Evaluating Web Sites

Evaluating Web Sites
To evaluate Web sites you and your students need to become very familiar with different parts of a web site as well as knowing what sort of information can be found where.
By yourself or in a group complete the following activities which have been adapted from Birks, J. & Hunt, F. (2003) 'Hands-On Information Literacy Activities' and reproduced here with permission from the authors. NB. Printable versions require Adobe Acrobat.

Print off and complete the table Parts of a Web Site as you explore one of the listed Web sites

Brainstorm 4 or 5 criteria you think are important for evaluating a Web site

Discuss specific clues you might look for to judge each criteria

Print off a few copies of the criteria worksheet Compare this to your own list

Use it to evaluate each of the sites from one of the suggested lists

Adapt this exercise to create an activity suitable for your teaching/learning context

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