Transcript Evaluating Web Sites

Evaluating
Websites
Or how to get the
good stuff!
How do YOU
decide that
you have found
a good web
site?
Quality Web Site?
• The 1st one that comes up on
Google
• Has great pictures
• Looks professional
• Has cool stuff on it like animated
cartoons
• My topic is in the title
What do you think of this
web site?
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Whale Watching
How about this website for a
social studies project?
War History
Need statistics to support
your argument?
Crime and
Punishment
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Anyone can create a web
site!
How do I look for clues
about a web site?
First look at the web
address or URL.
http://www.facebook.com
Look at the ending of
each web site or URL
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www.nytimes.com
www.centcom.mil
www.loc.gov
www.phila.k12.pa.us
www.redcross.int
www.unc.edu
www.metmuseum.org
www.timesonline.co.uk
www.scils.rutgers.edu/~rtodd
You’re doing a school project on the
characteristics of Japanese painting.
What do you look for in a web site?
Consider the 5 W’s
• What
• Who
• Where
• Why
• When
What is the web site really about?
Is it relevant to your topic?
http://www.theartofjapan.com/
http://www.koho-schoolofsumi-e.com/
http://web-japan.org/museum/paint.html -
Who put together the web
site?
• Author?
• Author’s credentials (is it an expert in the
field?)
• Author’s sources?
• Check the bottom or edges of the page or
the home page for the author.
Who are the authors of
these web pages?
• Skokie Case
• Skokie Controversy and
Free speech
Where is the website from?
• University
• Museum
• Government
Agency
• Commercial Site
Where are these sites
from? Do you think they are
reputable?
• http://www.asia.si.edu/collections/chinese.asp
• http://web-japan.org/museum/menu.html
Now you know What, Who,
Where…
When was the website put
together?
Is it current? Do the links work?
When were these sites last
updated?
• http://artcafe.net/ah/japan/
• http://asianhistory.about.com/od/warsinasia/
p/SamuraiProfile.htm
Finally,
Why did they put together
the website?
• Are they trying to sell you something?
• Are they trying to convince you about
something?
• Is it biased? Does it express an opinion?
Why were these websites
put together?
• http://www.babybushtoys.com/
• http://animalrightscoalition.com/
So, don’t forget on your next
project, use the 5 W’s to
evaluate your web sites!
See you next project!