1. Evaluation Criteria for Students presented by Budgie Latshaw and Eric Englert Professional Development Center

2. Why Evaluate Web Pages? Web is vast – easy access – good, bad and mediocre An open forum for publication – no filtering process of editors – minutes to go from someones head to the Web Know what to look for – Put on your skeptics glasses http://www.lme.mnsu.edu/mankato/mankato.html

3. Evaluation Categories Content – quantity and quality Credibility – expertise and objectivity Design – aesthetic and technical

4. Content Accuracy – valid information? Completeness – adequate coverage? Currency – dated material? Readability – flow, grammar, spelling? – age appropriate? Uniqueness – just more of the same?

5. Content Accuracy – valid information? Completeness – adequate coverage? Currency – dated material? Curriculum/Instruction – age appropriate, address several learning styles, challenging, engaging, meets standards? Readability – flow, grammar, spelling? Uniqueness – just more of the same?

6. Credibility Authority – scientist or student? Affiliation – hosted by and linked to? Bias/Objectivity – facts or opinions? fair?

7. Design Technologies – need unusual plug-ins? Graphics – content support or fluff? Legibility – fonts easy to read? uncluttered? Navigation – easy? different ways? Reliability – there when needed? links working?

8. Whats in a URL? www.pitt.edu/~cbw/altm.html

9. Whats in a URL? nccam.nih.gov/

10. Whats in a URL? www.io.com/~maniac/medical.html

11. Summary Internet is a vast resource and information can come from any source. Critically evaluate for content, credibility and design. You must become a critic when viewing information online.

12. Acknowledgements Special thanks to Kenny McCay for her invaluable input!