An online evaluation that covers eight ways of checking information on the web. Online quiz included.

Level: Junior, Intermediate

Evaluating the quality of information on the Internet.  A printable checklist and on-line tutorial.

• Information Literacy Quiz
• Information Literacy Quiz Answer Key and Follow-up Activities
• Websites to Validate
• How to read a web address

Tutorial Table of Contents

•  Evaluating Web Pages- Techniques to apply and questions to ask
• Evaluation Checklist - 1 pg. pdf file

This PowerPoint presentation includes: Why evaluate?, Evaluation Criteria, Specific Types of Web Resources, and Evaluation Tools. 

The "Ten Cs" provide criteria to consider for evaluating Internet sources.

Components of web sites are demonstrated with examples of good and bad sites.

Rumours and Hoaxes are dispelled.

• Read About This Site - The site is intended to teach students to evaluate accurate infomation on the interent and learn to access subscription databases such as World Book Online or SIRS Discoverer
• Explorers from A to Z 
  Do not use these links for research of explorers
  • Lessons - Internet Treasure Hunts
  • Materials - Word and pdf files
  • Explorer Quest worksheets (Word docs): Balboa, Cabot, Cartier, Champlain, Columbus,Degama, Deleon, Drake, Hudson, Magellan.

Critical Evaluation of Websites- printable handouts. Cursor down the page to find a list of fictitious sites to demonstrate critical analysis of websites.

An online tutorial to evaluate a website. You can keep notes along the process and print your report at the end.

Collection of web evaluation sites. Includes lesson plans, evaluation sheets and academic reading on the topic.
 

An online evaluation that covers eight ways of checking information on the web. Online quiz included.

Level: Junior, Intermediate

Evaluating the quality of information on the Internet.  A printable checklist and on-line tutorial.

• Information Literacy Quiz
• Information Literacy Quiz Answer Key and Follow-up Activities
• Websites to Validate
• How to read a web address

Tutorial Table of Contents

•  Evaluating Web Pages- Techniques to apply and questions to ask
• Evaluation Checklist - 1 pg. pdf file

This PowerPoint presentation includes: Why evaluate?, Evaluation Criteria, Specific Types of Web Resources, and Evaluation Tools. 

The "Ten Cs" provide criteria to consider for evaluating Internet sources.

Components of web sites are demonstrated with examples of good and bad sites.

Rumours and Hoaxes are dispelled.

• Read About This Site - The site is intended to teach students to evaluate accurate infomation on the interent and learn to access subscription databases such as World Book Online or SIRS Discoverer
• Explorers from A to Z 
  Do not use these links for research of explorers
  • Lessons - Internet Treasure Hunts
  • Materials - Word and pdf files
  • Explorer Quest worksheets (Word docs): Balboa, Cabot, Cartier, Champlain, Columbus,Degama, Deleon, Drake, Hudson, Magellan.

Critical Evaluation of Websites- printable handouts. Cursor down the page to find a list of fictitious sites to demonstrate critical analysis of websites.

An online tutorial to evaluate a website. You can keep notes along the process and print your report at the end.

Collection of web evaluation sites. Includes lesson plans, evaluation sheets and academic reading on the topic.