Who Built the Who Built the Pyramids?Pyramids?
Mrs. Jenkins and Mrs. Harris
WEBSITE EVALUATION
Address Evaluation
Question 1. Question 1. What is the web address?What is the web address?
Answer - Site A
Answer - Site B
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Address Evaluation
.com = commercial.com = commercial
.net = network.net = network
..org = organizationorg = organization
.edu = education.edu = education
.gov = government.gov = government
.mil = military.mil = military
Question 2. Who is responsible for this site and is there any contact information?
Answer - Site A
Answer - Site BCompendium, no
Nova or PBS or WGBH, yes
Authority
AuthorityContains the word AUTHOR
The authority can be:
• a person or people
• a book or magazine
• a company or organization
Authority
If you are doing a paper on who built the If you are doing a paper on who built the pyramids, would you use this information?pyramids, would you use this information?
YESYES NONO
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Coverage
Coverage
The information should be Accurate & Appropriatefor the topic of study.
Currency
Question 5. What date was the information posted?
Answer - Site A
Answer - Site B1999
1997
Currency
The date is not an important factor for the topic of ancient Egypt and the pyramids.
It would be important for information and issues on:
HEALTH
LEGAL
Can you think of other topics?
Answer - Site B
Point of View
Question 6. According to this website, who built the pyramids?
Answer - Site A
AliensHistorical - Egyptians
Point of View
BEWARE OF SITES THAT:
Charge fees.
Sell something.
Have advertisements.
Books vs. Websites?
Books vs. Websites?
An author writes a book and checks
facts
An editor reviews the grammar and double
checks facts
A publisher produces the book for distribution and
sale
Critics review the book and write
reviews
Your librarian, Mrs. Jenkins, reads the reviews and purchases
books that have good reviews and fit the needs of the students
of Northport Middle School.
Why Evaluate Websites?
To Be Continued
We will be continuing our discussion on website evaluation
and we be performing a real evaluation of a website.
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