Website Evaluation

Alan November's reading sparked a discussion on web evaluation. While it is a vital skill to teach, many teaches don't feel they have the skills themselves in web evaluation. The school librarian can be a valuable research in teaching these skills. There are also a wide range of resources available. Here are a few resources you might want to check out.

• Widener University Web Evaluation Tutorial
• ALA's
  700+ Great Sites Evaluation Criteria
• The ABCs of Web Evaluation
• Evaluation Criteria
  (http://lib.nmsu.edu/instruction/evalcrit.html): a checklist on accuracy,
  authority, objectivity, currency, and coverage with links to examples
• CyberGuides (Karen McLachlan)
• Hoax?
  Scholarly Research? Personal Opinion? You Decide!
• Thinking
  Critically about Web2.0 and Beyond (UCLA)
• Evaluating
  Information found on the Internet (John's Hopkins University)
• Berkeley's
  Evaluating Web Pages (tutorial)
• The Good, the Bad,
  and the Ugly
• For Kids
• Website
  Investigator
  - a site for young elementary children
• WebMAC
  Junior - elementary level
• WebMAC
  Middle - middle school
• WebMAC
  Senior - high school
• Kathy Schrock's
  Guide for Educators: Critical Evaluation Surveys
• Bogus web pages (use to demonstrate critical evaluation of web resources)
• Save the Pacific Northwest
  Tree Octopus
• Feline
  Reactions to Bearded Men
• Ban Dihydrogen
  Monoxide
• RealAroma
• AIDS Facts
• Martin Luther King, Jr.