Website+Evaluation

=**Website Evaluation**=



The CARP Test... something smells Fishy...
How to tell if a website is good or is a little fishy! === C stands for Currency and Credibility- how long ago was this information written? If you are writing about a subject in science or technology currency matters. You don't want to use OLD information!===

=== A stands for Authority and Accuracy- who is the author and is what they have written accurate? Does the author know a lot about the topic, are they an expert? If the information comes from an organization (a corporate author like World Book, Scholastic, or Discovery Education) is the organization reliable for this kind of information? Is the information found in more than one place- in other words can you verify the information? Does the website cite their sources of information?===

=== R stands for Relevance and Reliability- does the information tell you what you need to know for your topic? Is it relevant for your topic? Is it on-topic? Can you find the same or better information somewhere else (a better website, a book in the library, a picture or a video)?===

=== P is for Purpose- why does that website exist? What is the point of view? Is it biased? Does it give facts or opinions? Who sponsors the page? Are they trying to sell you something? Is the purpose to inform and teach, to entertain, or to persuade you to change your mind about something?===

If a website smells fishy it probably won't pass the CARP test!
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Alan November's REAL!

7th Grade Students can't evaluate Tree Octopus website accurately.

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Website Evaluation tests your power of observation!

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 * Video from Nearpod Lesson:**

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 * Website Evaluation Tools:**



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University of Maryland Website Evaluation Checklist. ** Website Evaluation & 21st Century Information Fluency ** Use your laptop and go to the website listed below.

**Save the Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus:** **http://zapatopi.net/treeoctopus/** In a separate browser please go to the website listed below. It is a website evaluation form that you will use to evaluate the website above. Read each description and fill in the box for each criteria. 21st Century Information Fluency: **http://21cif.com/tools/evaluate/** When you are finished all the criteria, put your name on the site where it tells you, plus your grade, your teacher or section and print the results- go to the printer and print out the papers and put them in the polka-dotted box… it must be printed and handed in.

To evaluate websites you can also use the good old 5 W's. Here are Kathy Schrock's 5W's.
The 5 W's of Website Evaluation.

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 * Use this online tool to evaluate a website and then print the results: 21st Century Information Fluency.**

Use the above tools and search here for websites to evaluate.

Websites to Evaluate: media type="custom" key="26893238" media type="custom" key="26788196" A nice Website Evaluation Tool in color! The ESC Library worksheet
 * 1) Ban DHMO
 * 2) Buy an Ancestor Online
 * 3) United States Environmental Protection Agency
 * 4) California's Velcro Crop
 * 5) Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus- we will be doing this one with partners during class.
 * 6) National Geographic
 * 7) Dog Island- we will be doing this one with partners during class.

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