Web+Page+Evaluation

This page contains information regarding the evaluation of web sites. As we work through our lesson on web page evaluation, students will be using a variety of tools, handouts, and links from this page.


 * Why Do Students Need to Know How to Evaluate Web Pages?**

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 (showing an unfair prejudice toward someone or something), and usability. The ability to critically evaluate information is an important skill in this information age.

Anatomy of a Web Address (URL)




 * Web Evaluation Tools**



[|Ban Dihydrogen Monoxide] **PDF version **
 * Let's Evaluate this Site together**

Use this worksheet as a tool to evaluate the following websites
 * A Few More Sites to Practice Web Evaluation**

All About Explorers The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly [|Aluminum Foil Deflector Beanies] [|Boilerplate: Mechanical Marvel of the 19th Century] [|Burmese Mountain Dog] [|Buy an Ancestor Online] [|California's Velcro Crop Under Challenge] [|Case Analysis of a Historic Killer Tornado] Depression Dehydrated Water [|Dihydrogen Monoxide Research Division] [|End of the World 2012] [|Feline Reactions to Bearded Men] [|Google Job Opportunities] [|Google Technology] Henry VIII [|History of the Fisher-Price Airplane] Internet Bad for Kids [|Jacopo di Poggibonsi] [|Mankato (MN) Home Page] McWhortle Enterprises [|MoonBeam Enterprises and Lunar Travel Agency] [|Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus] [|OvaPrima Foundation] Republic of Molossia [|Taxonomy of Barney] Vaccines [|Visit Exciting Fredericton] [|Volcanoes]

If you'd like to check out the Holocaust site referenced during class, copy the following URL http://pubweb.acns.nwu.edu/~abutz/di/dc/camps.html, click on this link, then paste the URL you copied into the slot next to the Wayback Machine (take out the "http" already typed in that slot). Once the Wayback Machine takes you back, you can click on the dates with circles to see what the page(s) looked like on that date.