"When you separate the wheat from
the chaff, you select what is useful or valuable and reject what
is useless or worthless."
— UsingEnglish.com
It is especially difficult to separate the wheat if you can't recognize
it. Kathy Shrock draws from the above quote in the title of her
article, Separating the Wheat from the Chaff:
How to Tell the Good Sites from the Bad found in Kathy
Schrock's Guide for Educators. Although created in 1998 and
designed for K-12 educators, the article contains some important
ideas. This and many other resources are available to help you develop
a better understanding of web site evaluation.
Resources
Scout
Report Selection Criteria
The Scout Report uses the following criteria to determine inclusion
into their weekly report:
- Content
- Authority
- Information maintenance
- Presentation
- Availability
- Cost
Evaluation
of Resources - Librarian's Index of the Internet
An outstanding collection of references on the subject. From
scholarship to shopping with an emphasis on critical thinking,
topics include:
- How to avoid fraud online
- Academic research
- Evaluation criteria
- Distinguishing misinformation, disinformation, and propaganda
- Site documentation
- Determining authorship
- Verifying information with alternate sources
- Sites that specialize in exposing fraud and deception
- Evaluation checklists and forms
- Methods for critical thinking
- K-12 resources
Web Research for Kids - Interior Web Design
Guidance in research issues for younger students
Bibliography
on evaluating web information
Top of the line academic resource from Virginia Tech found in
the above collection.
Evaluating
Web Resources
Recently revised, this resource from Widener University | Wolfgram
Memorial Library includes an elaborate multimedia presentation
with an accompanying exercise.
Evaluation of information sources
Another great selection of pointers from the WWW Virtual Library.
Guide to Evaluating Website Info and Resources
Good information with lots of links. Thanks to Amanda Peters for pointing it out.
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