Evaluating Web Resources

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Evaluating Web Resources

• What to look for when looking at a website.

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Who is the author?

• Can you tell who created the site?
• Does the authors name appear on the site?
• Is the author a member of an organization?
• Is there some way to contact the author or
  organization?
• Planets

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What is the aim of the site and does it achieve
its aims?

• to provide you with information about something
• to educate you
• to give you links to other places
• to put you in touch with other people
• to sell you something
• to entertain you.
• Solar System

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Can the information be checked?

• Anyone can create a website.
• Does anyone else say the same thing?
• Does the site include any references?
• Solar System

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Is the site up to date?

• Check the date on the site.
• Some websites may be very old and therefore out
  of date.
• Planets

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Is the information biased?

• Does the site give a balanced view or only one
  opinion?
• Moon Landing 1
• Moon Landing 2

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Web Detectives

• Anyone can create a website
• Nobody checks the websites on the internet
• If you want to use the internet, you have to be a
  web detective.

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Websites

• The Quick method for checking websites
• Dihydrogen-monoxide