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    1. Criteria for web site evaluation © Oksana Hlodan, 2007
    2. Evaluation focus on content : • quality • credibility • usability
      • Who?
      • What?
      • When?
      • Where?
      • Why?
      CRITERIA
    3. Who?
      • Who wrote the page?
      • What are the author’s credentials?
      • Is the author’s bio provided?
      • If not, can I find it? (e.g., link)
    4. About Us: “… since we are after all a grass roots and ad hoc undertaking by an all-volunteer consortium, to…” Who?
    5. Who?
    6. What?
      • What is the purpose?
      • Is it first or second-hand info?
      • Is content vetted?
      • Are sources/facts documented?
      • Is the science accurate?
      • Do links lead to quality pages?
    7. What? Please note: I didn’t write this stuff, I received the contents of this page on a floppy disc sometime in 1996. ( Science Made Stupid web site)
    8. What?
    9. When?
      • When was it created?
      • When was it last updated?
      • Do broken links get fixed/updated?
    10. When? Sizing up genomes: Amoeba is king By Edward R. Winstead February 12, 2001, Genome News Network
    11. Where?
      • Where is “about us”?
      • Is sponsorship reputable?
      • Do others link to the site?
      • Do they endorse the site?
    12. Where?
    13. Where? About the Center “ Access Excellence has been rated by School Zone’s panel of 400 teachers.”
    14. Where?
    15. Why?
      • Why should I use this info?
      • Why is this site/page better than another?
      • Why should I verify the info on other sites?
    16. Why?
    17. Why encourage students to evaluate web sites?
    18. Number of web sites: over 100,000,000 Netcraft, Nov. 2006
    19. A recent study revealed that fewer than 10% of students check accuracy of online information. University of Connecticut and Clemson University, 2005
    20. Internet evaluation skills = scientific research skills!
    21. Internet research skills = scientific research skills
      • Questioning
      • Planning
      • Gathering
      • Sorting
      • Synthesizing
      • Evaluating
      • Reporting
    22. Student Activity
      • Distribute evaluation worksheets to students
      • Pick a newsy issue, e.g., GM corn, for their searches
      • Have students search different domans: com, edu, org, gov
      • Discuss evaluation results with class
    23. Resources
      • Kathy Shrock’s Guide for Educators http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/eval.html
      • Purdue University Tutorial http://www.lib.purdue.edu/ugrl/staff/sharkey/interneteval/
      • Widener University Tutorial & Excercises http://www3.widener.edu/Academics/Libraries/Wolfgram_Memorial_Library/Evaluate_Web_Pages/659/
      • Web Evaluation by Pam Berger http://www.infosearcher.com/infosearcher/articles/evaluatingweb1.pdf

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