION THAT CONTRADICTS INFORMATION YOU FOUND SOMEWHERE ELSE?

  10. QUESTION RECAP • WHY IS IT IMPORTANT TO EVALUATE WEBSITES? THE INFORMATION FOUND ON WEBSITES DOESN’T PASS THROUGH THE HANDS OF EDITORS OR FACT-CHECKERS. • WHAT CRITERIA CAN BE USED TO EVALUATE WEBSITES? IN YOUR THIRST FOR KNOWLEDGE, THINK - A SODA • Author • Support • Objectivity • Date • Accuracy

  11. WORKS CITED • Schrock, Kathy. “Kathy Schrock’s ABC’s of Web Site Evaluation.” Web. 17 Feb. 2010. <http://kathyschrock.net/abceval/ABC.PDF>. • Olin and Uris Libraries. “Five Criteria for Evaluating Web Pages.” 1998. Web. 08 Mar. 2010. <http://www.library.cornell.edu/olinuris/ref/research/webcrit.html>. • Beck, Susan. “The Good, The Bad & The Ugly: or, Why It’s a Good Idea to Evaluate Web Sources.” 1997. Web. 08 Mar. 2010. <http://lib.nmsu.edu/instruction/evalcrit.html>. • “Web Research Guide: Criteria for Evaluating Web Sites.” Web. 08 Mar. 2010. <http://www.classzone.com/books/research_guide/ page_build.cfm?content=web_eval&state=none>. • Harris, Robert. “Evaluating Internet Research Sources.” Virtual Salt. 15 June 2008. Web. 10 Mar. 2010. <http://www.virtualsalt.com/evalu8it.htm>. • Duke University Libraries. “Evaluating Web Pages.” 25 September 2007. Web. 10 Mar. 2010. <http://library.duke.edu/services/instruction/libraryguide/ evalwebpages.html>.

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