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Presentation for middle and high school students on website evalution.
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Evaluating Websites
Frances MichaelsSchool LibrarianPrince William County VirginiaOctober, 2007with credit also to: Kennetta Russ, NBCT and Beth Jespersen, Loudon County Virginia
“searching the Web is easy– finding what
you’re looking for is the hard part.”
Chris Sherman
Think about it…
“I found it on the
INTERNET --
it MUST be TRUE!”
Bogus Websites: or Why Evaluate
Internet Sources?
Website: ????????????
“The United States Civil War.”
www.idiotica.com/encyclopedia/content/civilwar.htm
Can you spot problems with the text?
Protect yourself from misinformation!
Always EVALUATE sources
-- and double check facts!
Use the five W’s to evaluate.
Who is responsible for the site? What is the purpose of the site? When was the page created and
last updated? Where can you verify the
information? Why would you use or not use this
site for research?
http://zapatopi.net/treeoctopus/
If you search Google for “octopus”
you will find this website.
How to get better search results with Google -
add the word “site:” (with colon) followed by the domain you
want to searchadd .edu (usually reliable)add .gov (usually reliable)
The Giant Octopus Web PageThe Giant Octopus Web Page
Octopus’ Garden website
Now you try it… Use the five W’s to evaluate two
websites One will be a “bogus” website (links
provided) One will be a reliable website you
find
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