Website Evaluation Promethean FlipChart

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Do you remember where you can go

to locate information?

Can't I just Google?

Internet Explorer- Favorites

Internet Explorer- Student Search Tools

Galileo

Library Catalog



Nonfiction books are written by authors.

Before they are published the facts and

pictures are checked very carefully.

After they are published the books are reviewed

before they are purchased to be used in

schools and media centers.



When you use the Internet

can post information

on it.

Most of the information is not

reviewed.

So you need to decide i f thisweb site is a . good web site or

not.

How do I do that you may

wonder. Hereare some questionsyou can ask about aweb site? The

answers will help you to know whether

the site is good to use.

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There are 5 types of

questions you can askand answer to evaluate

aweb site.

Only 5?



Who created the web site?

.. Is it a person or organization?• What experience or credentials does the

person have to be creating web sites on thi s

subject?

.. Haveyou heard of this person?

.. Haveyou heard of this organization?



2- 3 years



Purpose

Wewant the sites that are designed to

provide information. If it is designed to

do something else you need to read

more critically.



Inform

Promote

Sell

Entertain

Let's Explore



Spelling & Grammar

Are the words spelled correctly?

Is the grammar correct?

Web sites can be put on the

Internet quickly. Often times they

contain errors. If there are many

errors choose another site.



Does the site meet your needs?+ Can I read it? fly

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I. .? oOs+ s It easy to navigate. e qlJo

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+ Does it have the inform ation S'te.

you need?+ Are the p ic tu res app rop ria te?

+ A re the links live?



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W eb Page RubricDoes it have the information you need?'Ies 01' No

If No choose another source]

Is the author'slcompany's name decll'?

1- Can't Find 2- Hard to Find 3 - Easy to Find

What makes the author an exper't?

1 No information givan 2- Author's title is given

Why was the site cl'eated?

1- Not IIiN 2- To Sell. enter+oin or' persuade

Ca.nyou find the date?

1- Can't Find 2- Hard to Find 3 - Easy to Find

3 Title and

organization of author given

3-ToGive

In formation

How CUI'I'entis the information? This Illillval'y

L Infol'lna.tion appeal'" outdated 2- Within 2-3 years 3

Is the text I'eadoble?

1. No I need help 2- I need hel p with perfs 0f it 3-I can reed it all

Is the site easy to navigate

L I get lost 2- I had some trouble 3 - 1 \ 1 0 problem getting (wound

If you evaluate a site and are still unsure about its quality. ask an adutl



Citing Your Sources

Provides the inforamtion needed to go back and locate the resources you used.

A bibliography is a list of citations for books, periodical articles, newspaper articles, web pages and other materials

that were used to prepare a piece of work

• To acknowledge our sources

• To give our readers the infomration they need to find and use our sources.

• To make sure ourinfomration is accurate

• We may be accused of plagiarizing and we will not be able to provide our sources.

• Other people may want to do further research after they read our work and cannot access the infomration we

used.



O n D ec em ber 1 7, 1903, at

K itty Hawk , N o rth C aro lin a,

the "Wrig1 tFlyer be came the

first powered , heavier- too-a i r

rrachine to ach ieve con tro ll ed,

sus ta ine dEl igh twith a p i lo t

aboard

The sam e inform ation is needed whether you

are using inform ation, an idea or a picture

p ictu re from it.



Here is what you need:

. Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum

: The Wright Brothers

: http://W\IVW.nasm.si.edu/

: 11/21/2005



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