1. Are There Whales In Lake Michigan ? Creative Commons @21centuryedtech mjgorman This power point may not be video taped or redistributed without permission A Seven Step Approach To Evaluating Web Page A-G Chapter A – Author/Sponsor/Host http://21centuryedtech.wordpress.com http://21centuryedtech.wikispaces.com Michael Gorman 2011

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3. Introducing The ABCs of Web Research Along with the DEFGs

4. The Seven Steps To Web Site Evaluation

6. AUTHOR In Other Words… Who Wrote The Article?

7. A. Find More Out About The Author Who wrote…. Author Sponsoring Organization… Group supporting site Hosting Service… Where is websites home Credential Of Author/Sponsor… … check external sources by searching … check internal by investigating web site

8. Author is the one who wrote the article May not be the same person as the publisher /sponsor of the web site It may even be someone that is no longer living If no author … investigate sponsor Who Wrote… Author

9. group supporting site if no author … find and investigate sponsor usually has an interest in the information given. may be found anywhere on page… title, bottom every page should have a sponsor Sponsor Organization

10. service providing network servers on the web is their a relationship with sponsor or author do not confuse with sponsor Hosting Service

11. author… bio, title, occupation, accomplishments sponsor… credibility, purpose, reputation external check using other reference material internal check with links, stories, other pages Credentials

12. Web Example Sponsor Author Host Credentials

13. A. Author/Sponsor At the bottom of article it states it is an autobiography. From Nobel Lectures, Physics 1901- 1921, Elsevier Publishing Company, Amsterdam, 1967Nobel Lectures This autobiography/biography was written at the time of the award and first published in the book series Les Prix Nobel. It was later edited and republished in Nobel Lectures. To cite this document, always state the source as shown above.Les Prix NobelNobel Lectures Link To Page

14. Albert Einstein is the author Nobelprize.org is the sponsor

15. A. Author… Credibility Since this an is autobiography credibility is obvious, but also note further links to content which supports page. Internal Information From Nobel Lectures, Physics 1901-1921, Elsevier Publishing Company, Amsterdam, 1967Nobel Lectures This autobiography/biography was written at the time of the award and first published in the book series Les Prix Nobel. It was later edited and republished in Nobel Lectures.Les Prix NobelNobel Lectures

16. A. Credentials Of Sponsor - Internal While this is on the site, it should be verified in another place. Nobelprize.org is the official web site of the Nobel Foundation. Here you will find information for every Nobel Prize since 1901, including the Nobel Laureates' biographies, Nobel Lectures, interviews, photos, articles, video clips, press releases, educational games and more. As the official online information source for the Nobel Prize, visitors learn about the names of the year's Nobel Laureates just seconds after the prize announcements are made by the Nobel Prize-Awarding Institutions each October.

17. A. Web Verification Of Sponsor - External Author – Autobiography (Albert Einstein) CREDIBLE (no need to Google Name) Organization - Nobleprize.org CREDIBLE Nobelprize.org (http://nobelprize.org) is a registered trademark, and is produced, managed and maintained by Nobel Web. Nobel Web AB is a Swedish corporate entity and subsidiary of the Nobel Foundation Rights Association, a non-profit association managing the rights of the Nobel Foundation.http://nobelprize.org Google the Author and/or sponsor

18. A. Nobelprize.org : Albert Einstein Scores a 5 for Author/Organization

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