1. Is everything on the Internet true?
Michelle Ravnikar, USA

2. Standard
5T-E2. Evaluate the accuracy, relevance, appropriateness, comprehensiveness and bias of electronic information sources

3. 5 W’s of Web Site Evaluation
Who?
What?
When?
Where?
Why?

4. Who? Who wrote the pages and is he/she an expert?
Is a biography of the author of the site included?
How can you find out more about the author?

5. What? What does the author say is the purpose of the site?
What else might the author have in mind for the site?
What makes this site easy to use?

6. When?
When was the site created?
When was the site last updated?

7. Where? Where does the information come from?
Where can I look to find out more about the producer of the page?

8. Why? Why is the information useful for my purpose?
Why should I use this information?
Why is this page better than another?

9. Bibliography Slides courtesy of:
“Writing and Research on the Computer”
by Kathleen Schrock, Jan Wahlers and Mary Watkins

10. Are all web sites on the Internet truthful????

11. In the address bar, type:

12. Evaluate What do you think? What are your impressions?
Who is the author?
Is everything truthful on the WWW?
Have you ever found faulty information on the web?

13. In the address bar, type:

14. Are you an expert?
Movies?
Music?
Sports?
TV shows?

15. Credibility Worksheet
Find a website on a topic you are an expert in
Complete the evaluation worksheet