2. Diamonds In The Rough: Evaluating and Using the Web 1/14/02 Lorrie Jackson Lausanne Collegiate School

3. Why Evaluate Web Sites? Who really owns and controls the Internet? NO ONE!! Without any type of quality control, we must be critical of what see on the WWW.

4. For Quality…Think Cocoa P! C = Coverage O = Objectivity C = Currency O = Origin (Author) A = Accuracy P = Purpose

5. Let’s start from the beginning… Coverage – How much info is there on your topic and for what age? How relevant/enlightening is it? Objectivity – Do you sense a bias from the author? Ads?

6. Currency –When was it last updated? Are the links expired? Origin – Who wrote it and are they experts on that topic? Do they present credentials? Currency ain’t just bucks, babe!

7. A&P… better than the Pig any day! Accuracy – Are there grammatical or factual errors. (caveat: some good international sites have errors from translation.) Purpose – Why did the author create the site? (informing, persuading, entertaining)

8. Extensions? They’re not just for hair!.com – commercial.org – nonprofit.gov – U.S. government.us – state gov. (look for two initials before dot).mil – U.S. military.net or ~ – personal site.edu – universities

9. Time to use what we’ve learned! http://www.end.com/ ~jynx/walrus http://zapatopi.net/ treeoctopus.html http://www.internet4classroo ms.com/fact_fiction.htm

10. For Further Help in Evaluation… Great evaluation tool for you and for grades 7-12: http:/lib.nmsu.edu/ instruction/evalcrit.html http:/lib.nmsu.edu/ instruction/evalcrit.html Useful for evaluating health- related sites: http://www.sph.emory. Edu/WELLNESS/ instrument.html http://www.sph.emory. Edu/WELLNESS/ instrument.html

11. Using the WWW: Basic Terms Browser: Used to view web sites (Internet Explorer, Netscape Navigator) Search Engine: Used to search for relevant sites www.yahoo.com www.google.com www.askjeeves.com www.yahoo.com www.google.com www.askjeeves.com

12. Search Symbols Want the population of Egypt? Just typing those 3 words in a search engine can get any site with any of those words! Use symbols to narrow the search.

13. The Jackson 5 of Search Symbols + must include this word +population +of +Egypt -either word -Holland –Netherlands “”all words must be in this order “population of Egypt” Extra Credit: What’s the difference between + and “” ?

14. And more… --exclude this term +rubber +ducky –antenna *Wildcard, any ending type: duck* and you get: ducky, duckies, duck, etc.

15. So, Teach, what did we learn? Internet = Trash & Treasure (which is which?) Remember Cocoa P Skim extensions before entering sites Listen to your inner voice Pick the right search symbols

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