Evaluating Web Pages

Activities and pages to examine // Sites with Strong Bias

WebQuest on Evaluating Websites evalwebstu.html

Access the Quality of Information at a Web Site http://www.virtualchase.com/howto/assess_quality.html

ALA 700+ Great Sites, Collection Criteria http://www.ala.org/parentspage/greatsites/criteria.html

Evaluating Web Resources (Widener) http://www2.widener.edu/Wolfgram-Memorial-Library/webevaluation/webeval.htm

Evaluating the Quality of Information on the Internet: A Checklist http://www.virtualchase.com/quality/checklist.html

Evaluation of Resources on the Internet http://www.hi.is/~anne/webeval.html

Checklist for an Informational Webpage http://www2.widener.edu/Wolfgram-Memorial-Library/webevaluation/inform.htm

Critically Analyzing Information Sources (Cornell University) http://www.library.cornell.edu/okuref/research/skill26.htm

ABCs of Web Evaluation (Kathy Schrock) http://kathyschrock.com/abceval/index.htm

Evaluation Rubrics for Websites http://www.siec.k12.in.us/~west/edu/evaltr.htm

Evaluating Websites: Criteria and Tools http://www.library.cornell.edu/okuref/research/webeval.html

Ed's Oasis Evaluation Guidelines http://www.edsoasis.org/guide2.html

Information Validity (Harry Willems) http://www.sekls.lib.ks.us/staff/willems/li98vlid.html

QUICK: The Quality Information Checklist http://www.quick.org.uk/menu.htm

Sun Valley High School Web Evaluation http://www.sunvalleyhighschool.org/webevaluation.htm

Teaching Zack to Think (Alan November) http://www.anovember.com/articles/zack.html

Ten Cs for Evaluating Internet Sources http://www.uwec.edu/library/Guides/tencs.html

Thinking Critically about WWW Resources http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/college/help/critical/index.htm

Using the Internet for School Reports (Boston Public Library) http://www.bpl.org/kids/Evaluate.htm

Virtual Salt: Evaluating Internet Research Sources http://www.virtualsalt.com/evalu8it.htm

Evaluating Internet Information: Kathi Vanderbilt's Links http://www.mindspring.com/~klv/eval.html

Activities and some pages to evaluate

WebQuest on Evaluating Websites (Valenza) evalwebstu.html

Practice Ranking Sources: High School (Valenza) ranking.html

Practice Ranking Sources: Middle School (Valenza) rankingms.html

Why Should I Take this Author Seriously (Valenza) whyauthor.html

Anonka High School Bogus Sites http://anokahs.anoka.k12.mn.us/Media/bogus.html

Feral Flamingos of Sacramento's Capitol Park http://www.umbachconsulting.com/FeralFlamingo.pdf

Burger King Introduces Left-Handed Whopper http://www.burgerking.com/CompanyInfo/onlinepressroom/release.asp?id=249

Dihydrogen Monoxide http://www.dhmo.org

Evaluating Webpages: Why It's Important http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/Evaluate.html

Facts About Series http://scnc.hps.k12.mi.us/~hwmedia/encyclopedia/
 

Federal Vampire & Zombie Agency http://www.fvza.org

Good, the Bad, & the Ugly http://lib.nmsu.edu/instruction/eval.html

ICYouSee: T is for Thinking http://www.ithaca.edu/library/Training/hott.html

Hoax? Scholarly Research? Personal Opinion? You Decide! http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/college/help/hoax/index.htm

Who Dunnit: What Kind of Web Page Is This? http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/college/help/whodunnit/index.htm

Critical Evaluation Surveys http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/eval.html

Who Dunnit: What Kind of Web Page Is This? http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/college/help/whodunnit/index.htm

Bookmarks for P. Tjomsland http://www.kalama.com/~zimba/integration.htm

Evaluation of Resources on the Internet http://www.hi.is/~anne/webeval.html

First Human Male Pregnancy http://www.malepregnancy.com

GW Bush for President http://gwbush.com/

MoonBeam Enterprises and Lunar Travel Agency http://www.dreamweaverstudios.com/moonbeam/moon.htm

California's Velcro Crop Under Challenge http://home.inreach.com/kumbach/velcro.html

Mountain Walrus http://www.end.com/~jynx/walrus/

Jackalope http://www.sudftw.com/jackcon.htm

Sasquatch http://zapatopi.net/bsa.html

Tree Octopus http://zapatopi.net/treeoctopus.html

Greenpeas http://www.greenpeas.org/

Dihydrogen Monoxide (a most dangerous chemical compound) http://www.dhmo.org/

WhiteHouse.org Victory Trophies http://www.whitehouse.org/initiatives/victory/index.asp

Sites with Strong Perspective

Creationism.org http://www.creationism.org/

National Abortion Federation: Voice of Abortion Providers http://www.prochoice.org/

National Right to Life: Where Does Life Begin http://www.nrlc.org/abortion/wdlb/wdlb.html

Martin Luther King, Jr.  A True Historical Investigation (White Supremacist site--examine for bias)  http://www.martinlutherking.org/

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