Transcript Creativity Session

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Critical Thinking
On your way to become
Information Literate
Evaluating websites
There are 3 elements we should consider . . .
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Credibility
Content
Technical
Credibility
Examine the URL - Uniform Resource Locator
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http://www.cce.ac.nz/teachered/secondary/graddip.html
Identifies the
protocol - http
is a webpage
Identifies
the country
Identifies the
Christchurch
College of
Education
Identifies the filenames
and the path of the files
Identifies the
domain as an
academic institution
Identifies
the file
type
Credibility
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What the URL can tell you
What is the domain?
Government and military (.govt .gov .mil)
 Commercial (.co .com)
 Education (.ac .edu .k12 .school)
 Network providers (.net)
 Organisations - non-profit (.org)
 International treaty organisations (.int)
 Country (.nz .au .us .uk .ca .jp .za ue.)
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
Credibility
 What
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Who published the page?
www.zu.ac.ae/
(Zayed University)
 http://www.uae.gov.ae/moia.htm (Ministry of Islamic Affairs)
 http://www.etisalat.co.ae/index2.htm (Etisalat = company)
 www.globalnet.org.nz/ (Globalnet = organization)
 www.fno.org
(From Now On)
 webtips.dantobias.com (Individual)
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the URL can tell you . . .
Credibilaty
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 When
was the site updated? Is this
important to the content?
 Is the information authentic? Can you
check the authenticity elsewhere?
 Can you email the webmaster?
 Is the information well documented?
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Credible journals?
Credible organisations?
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Content
Words spelled correctly?
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Materials organized?
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Information referenced?
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Quality of references?
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Do links add to the value of website?
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Content
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 Does
the information add to the body of
knowledge about the topic?
 Does the material provide information
not readily available?
 Does the site contain original work or
primary source material?
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Technical
Are screens uncluttered and easy to read?
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Are the color and background of the page
acceptable
Do graphics enhance the purpose of the site
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Are animations helpful or distracting?
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Is the text legible and the print size
appropriate?
Do links add to the value of website?
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Technical
Does the site load quickly
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Navigation: Easy to follow?
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Are all links active?
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Can you go quickly from page to page?
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Do links add to the value of website?
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