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Thinking Critically about Web Sites

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Thinking Critically about Web Sites. Cynthia W. Sparks Chesapeake Public Schools. WWW: Access to Everyone. Not all sites are good sources of information In past, expensive to publish Materials usually juried by authorities Carefully selected Today, anyone can publish to web

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  1. Thinking Critically about Web Sites Cynthia W. Sparks Chesapeake Public Schools

  2. WWW: Access to Everyone • Not all sites are good sources of information • In past, expensive to publish • Materials usually juried by authorities • Carefully selected • Today, anyone can publish to web • Easy to broadcast inaccurate or biased material • Users must be critical consumers of information

  3. What to consider? • Source • Who is the author? • Does the creator have knowledge of the field? • Date • When was the site created? • Is the information updated periodically? • Are links to other sites kept current?

  4. What to Consider? • Content • Is the content accurate and current? • Is the content relevant? • Is the coverage comprehensive? • Is the site obviously biased? • Design • Is the site easy to navigate? • Does the design enhance the site?

  5. Places for more info • Evaluation criteria for Information Sources • http://www.vuw.ac.nz/~agsmith/evaln/evaln.htm • Thinking critically about WWW Resources • http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/college/help/critical/index.htm

  6. Evaluating Web sites: Practice • A WebQuest about Evaluating Web Sites • http://mciu.org/~spjvweb/evalwebstu.html • This quest asks you to compare specific sites in groups of 4 • Each member of the group will have a specific job to accomplish • Finally the group will evaluate and discriminate between the various web sites visited.

  7. Resources • Beginners Central • http://www.northernwebs.com/bc • Online tutorials of basic information for the novice

  8. What about the Page Content • Web page content http://www.lib.msu.edu/link/critical.htm • Icyousee Critical to the web • http://www.ithaca.edu/library/Training/hott.html • Evaluation Surveys from Kathy Schrock • http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/eval.html • Disinformation on the Web • http://library.humboldt.edu/~ccm/crithink.html

  9. Teacher/Adult Concerns • Evaluating Web Resources • Faculty guidelines from Maryville College • http://faculty.maryvillecollege.edu/library/researchguides/Evaluating%20Web%20Sites.htm

  10. Thinking and Paying Attention • Web is a wonderful gift and a dangerous place • Brings a wealth of information into the classroom • With every benefit there are concerns • Teaching student to think, pay attention, and evaluate is imperative