Year 7

Evaluating websites

Be careful………………….

• Dihydrogen monoxide

Accuracy

• Is the information reliable and error free?• Christopher Columbus

Remember-• Anyone can publish anything on the Web-

unlike a book, no one checks what is published on the Internet

Bias

• Is the site biased?• Is it designed to sway your opinion?• Are they only presenting one point of view-

does this matter?• Immigration US site

Date

• Does the site have a date?• When was the last update?• Why is this important?• Where do I find the date?• All about explorers- Christopher Columbus

Keys from the URLLook at the URL- this is the address of the pagehttp://www.carlos.emory.edu/ODYSSEY/MidElem_Home.html

Ancient Egypt

What is the domain?.edu.gov.com.org

What country does it come from? Does this matter?.au.nzNo country?

Keys from the URL

Is it a personal page?Look for a personal name (e.g., jbarker or barker) following a tilde ( ~ ), a percent sign ( % ), or or the words "users," "members," or "people." • Harvard University

http://www.columbia.edu/~user/filename.html

Keys from the URL

Is it trying to sell you something? (.com)

GIANTmicrobes | Health

What are the aims of the site?

• Sometimes web information is "just for fun", a hoax, someone's personal expression that may be of interest to no one, or even outright silliness.

Aluminum Foil Deflector Beanie

Does the site have good links or references?

• BBC History- Holocaust

Suitability for me?

Can I understand it?

Is it written at my level?

ABCDES

What do I do now?

• Start your research • Evaluate that site using ABCDES• Add an image and a few sentences

summarising your findings to our Padlet include your initials [not your name!]

• http://padlet.com/wall/CHarte