Activity 3c

Ed Psy 387

Summer 1998

Julie Nika Eck

Owen Marsh Elementary School

Springfield, Illinois

Evaluating Web Sites

 

1. What is the URL of the Web page you are viewing?

  • http://______________________________________________

2. What is the title of the site?_______________________________

3. Is the author's name and e-mail address on the page? Yes / No

  • the author's name_____________________________________
  • the author's e-mail address______________________________

4. What makes this Web page look interesting to you?___________

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5. Tell about the pictures on the Web page.

  • Are there pictures on the page? Yes / No
  • Is there a picture(s) on the page that you can use to link to another site? Yes / No
  • Do the photographs look real? Yes / No / No pictures
  • Do the pictures/photographs on the page help you learn? Yes / No

6. How is the information presented on the page? (In tables, graphs, columns, with illustrations, etc.)_____________________________

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7. If you can link to another page, is there a way to get back to the first page you were at? Yes / No / No links

8. Is there a date that tells you when the page was created? Yes / No

  • When was the page created? ____________________________
  • Does the date the page was created affect its quality as a source for information? Yes / No Explain_______________________
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9. What did you learn from this Web page?

  • _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

10. Does the title of the page tell you what it is about? Yes / No

11. Is there an introduction that tells you what is on the page? Yes / No

12. Are the facts on the page what you were looking for? Yes / No

13. Would you have gotten more information from the encyclopedia? Yes / No

14. Do you agree with what the author of the page says? Yes / No

  • Explain_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

15. Would you consider this Web page a reliable source for accurate information? Yes / No

  • Explain_______________________________________________________________________________________________

16. Looking at all of the questions and answers above, write a paragraph telling why this Web page is helpful (or not helpful) for your project.

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