Website Evaluation
October 18, 20, 22, 2010
Essential Question
How do I know if a website will have
what I need and has good
information?
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Objectives
• Learn how to decide if a website has good
information
• Day 1 - a short pre-assessment
• Go over pre-assessment
• Review things to look for using a National Park website
• Day 2 – web quest and review
• Day 3 – create a Voki on 3 things you have
learned about website evaluation
• Take Pre-assessment (10 questions)
• Then we will review
• Pre-assessment – Go to Media centers
» Middle/High school
» Research Site
» Website evaluation on left
Website addresses
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What does .com stand for?
commercial or company
What does .gov stand for?
government
What does .edu stand for?
education
What does .org stand for?
organization
• What does .com stand for?
– commercial or company
– Trying to sell something
What is the main reason a company (such as Ford) creates a website?
• What does .gov stand for?
– Government
– Information produced by US government
• What does .edu stand for?
– Education
– Usually a college or university provides information
• What does .org stand for?
– Organization – usually non-profit
– Usually provides information
• What is a URL?
– Uniform Resource Locator, the global address of
documents and other resources on the World
Wide Web
• A website is a place on the internet where
someone creates a virtual space for
information. Yes or no
• Where do you usually find the date of creation
or copyright date on a website?
• Sometimes you have to search around
• Why would a pop up ad or banner ad show up
while surfing the internet?
– It is an advertisement and the site is trying to
make money
National Park
Website Evaluation
• Just be aware of what website you are using
and know what they are offering
• You must decide what website works best for
your purposes
• Any questions?
• Lets look at a website and see if we can find
the information on the worksheet
Review Website Evaluation
• Why would a pop ad or banner ad show up
while surfing the internet?
• What is a URL?
• Where do you usually find the date of creation
or copyright date on a website?
• What is the difference between publisher and
author?
• What does .gov stand for?
Website Evaluation
• Real world problem
• Webquest – Should you ban DHMO?
• Worksheet – Do the best you can!
• Then review with a discussion
Website evaluation
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Date published (or last updated):____________
URL (is it a legitimate website?) :_____________
Who is the Publisher of the website?__________
E-mail address or Contact Us or About Us section
on website?___________
• Who Designed and authored the website?_____
Remember to be critical users of the internet.
Review
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Would you ban DHMO?
Read website #3
Google search – what 3 websites come up?
Could you find all 5 items on each website?
– Reliable and credible
Don’t be DUPED.
• Remember to be critical users of the internet.
Don’t be DUPED. Look for these 5 items.
• Date
• URL
• Publisher
• E-Mail
• Designed by or author
Databases
• Most reliable sources are databases instead of
going to Google and clicking on the first
website