Website Evaluation For Learning For Life - Presentation Transcript
1. Becoming a Web Detective Samantha A. Silag Memorial School Library December, 2008 For Learning…For Life!
2. Today’s Objectives
o To learn why it is important to become “web detectives” when you are researching on the internet.
o To learn how to evaluate website sources.
3. Two Truths One Fib
4. Why Website Evaluation?
o Billions of websites out there!
o Trash vs. treasure
o Hoax cites
o California's Velcro Crop Challenged
o Aluminum Foil Deflector Beanie
o Hunting Season for Haggis
o Moon development
o Mankato, MN
o The Onion
o Uncyclopedia
o Male pregnancy
o Biohazard Alert Detector
o http://www.license.shorturl.com/
5. ABC’s of Website Evaluation
o A = Author
o Is there an author?
o Is the author qualified to write about the subject?
o Can the information be verified elsewhere?
o B = Bias
o Is information presented in a fair, objective manner?
o Is the page free of unnecessary advertising?
o C= Content
o Is the information relevant, believable and useful for your purposes?
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6. More ABC’s… well, D and E!
o D= Dates
o Does the webpage show the date when it was created? Last updated?
o Is it updated regularly?
o Is the information outdated?
o E= Editor
o Does the webpage name an editor or fact checker?
o Does the webpage have a reputable sponsor such as a university or government agency.
o Does the webpage include a bibliography?
7. More Clues…
o Look at the Internet Address Ending
§ .com = commercial site (www.ibm.com)
§ .org = non profit organization (www.iflonline.org)
§ .edu = educational site by an educational institution (harvard.edu)
§ .net = network of organizations (www.inspire.net)
§ .mil = military organizations (www.airforce.mil)
§ .ma .us = geographically based website
§ ( www.manchester.ma.us ) vs. ( www.manchesteronline.co.uk )
§ . gov = government website ( www.whitehouse.gov )
o Truncate the URL
§ http://www.wic.org/bio/jgoodall.htm
§ http://www.wic.org/bio/
§ http://www.wic.org
§ Host site: Women’s International Center
§ Webpage: Biography on Jane Goodall
8. Where Should You Go?
o Your teacher tells you to create an anti-smoking ad campaign for
o an assignment on persuasive writing. Using the Web Detective
o Worksheet you will each evaluate one of the following sites and
o determine if you would use it for this project:
o American Nonsmokers' Rights Foundation http://www.no-smoke.org/
o R.J. Reynolds http://www.rjrt.com/home.asp
o American Lung Association (Tobacco Control section) http://www.lungusa.org/tobacco/
o Tobacco Free Initiative (World Health Organization) http://tobacco.who.int/
o Tobacco Free Kids website http://tobaccofreekids.org/
o Big Drug's Nicotine War http://www.forces.org/evidence/pharma/index.htm
o Coalition for a Tobacco Free Midlands http://www.tobaccofreemidlands.com/
o Phillip Morris Tobacco Company page on Youth Smoking Prevention http://www.philipmorrisusa.com/DisplayPageWithTopic.asp?ID=75
o Children Opposed to Smoking Tobacco http://www.costkids.org/
9. Just Say NO...
o No internet without adult supervision.
10. For Learning…
o Reliable, accurate information is essential to solid research…
o and good grades!
11. And For Life…
o Reliable information is essential to quality of life
Nick Jonas has diabetes...could I get it too? Is Barack Obama Oprah Winfrey's best friend? Did the Twilight author (Stephenie Meyer) really have her next book stolen and posted on the internet?
12. Sources
o Springfield Township Virtual Library. Retrieved November 25, 2008. http://www.sdst.org/shs/library/evalwebstu.html
o CMIS (Curriculum Materials Information Services). Retrieved November 25 from the Department of Education and training, Western Australia.
o http://www.det.wa.edu.au/education/cmis/eval/curriculum/ict/webeval/eval12.htm
o Pam Berger’s Web Evaluation Guide. Retrieved November 28, 2008 from theUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. http://www.learnnc.org/lp/external/webeval
o Kathy Schrock’s Guide for Educators. Retrieved November 28, 2008.
o http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide/eval.html
13. What Did You Learn ?