1. Evaluating Websites

2. Objectives By the end of today you will know:
Why websites should be evaluated
How to evaluate websites

3. Why Evaluate? All websites are not created equally
Example: Martin Luther King, Jr.

7. Sample flyer

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10. So, how will you know if a website is reliable?

11. How to Evaluate? Start your research using reliable sources
Cross reference - find the
same information in
another source

12. (example: hawaii.gov/hdoa)
How to Evaluate?
Domain names (.com, .edu) can sometimes be helpful:
.gov governmental agency (very reliable!)
(example: hawaii.gov/hdoa)

13. How to Evaluate? Ex. http://www2.hawaii.edu/~Higa
Be careful of tilde “~”
Indicates a personal website
Ex.

14. Let’s Practice…
Kukui High School

16. Yearbook info

17. Yearbook

18. Recent News Clip

20. (Follow along with your handout)
Is this a reliable site?
(Follow along with your handout)

21. Authority: Contact Info?

22. Link check

23. Current information?

24. Wikipedia: Good & Bad
Be careful!

25. Wikipedia: The Bad Side
E.g., A 2007 news article:
• 1,662 Wikipedia edits made from Univ. of Hawaii computers
• 776 edits made from Dept. of Ed. computers

26. Wikipedia: The Bad Side
Examples:
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice died in a Texas bathroom in 2004
Hawaii Congressman Neil Abercrombie has killed more than 5 million wolves

27. Wikipedia: The Good Side
Cited sources may be useful

28. Thank you for your attention, now you try it!