Critical+Evaluation+of+a+Web+Site+for+students+(Mod.+4)

//__** DON"T BOTHER WITH THIS ONE - TRY WEB SITE EVALUATION TRY 2 MOD 4 **__//

Name Date _

** CRITICAL EVALUATION OF A WEB SITE **

__1. Name of the Web site __ __2. Address (URL) [|http://________________________________________________________]__

__** WHO? ** __ __3. Who wrote the pages (author/company)? __ 4. Is a biography of the author/company included? Yes No 5. Does the author/company give an e-mail address? Yes No 6. Can you contact the author/company through a real world postal address or phone number? Yes No

7. Does the title page tell you what it is about? _
 * WHAT **

8. What makes the site easy to use? _

9. Is emotion used as a means of persuasion? Yes No 10. Give an example of the emotional words used (if any). _

__** WHEN ** __ __11. When was the site created? ___ 12. When was the site updated to make it recent? 13. Is it important that the information you are looking for is current? Yes No

14. Where does the information come from? .gov .org .net .gc .ca .edu or other? 15. Does the page lead you to some other good information (links)? Yes No 16. Where can I look to find out more about the sponsor of the site? _
 * WHERE **

__** WHY ** __ __17. Can you find the information faster offline? Yes No __ __18. Is the information on the page useful to your project? Yes No __ __If not, what can you do next? ___ __19. Are you able to verify (check) this information? Yes No__ __If not, why not?__ _

** HOW ** 20. How will this site work for you? Does it give you clear, unemotional material you can work with? _ _ 21. Double check your facts and sources!