Are There Whales In Lake Michigan ? Creative mjgorman This power point may not be video taped or redistributed without permission A Seven Step Approach To Evaluating Web Page A-G Chapter F – Facts And Content Michael Gorman 2011

Michael Gorman Presents A Mini Power Point Seven Steps To Effective Web Site Evaluation (A-G) STEP A

Introducing The ABC’s of Web Research Along with the DEFG’s

The Seven Steps To Web Site Evaluation

FACTS AND CONTENT Is the information good information?

F. Facts And Content Verify Info (Find two – three other sources) Grammar (Sentence structure, wording, spelling) To the Point or Vague (Is it concise?) Good flow (Does the article read well?)

Verify Information are facts and content in resource correct find other websites or resources to verify info include scholarly sites, data bases, and hard copy use information that verifies info as citations

Proper Grammar use web sites that are properly written poor grammar may also mean poor information good info… bad grammar… find another site

To The Point site must be clear, concise, and to the point do not accept a website that is vague avoid web sites with needless words vague may indicate bias or lack of research

Web Example To The Point Correct Content Verifiable Facts Grammar

F. Information Found On Web Christopher Columbus 1. Christopher Columbus was born in Sydney, Australia. 2. He is buried in Valladolid, Spain. Live Link Are these stated points really true?

F. Checking These Facts With Google Born in Sydney, Australia? Buried in Valladolid, Spain. Finding where Columbus is buried is much harder than where he died. Watch from live link. Look for video title belowlive link Three sites say Genoa, Italy

F. Different Google Results Who first saw America on the Columbus voyage? October 12, 1492: Juan Rodriguez Bermejo, a sailor on the Pinta, shouts, “Land, Land!” Columbus later claims he first spotted land and thus will collect the lifetime pension promised. Live Link

F. Vague Or Clear Live Link CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS discovered America in At least that is what all elementary school children were always taught: "In 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue." Of course, Columbus never did "discover" North America, and the regions he did explore were already inhabited Christopher Columbus was a master navigator and admiral whose four transatlantic voyages (1492–93, 1493–96, 1498–1500 and 1502–04) opened the way for European exploration, exploitation and colonization of the Americas. Live Link Top link is more colorful, but is more vague and not as specific and to the point as the second.

F. Grammar Is Important Grammar, spelling, sentence structure, and flow of article are important! Explorer, navigator, Columbus was born in 1451, in the Republic of Genoa (Italy) to the son of a weaver. Columbus first went to sea as a teenager, participating in several trading voyages in the Mediterranean and Aegean seas. Christofer Columbis was a great explorer who was born in 1451 in Genoa, Italy to the son of a weaver who encouraged his sun to goto see as a teeneager and made shure he traded voyages in the Mediteranian and Again Sees.

F. Facts And Content The Website must: Be accurate and be able to be verified Contain proper grammar, spelling, sentence structure Get to the point Have good word flow

Evaluating A Web Site A-G Michael Gorman 21centuryedtech Fort Wayne, Indiana Creative Commons: For classroom use only – Please obtain permission for professional development and teacher in-service purpose.

Are There Whales In Lake Michigan? Michael J. Gorman 21centuryedtech Fort Wayne, Indiana Johns Hopkins University, Indiana University, Western Michigan University ISTE - International Society For Technology In Education All resources available at : – Teacher Of The Year Fort Wayne Chapter USA Air Force Association Facilitator For National STEM Institute International Professional Development Co-chair Board Member Communications Chair