Evaluating Website

Grade 4 Computer

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QUERY:

Who owns the Internet? No one or No Organization owns the Internet

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QUERY:

Who checks the quality of information posted on the Internet?

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REALITY

ANYONE

ANY ORGANIZATION

can post information on the Internet

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Nobody or No Organization ensures

REALITY

Quality Reliability
of information posted on the internet.
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Research Question:

What are the causes and effects of deforestation?

deforestation causes and effects

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Evaluate the website

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Is it Reliable?
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Ws
to Evaluate Website for Research
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to evalute a website

1. 2. 3. 4.
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Who What When Where

5.

Why

1. Who
Author

- is the source of information? - writes the information

Organization

background expertise qualications

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WHO is the author/

organization who writes this information?
http://www.buzzle.com/articles/causes-andeffects-of-deforestation.html
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Research Question: Causes and Effects of Deforestation Website:

http://www.buzzle.com/articles/causes-and-effects-of-deforestation.html

Details from the WHY are details WHY are details website reliable? NOT reliable?

WHO
- Author
- Organization

Mrunal Belvalkar

She is one of the many authors on Buzzle.com She creates interesting and thoughtprovoking content With categories covering everything from animals to tourism.

Author is Reliable
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WHO is the author/

organization who writes this information?
http://www.brighthub.com/environment/ science-environmental/articles/2372.aspx
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Research Question: Causes and Effects of Deforestation Website:

http://www.brighthub.com/environment/science-environmental/ articles/2372.aspx
Details from the WHY are details WHY are details website reliable? NOT reliable?
Bright Hub's provides Technology, Science and Education information. The team of writers and editors work together to create useful, relevant, expertdriven guidance that sets you in the right direction.

Bright WHO Hub Author - Organization

Organization is Reliable
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WHO is the author/

organization who writes this information?
http://www.effects-ofdeforestation.com/
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Research Question: Causes and Effects of Deforestation Website:

http://www.effects-of-deforestation.com/
Details from the WHY are details WHY are details website reliable? NOT reliable?

WHO
- Author
- Organization

No Author No Organization

There was NO information about the author or organization who writes the data.

Author is NOT RELIABLE

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Why is it important to know WHO is the source of the information?

Author/ Organization claims responsibility on the reliability of the content.

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2. What
.com .edu

- is the TYPE of website?

.net .org

.mil .gov

- is the PURPOSE of website? Not all types of websites are reliable. They should be evaluated.
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. com

Commercial

www.amazon.com www.blogspot.com www.websitedesigner.com

WHAT - is the PURPOSE of website?

Advertises and sells products

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. edu

Educational
restricted registration for educational institution, university and colleges only

www.xs.edu.ph www.hawaii.edu www.hgs.edu.uk

WHAT - is the PURPOSE of website?

Provides educational information; checked and monitored by the school authority.
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. gov

Government
restricted registration for government agencies.

www.dfa.gov.ph

www.nasa.gov www.gov.bc.ca

WHAT - is the PURPOSE of website?

Provides national or local information about the government of a country;
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. mil
www.afp.mil.ph www.army.mil

Military
restricted registration for military agency.

www.pnp.mil.ph

WHAT - is the PURPOSE of website?

Provides information about military points of view.
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. org

Organization

www.libraries.hawaii.org www.pinoy4peace.org

WHAT - is the PURPOSE of website?

Provides information about the advocacy promoted by an organization
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. net

Network

www.designers.net www.farmers.net
function as alternate .com domain, treat the website in the same manner.

WHAT - is the PURPOSE of website?

Provides information promoted by different interconnected organization
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2. What
- is the CONTENT of the website? - is it persuading/selling? - is it informative? - does it tell negative thing about the issue?

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2. What
.com .edu
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Not all types of websites are reliable They should be evaluated.

.net .org

.mil .gov

WHAT is the type,

purpose, content of the website?
http://www.buzzle.com/articles/causes-andeffects-of-deforestation.html
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Research Question: Causes and Effects of Deforestation Website:

http://www.buzzle.com/articles/causes-and-effects-of-deforestation.html

Details from the WHY are details WHY are details website reliable? NOT reliable?

WHAT
- type of
website - purpose of the website -content of the website

.com

It is a commercial site yet the information given is very informative. It gives clear and various information about the causes of effects of deforestation.

TYPE of website and CONTENT are RELIABLE

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WHAT is the type,

purpose, content of the website?
http://www.brighthub.com/environment/ science-environmental/articles/2372.aspx
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Research Question: Causes and Effects of Deforestation Website:

http://www.brighthub.com/environment/science-environmental/ articles/2372.aspx
Details from the WHY are details WHY are details website reliable? NOT reliable?

WHAT
- type of
website - purpose of the website -content of the website

.com

It is a commercial site.
It sells some toys and electronic gadget
Information given is limited

TYPE of website and CONTENT are NOT RELIABLE

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Why do you have to evaluate the website when you do a research?

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