Evaluation+-+Information+Quality

=Evaluation - Information Quality=

There are numerous web evaluation tools available. For example, Kathy Schrock has created or compiled many Evaluation Tools (including tools for different grade levels and content types). We'll be focusing on a few evaluation tools.

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 * The IMC's "Evaluating a Webpage" sheet** covers six aspects of source evaluation (listed below). To explore these six aspects, we will view this brief PowerPoint Presentation, [[file:Evaluating Internet Sources.ppt]]. We've also experimented with another type of evaluation rubric ([[file:HCRHS Source Evaluation Rubric2.doc]]).
 * Authority
 * Accuracy
 * Objectivity
 * Currency
 * Coverage
 * Appearance

**HCRHS Student Samples**

Here are two sample annotated bibliography assignments using website evaluation criteria for freshman classes**:** and Here is a sample annotated bibliography for the freshman historical fiction project: )

2010-2011 Student Feedback:

WE ARE NOT IN KANSAS ANYMORE...

 * Information Portals on the Web**
 * [|Buzzle]
 * [|Infoplease]
 * [|Hubpages]
 * [|Suite101]


 * Alan November's REAL** is a four-step process web evaluation process.
 * 1) Read the URL
 * 2) Examine the Content (similar to the IMC's concept of //accuracy//)
 * 3) Ask about the Author and Owner (similar to the IMC's concept of //authority//)
 * 4) Look at the Links (kind of covered in the IMC's concept of //currency// and //coverage//, but more extensive)

Although Alan November lists //authority// as number three in his process, combining the IMC's evaluation techniques for authority with November's own regarding URL and authors helps searchers when Determining Authority.