Website Evaluation Be a detective!

NO! Is everything you see on the web true? exaggerated information untrue dates and ages biased information

schools in other countries Domain Information Safe domains .edu .gov .k12 .sch higher education government agency public schools schools in other countries

Be wary of.... .com .org .net ~ commercial non-profit organization network or commercial links to a personal page

Which site would be the most reliable? 1. www.sazoo-aq.org/animals-and-exhibits/mammals/ 2. animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammal 3. www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/mammal/mammal.html 4. www.mnh.si.edu~johnson

Think Pair Share THINK: What are some things you might need to look at when evaluating the quality of a website? PAIR: Turn to a partner and discuss your ideas. SHARE: Share your ideas with your partner and then share out to the class.

The 5 "W's" of evaluation who what when where why

Who created the website? Is there a name and email address?

What is the domain extension? Is it reliable?

When was the site last updated?

Where did they get their information? Do they reference sources?

Why? Why did they create the site? Are they trying to inform, persuade, or sell?

Also look at the number of advertisements on the site Websites with lots of ads are often unreliable

Let’s evaluate these website together www.utmb.edu www.rythospital.com/2011

Now it’s your turn! Directions: Find a partner. One person goes to StuShared, 5th, Technology FIT, and open the Website Evaluation form. One person scans the QR codes. Choose “Open URL in Safari.” Evaluate the websites. Do this for each QR code. You don’t have to go in order.