Hit: web evaluation

[Mary Evelyn <marylibrary@HOTMAIL.COM>]

Several requested a hit on the response I received for lessons about
evaluating web sites.
This is what I received.  The first one is what I used.  I developed a ten
point check list
that they assigned a + or - depending on whether the site did/did not
fulfill the
requirement.  We evaluated a bogus web-site on the failing velcro crops in
California.  All the students believed it until we looked up another site on
Velcro.  It worked really well!  Thanks for all your help.

  Mary McCammon
  Media Specialist
  Wapahani Jr & Sr High
  Muncie, IN
  marylibrary@hotmail.com
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Who?    Who wrote article?
        Can you contact them?
        Are they biased?

What?   What gives them the knowledge/right to publish this article?
        Is there is bibliography?

When?   When was page updated?
        Is it current?
        When were bibliography items dated?

Where?  Where is it published on the internet?  .org, .gov, .edu, .com

Why?    Why was this site posted?  To persuade, inform, advertise

How?    How does this article fit my needs?

Compile + & - and CHECK OTHER SOURCES!!!
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From my book, FLIP it! Information Skills Strategies for Student
Researchers:
EVALUATING A WEBPAGE:    Just as a webpage is a non-linear presentation, so
too is the process of evaluation.  Specific criteria have been grouped into
the four strands
of FLIP only as an organizational schema; during the actual evaluation
process, many of
the considerations will automatically overlap.

FOCUS:  why?  who?
LINKS:  how?
INFORMATION:  what?
PRESENTATION:  wow?

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These are a number of sites for web evaluation that have been previously
suggested by
LM_NETTERS, perhaps one of them has what you want.

Web evaluations
http://alexia.lis.uiuc.edu/~janicke/Eval.html
http://cityoftakomapark.org/library/children/eval.html
http://courses.unt.edu/csimpson/5720links.htm   includes sites that spoof
real sites
http://discoveryschool.com/schrockguide/
http://lib.nmsu.edu/staff/susabeck/evalcrit.html
http://lib.nmsu.edu/staff/susabeck/evalexpl.html Susan Beck's "The Good, the
Bad, and
the Ugly:  Why it's a Good Idea to
Evaluate Websites"
http://libsci.sc.edu/miller/web/htm   is a wealth of web page development
information
http://libweb.sfasu.edu/ref/critical.htm
http://milton.mse.jhu.edu:8001/research/education/net.html
http://nt.gc.cc.fl.us/library/WEBEVAL.htm
http://refserver.lib.vt.edu/libinst/critTHINK.HTM Bibliography on Evaluating
Internet
Resources
http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/eval.html
http://sosig.ac.uk/desire/internet-detective.html Internet Detectives Web
evaluation
tutorial
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/InternetIndex/
http://thorplus.lib.purdue.edu/~techman/eval.html
http://thorplus.lib.purdue.edu/library_info/instruction/gs175/3gs175/evaluation.html
Evaluating World Wide Web Information
http://volvo.gslis.utexas.edu/%7ekidnet/evalinfo.html
http://weber.u.washington.edu/~libr560/NETEVAL/criteria.html
http://widener.edu/libraries.html
http://www.ala.org/ICONN/rating.html
http://www.ala.org/parentspage/greatsites/criteria.html
http://www.albany.edu/library/internet/addictions.html
http://www.alltogethernow.org/mp/127.htm
http://www.bf.rmit.edu.au/Dimals/rguides/website.htm
http://www.bpl.org/WWW/KIDs/Evaluate.html
http://www.capecod.net/schrockguide/eval.htm  Kathy Schrock’s Collection of
Critical
evaluation surveys
http://www.capecod.net/schrockguide/evalelem.htm
http://www.capecod.net/schrockguide/evalhigh.htm
http://www.capecod.net/schrockguide/evalmidd.htm
http://www.capecod.net/Wixon/eval.htm These are Kathy Schrock's guides for
educators
http://www.cityoftakomapark.org/library/eval.html
http://www.crcs.k12.ny.us/lib/hs/evaluating_web_sites.htm
http://www.cyberbee.com/guide1.html    has a good rubric for rating content
and design
http://www.duke.edu/~de1/evaluate.html  Web page evaluation worksheet
http://www.fau.edu/library/evaluate.htm
http://www.fno.org/jun97/eval.html
http://www.iat.unc.edu/guides/irg-49.html
http://www.infosearcher.com/nassau.htm  links to evaluating web information
as well as
sites that show "good, bad and ugly"
web pages. Scroll down to sites under the heading of Evaluation.
http://www.ithaca.edu/library/Training/hott.html
http://www.kalama.com/~zimba/plag&cheat.htm
http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/college/instruct/critical.htm
Thinking critically
about WWW Resources
http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/college/instruct/hoax/evlinfo.htm an
online lesson in
web evaluation
http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/college/instruct/web/critical.htm
Critical Look at
WWW Resources from UCLA
http://www.libsci.sc.edu/miller/Evaluate.htm
http://www.mindspring.com/~klv/eval.html
http://www.mit.edu:8001/~mkgray/head-explode.html
http://www.sccu.edu/faculty/R_Harris/evalu8it.htm
http://www.science.widener.edu/~withers/webeval.htm  Teaching critical
evaluation
skills for WWW resources
http://www.southampton.liunet.edu/library/evaluate.htm
http://www.tiac.net/users/hope/findqual.html  Evaluating quality on the Net
http://www.vuw.ac.nz/~agsmith/evaln/evaln.htm
http://www.widener.edu/libraries.html and click on "Evaluating Web
Resources".
http://www2.widener.edu/Wolfgram-Memorial-Library/cklstlnk.htm
http://www2.widener.edu/Wolfgram-Memorial-Library/webeval.htm
www.allnations.com/webtech/url.shml

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Source
Objectivity
Depth
Accuracy
Scope

The acronym, of course, is SODAS.  (Not very nutritious, but I couldn't
think
of anything better!  :  )
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Hi, there is one on the web that is at
http://edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/searching/sevensteps.html
  the acronym is My plump starfish quickly lowered lincoln's tie
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If you haven't already found it, check out
http://nt.gc.cc.fl.us/library/researchhelp/webeval.htm
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Here is a site that I found and really like. Hope it helps.

http://www.quick.org.uk/menu.htm
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When I teach this, I try to keep it simple.  APAC (Authority, Perspective
OR Point-of-View, Accuracy, and Currency).  There are other elements but I
feel these are the most important for judging the information found on the
website rather than the "look" of the site which I would emphasize in a
class teaching web design.


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