evaluating websites
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Evaluating Websites. Kim Napoli. I read it on the Internet. It must be true! Right?. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmx4twCK3_I. \. Searching the world wide web…. Can be daunting with its volumes of resources Takes skill & perseverance. Should be done with prudence when - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmx4twCK3_I
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Can be daunting with its volumes of resources
Takes skill & perseverance. Should be done with prudence when
› selecting sites for your students to use
› doing online research
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Magnitude of resources Any person can create a webpage Search engines (Google) do not
scrutinize sites › In fact, the top results are often the top
results because companies PAY to be there!!
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Informational Opinion Point of View or Perspective Commercial or business Personal
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A: Authorship/Authenticity (Verifiability) B: Bias or Point of View C: Currency/Content
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Author is well-known and well- regarded
Positive referral from another trusted source
Biographical information is given Other contact information is supplied
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Explanations of research methods provided
Bibliography / links to supporting documents
Individuals/sources are identifiable Use other sources to cross-reference
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Name or link to governing organization Organization is:
› Recognizable› Suitable to topic at hand
Identified relationship between author and server
Verify server where document resides
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Decide where webpage resides (URL)
› Corporate site?› Political agenda?› Philosophical agenda?
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Date of information Publication date Date of last revision Current, active links
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Look at the material that is presented on the page
Are there any misspelled words? Does the information appear reliable
and valid? Can you find this information elsewhere
on the web?
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.edu = Education Site .com = Commercial Sites -
Unrestricted! .gov = Government Agency .org = Organizations – Unrestricted! .net = Intended for ISP’s & Networks
(but can be purchased) .info = Unrestricted!
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.biz = Intended for Business – Unrestricted!
.pro = Professionals/Organizations .k12.nj.us = Public / Private Schools .library.nj.us = Public Libraries .state.nj.us = Official State Websites .name = Individual, Personal Website
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Web Search Strategies In Plain English http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8a
YoVpdz8o Hints on identifying personal pages are
available inUnderstanding and Decoding URLs.
http://www.library.jhu.edu/researchhelp/general/evaluating/url.html
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Read "Rising Tide: Sites Born of Hate", New York Times, March 18, 1999 to learn about tough-to-detect extremist point of views.
http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/99/02/circuits/articles/18hate.html
Get students to evaluate web pages by exploring these hoax sites!
http://www.shsu.edu/~lis_mah/documents/TCEA/hoaxtable.html
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Topic: Psychology of Parenting Started doing research to develop my
thesis Psychology Today Articles Parental attention, when taken to an
extreme known as helicopter parenting, has a detrimental impact on a child’s psychosocial development.
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Follow directions for creating an account in packet #1
Mini-lesson: › Creating a project› Starting a bibliography› Electronic Note cards› http://www.chathamcentralschools.com/