Bellingham School District |
Evaluating
Web Pages for Research:
Can
You Trust the Web?
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| CHALLENGE: The
Internet is a place for anyone’s self-expression worldwide. There is no editor
controlling what is printed on the web, unlike for books, magazines and newspaper
articles, where the reputation of the publisher is at stake. Therefore, the burden is on
the reader to establish the validity, authorship, timeliness and integrity of what is
found on web sites. The central question is, "Would I use this web site in my
research paper?" |
TASKS:
• Evaluate one web site with teacher
• Evaluate two web sites
with partner |
PRODUCTS:
• Evaluations
and citations for 2 web sites
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RESOURCES:
• How
to Evaluate Information on the Web, NVCC
• Evaluating
Resources, SDSU
• Evaluation
Checklist |
ASSESSMENT:
Accurate completion of products
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PROCEDURES:
- Study the 6
guidelines for
How to Evaluate Information on the Web from
the library resources of Northern Virginia Community College.
- Practice evaluating one web
site with your class, using the questions from the
Evaluation Checklist.
- Evaluate
two sample sites for authenticity and integrity:
- Find two web sites you
can compare. Go to Evaluating Resources from South Dakota State University's
library. Scroll down to link to sites on the same topic.
- With
a partner, evaluate two sites,
completing the Evaluation
Checklist.
- When
you "Write a citation" in the two blank lines, you
will be "plugging in" the pieces of information that
you found while evaluating. For more help on this, see
step 4.
- Diana Hacker's Humanities:
Documenting Sources is a good Internet resource for
citation format. Pick the MLA List of Works Cited, and use
the dropdown directory to find the type of source
you need to cite.
- Hint:
scroll down to Electronic Sources
to find the format for web sources.
- Turn in the Evaluation
Checklist with completed and accurate citations to your
teacher.
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