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Credible Sources Count - Tutorial from Vaughan Memorial Library, Acadia University, Nova Scotia: an interactive tutorial designed to teach students how to evaluate the information they find on the web.

The Quality Information Check List from United Kingdom (http://www.quick.org.uk/menu.htm):  Includes 8 ways of checking information on the web.  Each figure links to a full page explanation of each way.  At the bottom there is a quick and a printable checklist summary.

Evaluating Web Resources Recommended Internet Sites  (http://www.2learn.ca/evaluating/evaluating.html)
from 2Learn (http://www.2learn.ca/mapset/mapset.html): What's interesting is that not just teachers but all newcomers to the Internet are immediately placed in the position of evaluator.  As we begin to sift through sites, all the techniques we have learned about in media studies come into play.  Just as an awareness of advertisers' techniques lets us view ads with a critical eye, there are also some key indicators that we can all quickly identify that will help determine the authenticity, quality, and usefulness of any website....
 

Blue WebN Evaluation Rubric (http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn/rubric.html): In order to share only the best applications, we filter our database with the help of the following evaluation rubric.  Oregon Public Education Network has an online scoring tool (http://www.openc.k12.or.us/jitt/evalform.html) that makes it crystal clear!

Evaluating Educational Websites by Master's of Classroom Technology Program
Cohort 3 at Bowling Green State University (http://home.thirdplanet.net/mireland/EvalGuide.html):
In the same manner that consumers make decisions about what they choose to watch on TV and what they choose to read, it is also important to choose Web pages carefully. There are millions of unregulated documents on the web, and virtually anyone is able to create a Web site. As an internet user it is important to distinguish between good and bad sites. This page offers guidance to six areas that good Web pages should include. Careful users should examine sites by looking for any weaknesses such as bias, stereotypes, and incorrect information. They can then judge which are the most important for their particular needs. This page also has several external links to give additional assistance in the evaluation of Web pages.


Wolfgram Memorial Library: Evaluating Internet Resources (http://www2.widener.edu/Wolfgram-Memorial-Library/webevaluation/webeval.htm): Even though this is a book record from the Widener University Library, the record give links to parts of the book that gives useful evaluation information.

Searching the Web: Web Page Evaluation
(http://www.hu.mtu.edu/teachtech/search2.htm): Anyone with a computer and access to server space can put up a web page. There are few restrictions and even fewer established guidelines as to what an author can or cannot put up on a web page. Thus, in order to do effective research and publish responsibly on the World Wide Web, researchers and authors need to investigate and critically approach the author's intentions, credibility, and bias; the reliability of the information presented; the interface (how the graphics and text look); and the ease with which the site can be navigated. Listed below are questions to assist you in your evaluation of web sites and/or to assist you in creating your own web page.

Kathy Schrock’s Guide to Critical Evaluation (http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/eval.html):
With the advent of the World Wide Web and the huge amount of information that is contained there, students need to be able to critically evaluate a Web page for authenticity, applicability, authorship, bias, and usability. The ability to critically evaluate information is an important skill in this information age. To help you get started with this process with your students, I have designed a series of evaluation surveys, one each at the elementary, middle, and secondary school levels. The elementary, middle, and secondary surveys have been re-designed and updated in August of 2003.

Web Page Evaluation Worksheet  (http://www.duke.edu/~de1/evaluate.html): A simple checklist with suggested evaluative points.  For permission to reprint contact: Dr. Nancy Everhart, St. John's University, Division of Library and Information Science, 8000 Utopia Parkway, Jamaica, NY 11439 (718) 990-1454 nancye@ptd.net.



INTERNET TUTORIALS


University Libraries at University of Albany, N.Y.  (http://library.albany.edu/internet/): Includes -- Using and Searching the Web, Browsers, Software Training, Search Tool of the Month, and What's New.

Searching the Internet through the Internet Scout Project  (http://scout.wisc.edu/Projects/PastProjects/toolkit/searching/indextxt.html): Topics include -- Searchable Indexes, Subject Catalogs, Annotated Directories, Subject Guides, Specialized Directories.


Four Nets for Better Searching (http://webquest.sdsu.edu/searching/fournets.htm)(fomerly Seven Steps Toward Better Searching, which can be still accessed in a 2001 version): If you make a habit of using the four techniques described, you'll be a much better searcher than 90% of all web-users. It's just four things, and each will provide you with a better net for information catching.  This is from the WebQuest site by Bernie Dodge of San Diego State University.  Links to the Specialized Search Engines page (http://webquest.sdsu.edu/searching/specialized.html) and more advanced techniques from Google (http://www.highfiber.org/google/google.html)!

Boolean Searching (http://searchenginewatch.com/facts/article.php/2155991): This is an article from SearchEngineWatch.com. (10/26/01)
 
 


 

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