Evaluating Web Pages

1. Is it a personal page?   Does it have in the url a personal name, percent symbol %, a ~, or the words like users, members, people?

2. What type of domain does it have?

Government -.gov or .mil or .us

Educational - .edu

Nonprofit - .org

Profit - .com

3. Does it give:

An author_________

Date of Publication___

Updated_______

Is the info current? _______

4. What are the author's credentials on the subject?

5. What other pages link to this page?   Does it have "links", "additional sites, or "related sites?

6. Why was the page put on the web?

Inform, give facts, give data-_______

Explain, persuade________

Sell, entice_________

Share   ________

Disclose_________

7. Are there lots of ads?

8. Is it easy to find information?

9. Does it have a search box?

You want to find information on the "Tyrannosaurus".

Look at all the sites below.   Check the ones you think are the easiest to navigate and find information.

____Dino Directory http://flood.nhm.ac.uk/cgi-bin/dino/

____Dinosauria Online http://www.dinosauria.com/

____ Billy Bear's Land O' Dinosaurs    http://www.billybear4kids.com/dinosaurs/long-long-ago.html

____Zoom Dinosaurs http://www.EnchantedLearning.com/subjects/dinosaurs/index.html

____DinoBuzz http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/diapsids/dinobuzz.html

____Walking With Dinosaurs http://www.bbc.co.uk/dinosaurs/

____Dinorama http://www.nationalgeographic.com/dinorama/main.html

____Barney's Games Page http://pbskids.org/barney/