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Evaluating Websites: A Guide for Students in the Digital Age

Navigating the vast resources available on the internet can be overwhelming, making it essential to evaluate websites critically. Understanding authorship, bias, and currency of information is crucial for effective online research. This guide provides tips on how to identify credible sources, recognize bias, and assess content quality. It also explains the significance of website domains like .edu, .gov, and .org for authenticity. By employing strategies discussed here, students can enhance their research skills and make informed decisions while utilizing online resources.

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Evaluating Websites: A Guide for Students in the Digital Age

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  1. Evaluating Websites Kim Napoli

  2. I read it on the Internet. It must be true! Right? • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmx4twCK3_I \

  3. Searching the world wide web… • 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

  4. Why evaluate? • 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!!

  5. Examples of Types of Websites • Informational • Opinion • Point of View or Perspective • Commercial or business • Personal

  6. What to consider? ABC’s!!! • A: Authorship/Authenticity (Verifiability) • B: Bias or Point of View • C: Currency/Content

  7. Authorship • Author is well-known and well- regarded • Positive referral from another trusted source • Biographical information is given • Other contact information is supplied

  8. Authenticity/Verifiability • Explanations of research methods provided • Bibliography / links to supporting documents • Individuals/sources are identifiable • Use other sources to cross-reference

  9. Publishing Body • 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

  10. Bias Or Point of View • Decide where webpage resides (URL) • Corporate site? • Political agenda? • Philosophical agenda?

  11. Currency • Date of information • Publication date • Date of last revision • Current, active links

  12. Content • 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?

  13. A Little Bit About Domains: • .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!

  14. More about domains.. • .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

  15. Worthwhile Websites • Web Search Strategies In Plain English • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8aYoVpdz8o • Hints on identifying personal pages are available inUnderstanding and Decoding URLs. • http://www.library.jhu.edu/researchhelp/general/evaluating/url.html

  16. Worthwhile Websites • 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

  17. Sample Thesis, Support, and Noodle Tools! • 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.

  18. Noodle Tools • Follow directions for creating an account in packet #1 • Mini-lesson: • Creating a project • Starting a bibliography • Electronic Note cards • http://www.chathamcentralschools.com/

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