This blog supports the Get with it!!! - More Web 2.0 Technologies - a learning programme for North Shore Libraries staff. It is home to the resources and extra information used in that programme.

Nov 13, 2009

Module 6 - Topic 3: Further Reading - Evaluating Websites

Evaluating Information Found on the Internet - excellent, tell criteria, the why of the criterion and how you can tell.

The Five W's of Web Site Evaluation: a Primer for Teachers and Students -

Evaluating Web Sites: Criteria and Tools

Internet detective

How to evaluate information on the Internet - screen cast from the Wolfgram Memorial Library, listing criteria and comparing 2 websites (matinlutherking.org & the kingcenter.org) - very good, though a bit long and done in 2005.

Web 2.0 Meets Information Fluency: Evaluating Blogs

Evaluating blogs - questions to ask when evaluating blogs form the Pratt University Library.

Evaluating Web Sites : an overview of the key ideas

Wikipedia 101 - guidance on the principles of Wikipedia articles. It goes together with the Wikipedia Reliability Worksheet which help students decide on the reliability of a Wikipedia article.

Urban Legend and Hoaxes Reference Pages
Internet Hoaxes - for the latest development in "Anti-Virus, AntiHoax, AntiMyth, AntiFraud, AntiChain Letter and Anti-Spam sites on the Internet".

Snopes - for factual information on Internet rumours

McAfee's page on Virus Hoaxes