The following websites were critically evaluated according to the web evaluation reading 'Evaluating Web Pages: Techniques to Apply & Questions to Ask'. OC Berkeley - Teaching Library Internet Workshops.
Activity: You wish to help your students by presenting to them reliable and valuable web sites. You have found these sites in your search. Critically evaluate them according to one of the web evaluation models or readings.
· How do you assess these sites?
· How could you teach your students to evaluate these sites?
· Which will you choose for your students?
http://www.greenleft.org.au/2006/656/7463
Green Left Weekly is an ‘independent voice committed to human and civil rights, global peace and environmental sustainability, democracy and equality’.
Is a non profit organisation - hence ‘.org’
It is an Australian site hence the ‘.au’ on the end of the URL.
It is not a personal page – there are no personal names following the title.
It was last updated on the 14th March 2007.
The articles are authorised by K. Miller, 23 Abercrombie Street, Chippendale, NSW. Site by Kiwa Systems
The site also offers links which are on the same topic.
The page is put in on the web with the aim of ‘linking like-minded activists, socialists, environmentalists, feminists, anti-racists.’
The article was produced to inform and to persuade. The information is written to persuade the audience on a subject, or a viewpoint or an idea the site feels strongly about. The information is biased.
http://www.abc.net.au/stateline/nsw/content/2006/s1567784.htm
The site is from Stateline which is a program that focuses on local and political issues which affect us. It is part of the ABC – Australian Broadcasting Commission – very reputable.
This particular article was posted on 10/02/2006 so it’s now over a year old.
There are no related links.
It is an Australian site hence the ‘.au’ on the end of the URL.
Is not a personal page – there are no personal names following the title.
The article was produced to inform and give facts.
http://www.sydneywater.com.au/EnsuringTheFuture/Desalination/
This site is made by Sydney Water, a utility owned by the NSW Government.
‘Sydney Water provides drinking water, recycled water, wastewater services and some storm water services to more than four million people in Sydney, Illawarra and the Blue Mountains.’
It is not a personal page. It is a government website.
The site has links to other government sites.
The site has information which is of an unbiased nature.
It is an Australian site hence the ‘.au’ on the end of the URL.
Is not a personal page – there are no personal names following the title.
The article was produced to inform and give facts.
http://www.unsw.edu.au/news/pad/articles/2005/jul/Water.html
This article has been posted on the 12 July 2005, which is not recent, but the information is still relevant.
The site is produced by the University of New South Wales.
The site has information which is of an unbiased nature.
It is an Australian site hence the ‘.au’ on the end of the URL.
Is not a personal page – there are no personal names following the title.
The article was produced to inform and give facts.
http://www.abc.net.au/science/news/stories/s1416663.htm
The site was produced by the ABC.
The site has information which is of an unbiased nature.
It is an Australian site hence the ‘.au’ on the end of the URL.
Is not a personal page – there are no personal names following the title.
The article was produced to inform and give facts.
The article was posted on Tuesday, 19 July 2005
The site has links to other ABC programs.
http://www.suthlib.nsw.gov.au/ssc/home.nsf/WebPages/E2E213220EF39236CA257075001FEC54?OpenDocument&Expand=2
This site is a Local Government site produced for the Sutherland Shire Council.
The site has information which is of an unbiased nature.
It is an Australian site hence the ‘.au’ on the end of the URL.
Is not a personal page – there are no personal names following the title.
The article was produced to inform and give facts and to persuade.
http://webdiary.com.au/cms/?q=node/262
This site is an ‘open conversation between the readers, based on articles about half of which are written by readers and about half of which are sourced from Project Syndicate.’
The site allows people to join in debates on political and local issues.
The site has advertisements which are unrelated to the site and its contents.
The information which is posted may not be accurate or correct so students take information at there own risk.
The view points are of those who are against or for issues so information may be of a biased nature.
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Evaluating websites as an adult is clearly much more sophisticated than the cognitive skills of a younger student would allow. Part 2 of this exercise was to think about the sort of model you could use to teach your students about critical evaluation. One school of thought is that children at Years 1 and 2 levels probably shouldn't be searching the web, but that teachers should provide the sites. What does your experience tell you?
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