This document provides criteria for evaluating websites, focusing on content, credibility, and usability. It lists questions in several categories, including who wrote the content and their credentials, the purpose of the site, when it was created and last updated, where the organization is located and whether others endorse it, why the information should be trusted, and why students should evaluate websites. It notes that fewer than 10% of students check the accuracy of online information, and that developing internet evaluation skills is important for scientific research skills.

1. Criteria for web site evaluation © Oksana Hlodan, 2007

2. Evaluation focus on content : • quality • credibility • usability

5. About Us: “… since we are after all a grass roots and ad hoc undertaking by an all-volunteer consortium, to…” Who?

6. Who?

8. 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)

9. What?

11. When? Sizing up genomes: Amoeba is king By Edward R. Winstead February 12, 2001, Genome News Network

13. Where?

14. Where? About the Center “ Access Excellence has been rated by School Zone’s panel of 400 teachers.”

15. Where?

17. Why?

18. Why encourage students to evaluate web sites?

19. Number of web sites: over 100,000,000 Netcraft, Nov. 2006

20. A recent study revealed that fewer than 10% of students check accuracy of online information. University of Connecticut and Clemson University, 2005

21. Internet evaluation skills = scientific research skills!