1. EVALUATING ONLINE RESOURCES Ali Gallagher ED PS 6446 – Hunter Direct Instruction Assignment February 27, 2012

2. Lesson 1 Objectives Upon completion of this lesson, students will be able to: Analyze web addresses Classify web site domains Determine purpose of web sites Critique web sites for accuracy, authority, objectivity, currency, and content Utah Computer Technology Core, Grades 9-12, Standard 6, Objective 4

3. “I found it on the web so it must be true!”

5. 6 Criteria for evaluating web pages ☐ URL ☐ Accuracy ☐ Authority ☐ Objectivity ☐ Currency ☐ Content

6. What is in a URL?

7. http://www.nba.com/jazz 1. Protocol: http 2. Service: www. 3. Domain name: nba 4. Domain extension:.com 5. Resource ID: jazz

8. Domain Name http://www. nba.com /jazz Where the web page is located Identity of company or organization responsible for the information

9. Domain Extension http://www.nba.com

10. Purpose & Intended Audience What is the purpose of these website? Entertainment Business/Commercial Reference/Information Educational News Advocacy

11. Domain Types.com =.net =.org =.info =.edu =.us =.gov =

12. Resource ID Extension http://www.nba.com /jazz Comes after domain ending Defines subfolders or directories Takes you directly to a page

13. Personal Web Pages A personal page is a web site created by an individual Clues A name in the URL such as joeblack Tilde “~” or “%” The words users or people or members http://www.tc.umn.edu/~vanes002/

14. 6 Criteria for evaluating sites  URL ☐ Accuracy ☐ Authority ☐ Objectivity ☐ Currency ☐ Content

15. Distinguish between the reliable and the questionable!

24.  Accuracy Why is reliability important when looking for information on a web page?

25.  Authority Who created the page?

26.  Objectivity Is information presented with bias?

27.  Currency Is information up-to-date? Look for publication date at the top/bottom of page

28.  Content

29. http://www.sixtiespress.co.uk/ http://www.iwr.com/becalmd http://www.chestertourist.com/morehotels.htm http://www.rainbowprimates.net/ http://www.sosbeevfbi.com/ http://www.greatdreams.com/ http://www.billoneill.info/

30. 6 Criteria for evaluating a web page  URL  Accuracy  Authority  Objectivity  Currency  Content

31. “Try It!”

33. Homework Assignment Try it! – Evaluating Web Pages