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evaluating a website

Page history last edited by kristina smith 13 years, 8 months ago

 

 

Is the webpage reliable?

 

  1. Work in pairs.  Which topics are controversial in your country right now? Make a list of 3 with your partner.  
  2. Compare with another group - what did they choose?   
  3. Stay in the larger group.  Decide on 1 topic to work with.  
  4. Carry out a search - using a search engine other than Google.  
  5. Each person should select one site that you would like students to use. 
  6. use the checklist below to evaluate the site you have chosen.
  7. Afterwards, prepare to share what you have learned from this activity with the whole group.  

 

Topic:

URL:

 

1. Is it a personal page or a site?

 

2. What type of domain is it? 

 

3.Why was this page put on the web? 

 

 

 

4. Who is responsible for the content? 

 

5. Can you find any credentials?  Dated? 

 

 

 

6. Are the sources documented with links or quotations? 

 

7. Do links to other resources work?

 

8. Can you check that the quoted text was not altered in any way? 

 

9. Can you spot any bias? 

 

 

 

10. Check it out in alexia.com (Site info for…to find out who owns it and who links to it.)

 

11. Which blogs link to it?  (Hint: search blogsearch.google.com)  

 

12. Look up the author in Google

 

 

 

13.Is this web page suitable for your purpose? 

 

 

 

 

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