Evaluating Web Pages: Techniques to Apply & Questions to Ask UC Berkeley - Teaching Library Internet Workshops
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Evaluating Web Sites: Criteria and Tools
A lot of what is covered here I am aware of. I think that the real issue is: are we giving students the skills and tools to evaluate web sites? One part that I often don't think about communicating to students is bias and motivation. Adults are good at sensing the underling motivation and purpose behind someones writing. Students tend to accept anything in print as fact. One of the things that we are suppose to be teaching in schools is about point of view and persuasive text. We can incorporate some of our reading goals into evaluating web sites. Also, it is good to keep up to date on what is out there and how to weed out questionable sources.
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I agree with Jonathan that students accept anything in print as fact. I also believe that most students are lazy and want to be done with the assignment as soon as possible. Therefor, they will take the 1st thing they find. To combat this behavior, we need to spend time teaching students what to look for to make sure a website is authentic.
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