Web+Site+Evaluation

toc =How to Evaluate the Authenticity of a Website=

Anyone can publish on the Internet.

The sites you look at can be made by a 10 year old or a Harvard researcher. How can you tell which sites give you the best information?
 * One way is to look at the url: What can it tell you about the author, the domain?
 * You can use the google link: to check to see what other sites link to the website you are looking at.
 * You can google the author. What else has s/he written?
 * You may want to check the publishing date of the site. Is it important to your topic to have current information?

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=The 5 Ws of Website Evaluation= from Kathy Schrock at Discovery Education: Click on image for pdf file

=Questions to ask= from Jill Weber (TERC) ppt 6/2003

· Does the site cover the topic accurately? Comprehensively? · Does the information appear to be error-free? · Can you understand what is being said? Is the information written above or below your level of understanding? · What is unique about this site? Does it offer something that other sites do not? · Are the links well-chosen? Sufficient? · Judge the currency? Can you answer the following questions: When was the information created? What is the publication date? When was the information last revised? Do these dates matter in terms of information about this topic? · Could you get better information in a book? An encyclopedia? · Is there a link to information about the author? · What is the domain name? Does it end with .com, .gov, .edu, .net .org? · Is the web site representative of an entire organization? Or is it the personal page housed on a larger server? · Why was this site created? · Is this a personal, commercial, government, educational or organizational site? · Is there any bias? Is only one side of the information presented? Is there a hidden message? Is it trying to persuade you or change your opinion? Is the bias useful to you in some way? · Can you distinguish facts from opinion? · Is there advertising? Is it relevant to the topic? Is it trying to inform your opinion?
 * Content:**
 * Authority/Credibility:**
 * Bias/Purpose:**

=Web Site Evaluation Tool from Easy Bib=

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