Website Evals

1. Web Page Evaluations
By: Ashley Westhoven
PBS
http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/people/s_z/sacagawea.htm
BIO
http://www.biography.com/people/sacagawea-9468731

2. PBS
Authority
Is it clear who is responsible for the contents of the page?
Is there a way of verifying the legitimacy of the organization, group, company or individual?
Is there any indication of the author's qualifications for writing on a particular topic?
Is the information from sources known to be reliable?
Accuracy
Are the sources for factual information clearly listed so they can be verified in another source?
Is the information free of grammatical, spelling, and other typographical errors?
Currency
Are there dates on the page to indicate when the page was written, when the page was first placed on the Web, or when the page was last
revised?
Objectivity
Does the content appear to contain any evidence of bias?
Is there a link to a page describing the goals or purpose of the sponsoring organization or company?
If there is any advertising on the page, is it clearly differentiated from the informational content?

3. bio.
Authority
Is it clear who is responsible for the contents of the page?
Is there a way of verifying the legitimacy of the organization, group, company or individual?
Is there any indication of the author's qualifications for writing on a particular topic?
Is the information from sources known to be reliable?
Accuracy
Are the sources for factual information clearly listed so they can be verified in another source?
Is the information free of grammatical, spelling, and other typographical errors?
Currency
Are there dates on the page to indicate when the page was written, when the page was first placed on the Web, or when the page was last
revised?
Objectivity
Does the content appear to contain any evidence of bias?
Is there a link to a page describing the goals or purpose of the sponsoring organization or company?
If there is any advertising on the page, is it clearly differentiated from the informational content?

4. Trustworthy???
Indicate which Website you would trust/prefer
as a resource for information for you and/or
your students and why?
I do believe that I would trust both websites as having credible information.
With that being said, I think that the Bio website was easier to navigate through
because of the subtitles, which would be easier for my students to use.

5. Credits
"Sacagawea." PBS- The West- Sacagawea. PBS, 2001. Google. Web. 15 July 2014.
<http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/people/s_z/sacagawea.htm>.
Sacagawea. (2014). The Biography.com website. Retrieved 12:27, Jul 15, 2014, from
http://www.biography.com/people/sacagawea-9468731.