Website Evaluation Checklist
Student Name: Carrie Blanchard Date of Evaluation: 02/09/11
Name of the Website: Education World
URL of the Website: http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson308.shtml
Accuracy of the Web Page | Yes | No | Notes |
1. Can you find the author of the page? Hint: Scroll to the bottom of the page. It may be an institution. | x | Author Name: Gary Hopkins | |
2. Can the author be contacted: Hint: Look for an “About Us” or “Contact Link” | x | Author email: | |
3. Do you think this person or institution is qualified to publish this webpage? | x | Why or why not? Education World is a creditable source. | |
Authority of the Web Page | |||
1. Check the domain of the URL, particularly the extension. Is this a commercial site? The URL can give clues to the authority. | What does the extension tell you? The extension has the word help on the home page and the word lesson on the recycling page. | ||
2. Are there credentials listed for the author(s)? If not, try Googling the name of the author or the institution. | x | What did you find? Gary Hopkins: Founder, Editor in Chief who joined Education World after eight years with Weekly Reader. He was also managing editor of the third and fourth grade editions. His planned the content of the student and teacher editions and managed the teams that produced them. | |
Purpose of the Web Page | |||
1. Read over the information on this website carefully. Can you determine the purpose of this web page? | x | Why is this web page on-line? Think critically about possible opinions or bias? This page is online for the purpose to educate children and to assist teachers in the process. It gives fun activities, ideas and objectives for the topic. | |
Currency of the Web Page | |||
1. Can you find a publishing date? | x | When was it published? 04/11/2003 | |
2. Can you find the date it was last updated? | When was it updated? 03/28/2008 | ||
3. Are the links working and current? Click on some of the links to check. | x | What do you think about the links? Yes | |
Looking at your answers, do you think this website would be a reliable, credible source of information? | Why or Why not? Yes because it is not for advertisement, there is no persuasion. The information on this website is for educators to use as a tool to help the students learn a particular topic. |
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