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Evaluating Online Resources

How to Tell if You Are Looking at a Great Website
This is a well-done description of criteria for rating Websites to use with children. Information at this site will assist K-12 educators.

ABC's of website Evaluation
Students and teachers need to be able to critically evaluate Web pages for authenticity, applicability, authorship, bias, and usability. Use this guide, created by Kathy Schrock, to help you review websites.

Cyberguide Ratings For Content Evaluation
A guide for rating the curriculum content on websites. Developed by by Karen McLachlan for WWW CyberGuides.

Cyberguide Ratings for Web Site Design
A guide for rating the design of a website. Developed by by Karen McLachlan for WWW CyberGuides.

Evaluating Internet Sites- Tutorial
This brief tutorial will overview the concepts and criteria of evaluating Internet sites. Five basic criteria are addressed: Accuracy, Authority, Objectivity, Currency, and Coverage. Use this information when reviewing sites for student use and share this informative tutorial with classroom teachers and older students.

Evaluating Web Sites - Criteria for the Classroom
Trying to sort out the gems from the junk on the Internet? Teachers and students may use the following criteria to select websites for their academic work.

Five Criteria for Evaluating Web Pages
Guide that can be used by teachers and students for evaluating the content of Web resources. The five criteria are: accuracy, authority, objectivity, currency, and coverage. Information is presented in an easy-to-use chart format.

Online WebQuest Rubric
Use this rubric to assess your own WebQuest as you are getting it ready for publication or use it to evaluate WebQuests that you are previewing for use with your students.

Rubric for Evaluating WebQuests
Is your WebQuest as good as it could be? This rubric allows you to score it along eight dimensions to see where it might be improved. This rubric may also be used when you are previewing WebQuests for use with your students.

SafeKids.com
SafeKids.com is a good place for teachers and parents to find tips, advice, and suggestions on making the internet a fun and productive experience.

The Good, The Bad & The Ugly: or, Why It's a Good Idea to Evaluate Web Sites
Five criteria and their rationale for evaluating websites.

Website Evaluation Form
Media Specialists, classroom teachers, technology specialists, and older students can use this form when evaluating websites. Rubric covers three main categories: mechanics, content, and authority.

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