Website Evaluation Worksheet
Overview
This is a worksheet that helps students consider the websites that they are viewing.
Students learn to:
- Evaluate websites using the following criteria
- Authority
- Purpose
- Coverage
- Accuracy
- Objectivity
- Currency
- Appearance
- Compare websites for accuracy and value
Website Evaluation Worksheet
Website Evaluation
| STEP 1: Importance of Evaluating Websites | |
In the green box below, answer the following question: Why do you feel that it is important to evaluate websites prior to using them?
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| STEP 2: Dog Island Website Evaluation | ||||||||
Click HERE to visit the DOG ISLAND WEBSITE Look through the website and answer the following questions in the space below:
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| STEP 3: Research | ||||||||||||||||
The information you read on the previous page about Dog Island was completely fake! While the website looks like it might have contained legitimate information, it did not. So, how can you make sure that the information you are reading online is accurate? It is important to have a way to evaluate which websites contain accurate information.
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| STEP 4: Comparing Websites | ||||||
Using the rubric above for a guide, click on the links below to compare the three websites: Answer the questions below:
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| STEP 5: Website Evaluation Wrap-Up |
| The goal of this lesson was to help you see the importance of evaluating a website before believing the claims that it makes. You were shown one rubric that can be used to help you. There are many other evaluation rubrics that can also be helpful. Read through the tutorial below to learn more. Then complete the following practice. In the end, the important thing is that you evaluate the websites that you read and visit! |