An Educator's Guide to Credibility and Web Evaluation

Originally written by: Toni Greer, Donna Holinga, Christy Kindel and Melissa Netznik of Springfield Public Schools

Revised 7/2002 by: Josh Brown, Kathy Hickey, and Valerie Pozen

With 2002 Addendum by: Heidi Adreon, Anne Catey, and Kery Strysick

Revised 7/2005 by: Geoff Day, Shannon Flannell, Patti Forbes, Amy Higgins, and Lisa McMillion-Miller

This White Paper was written as part of EPS 415, a class in the CTER program through the University of Illinois, as instructed by Nick Burbules. Other White Papers in this series include: Access, Free Speech vs. Censorship, Privacy, Commercialism, Intellectual Property, Computer Crimes, and Ethics.

LINKS

Included here are links to outside sources that relate to the topics discussed in this white paper.

2Learn.ca ‘NetCheck Website Evaluation Tool for Grades 4-6 Students

About.com – Family Internet – How to Tell If a Website is Credible

Accessing Web Site Credibility

Alexa – Web Search

American Library Association – Great Web Sites for Kids

Coates Library, Trinity University, Evaluating Web Sites

Criteria to Evaluate the Credibility of WWW Resources

Downers Grove North High School Library - Evaluation of Web Sources

Evaluating the Credibility of Web Resources

Illinois Online Network - Judging Sources for Courses

Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators

Kathy Schrock’s Guide for Educators: Elementary School Critical Web Page Evaluation Tool

Kishlansky, Mark. Sources of the West: readings in Western Civilization. Longman, New York, 1998. 3rd ed. p xi-xx)

Lessons Learned: Exemplary Practices in Teaching Web Evaluation

Literacy Matters – Evaluating Information

Loogootee West Elementary – Web Evaluation for Intermediate Grades

Loogootee West Elementary - Web Evaluation for Secondary Grades

Media Awareness Network, British Columbia Outcome Chart: Information Technology Grade 8

New Mexico State University Library - The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly or Why It’s a Good Idea to Evaluate Websites

NoodleTools

Olin & Uris Libraries, Cornell University, Evaluating Web Sites: Criteria and Tools

Olin & Uris Libraries, Cornell University, Five Criteria for Evaluating Web Pages

Power Point Presentation "Web Resource Evaluation Techniques"(click on the first result - PPT will download)

Purdue University Online Writing Lab (OWL) – Evaluating Sources of Information

Scoring Rubric for Evaluating Reliability and Credibility

The Sheridan Libraries, Johns Hopkins University, Evaluating Information Found on the Internet

St. John’s Ravenscourt School - Web Site Evaluation

Stanford Guidelines for Web Credibility

Stanford Web Credibility Research

Ten C’s For Evaluating Internet Sources

UC Berkeley – Evaluating Web Pages: Techniques to Apply & Questions to Ask

University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana - Web Evaluation Workbench

Web Evaluation for Intermediate Grades