Advance Comp for Elementary Education
Diane Crotty

Website Evaulation 

• Example 1
• Example 2
• Example 3

1. Connect to the following sites on No Child Left Behind.

• Site 1
• Site 2
• Site 3
  
  2. Using the evaluation criteria form, evaluate each website.
  3. Rank the website from the most to least useful and support you decisions

• Who wrote the content and what are his/her credentials?
  Does the author provide contact information?
  Authors can be an organization or government agency
  Know the difference between an author and a webmster.
• What is contained in the site and is it complete?
  Is it an abstract or a complete article?
  Does it require payment for additional information?
• Where is the site located?
  What is its domain or sponsor?
  • Edu-Education
  • Org-Organization
  • Gov-Government
  • Com-Commercial
  • Net-Network
• When was it last updated?
  Does it have a copyright date?
  Are the links updated?
  Is the page automatically updated?
• Why was it published?
  To inform/To sell/To persuade
  Try to locate a page's "mission statement" or "about us"
• How easy is the main site to navigate and use
  Is the site well organized
  Does it have a lot of advertising pop-ups
  Is it easy to understand and use