Using "The Five Ws of Web Site Evaluation" and "Critical Evaluation of a Web Site" review the following sites in your small group.
Ban Dihydrogen Monoxide http://ddescy.lme.mnsu.edu/descy/webcred/webcred/dhmo.html

The Taxonomy of Barney http://www.improb.com/airchives/paperair/volume1/v1i1/barney.htm
 
 
 

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Each of your should assume a particular role within your groups. Each group should have one of the following specialists:

Content specialist:
Authority/Credibility specialist:
Bias/purpose specialist:
Usability/design specialist

Process
* Examine the five Web pages below and rank them according to the specific criteria they are responsible for examining.
ny relevant observations should be recorded on the organizer.
* Following individual examination, take five minutes in the groups to reach an overall consensus, ranking the Web
sites 1to 5, with 5 being the overall best.

* Were all the same types of evaluators in agreement? Did site #1 rank consistently high in terms of content or bias
or design or usability? Go through the sites a second time to see if there was consensus on the overall best sites.
Which ones would you use in research projects? Would this decision vary according to certain factors? (For instance,
would a debate project be different from a factual report in approach to sources?)
 
 
 

Smoking and tobacco sites*:
 

* American Nonsmokers' Rights Foundation http://www.no-smoke.org/

* American Lung Association (Tobacco Control section) http://www.lungusa.org/tobacco/

* Smoking from all Sides http://www.cs.brown.edu/~lsh/smoking.html

* Tobacco Free Initiative (World Health Organization) http://tobacco.who.int/

* Tobacco Free Kids website  http://tobaccofreekids.org/
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Adapted from: Joyce Valenza
http://mciunix.mciu.k12.pa.us/~spjvweb/evalwebteach.html
1.25.04