website evaluation

With the huge amount of information on the web, and it becoming quickly the first place students go to for research projects and finding information, the issue of being able to evaluate the value of a website is an important component of any students knowledge base in this information age. Below you will find a set of links, online tutorials, resources, lesson plans and articles providing you with a selection of places to go to with your students, or as a teacher or to share with parents.

Evaluation Rubrics for Websites http://www.cybersmartcurriculum.org/lesson_plans/ Primary, intermediate, and secondary students can use these rubrics to evaluate Web sites. Hoax Websites for Classroom Use (These are completely untrue but a good way to get the point across to students) http://zapatopi.net/afdb.html http://www.brookview.karoo.net/Stick_Insects/index.html http://www.umich.edu/~engtt516/index2.html http://web.archive.org/web/20010826011036/ http://www.geoffmetcalf.com/bread.html http://zapatopi.net/treeoctopus.html http://www.molossia.org/countryeng.html	Internet Detective http://www.sosig.ac.uk/desire/internet-detective.html An excellent scavenger hunt highlighting, exposing and simulating many of the issues one faces when evaluating or searching information a wonderful teaching tool.
Kids Report Selection Criteria http://www.madison.k12.wi.us/tnl/detectives/ Clearly stated criteria used by the kids who select the sites for the Kid's Report (Kids Identifying and Discovering Sites) web site. Kid's Report is no longer active, but evaluation criteria are still relevant.	Evaluating Web Resources http://www2.widener.edu/Wolfgram- Teaching students to consider the validity and usefulness of Web sites is an important part of information literacy. The Wolfgram Memorial Library presents evaluation materials using actual Web pages as examples.
WWW CyberGuide Ratings for Content Evaluation http://www.cyberbee.com/guides.html Use this form to evaluate Web sites. Add the total number of points you awarded a site to determine the overall CyberGuide rating.	Evaluation Criteria http://lib.nmsu.edu/instruction/evalcrit.html Examine Susan E. Beck's helpful Web evaluation-criteria instruction.
Ethics 101: Cheating, Plagiarism, Website Evaluation, and Copyright Information For Your Students http://www.kalama.com/~zimba/plag&cheat.htm- This resource contains links to resources related to cheating, detection sites for plagiarism, website evaluation and examples of bad content, techniques for teaching website evaluation, copyright information, citing references, and more.	Lesson Plans for evaluating Web Sites 6-8 Why is it important to evaluate the source and validity of the information found on a Web site? http://kathyschrock.net/eval/index.htm