Xelect Evaluating Website for High 1

Evaluating Website
High 1 XELECT

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BACKGROUND

ANYONE

ANY ORGANIZATION

can post information on the Net
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REALITY

NO single body or organization ensures the QUALITY of information posted on the internet.
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Is the website source

Reliable? Valid?
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to evalute a website

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1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

Who What When Where Why

to evalute a website

1. 2. 3. 4.

Who What When Where

5.

Why

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1. Who
- is the source of information?

Why
- is the author/ publisher reliable?

Author
Publisher

✓ expertise ✓ qualifications

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Example:

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(author/publisher reliable: background and expertise?)

WHY

Author Publisher

WHO

National Center for National Center for National Center for Mental Health Mental Health Mental Health Promotion and Promotion and Youth Promotion and Youth Youth Violence Violence Prevention Violence Prevention

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Expertise

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(author/publisher reliable: background and expertise?)
National Center has been a project of Education Development Center, Inc. (EDC) and is housed in EDC's Health and Human Development Division, which seeks to foster National Center healthy lifestyles and createfor healthy and safe Health Mental environments where people live, learn, and Promotion and with work. They are partner Youth the American Institutes for Violence Prevention Research (AIR) and the Georgetown University Center for Child and Human Development (GUCCHD) to provide quality TA to our grantees.

WHY

Author Publisher

WHO

National Center for National Center for Mental Health Mental Health Promotion and Promotion and Youth Youth Violence Violence Prevention

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2. What
1 .edu
2 .gov 3.mil

Why

- is the kind of website? - is the website reliable: - purpose/content of the kind, purpose, content: website

✓ type of website
✓ purpose/background
of the website

✓ content of the website

4 .org
5 .net & .com
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- is it persuading/selling - is it informative - is it subjective or bias

Background

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Type of Website

Content
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is the kind, purpose/ content reliable?
The National Center for Mental Health Promotion and Youth Violence Prevention's is an organization that offers services that enable grantees to plan, implement, evaluate, and sustain activities that foster National Center for resilience, promote mental Mental Health health, and prevent youth Promotion and Youth violence and mental and behavioral disorders. Violence Prevention
The content is informative and present views how school, parents and community could help in the prevention of cyberbullying.

WHY

Type of Website Purpose Content

WHAT

.org
National Center for Mental Health Promotion and Youth Violence Prevention

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When 3.
- is the website...

Why
✓someone is paying
attention to make sure that information is current.

Created
Last Updated

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TIP: - Check near the top or bottom of the home page.

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Update

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is the update information is still reliable

WHY

WHEN
Created Updated

It was updated two years ago yet information National Center for are still very for National Center Mental Health Mental Health much use for Promotion and Youth Promotion and Youth issues current Prevention Violence Prevention Violence about cyberbullying.

2009

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4. Where

Why

- is it linked from - different links of and to: the website * related topics * different views * organization, schools that would give more information or better understanding
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Links

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is it linked from and to
Links TO partner:

WHY

links of website

WHERE

Website is linked to different sites National Center for that gives views Mental Health onMental Health cyberbullying, Promotion and Youth Promotion and Youth Links FROM: then lead back Violence Prevention Violence Prevention http:// to the website
www.promoteprevent.org /publications/preventionbriefs/preventingcyberbullying-schools-

http:// www.promoteprevent.org /resources/net-ceteratalking-kids-about-beingNational Center for online

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Is the website reliable to give insights on cyberbullying?

Answer:
The given website is a RELIABLE site. The organization has great involvement on this issue; the content is still useful to current issue; website is linked from and to sites sharing related information
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Is the website reliable on how to make a good webpage?

Sam Reyes

Only his email address

.net

Answer:
The given website is NOT a RELIABLE site. Reliability of the information cannot be sure because the expertise of the author and background of the organization are not given. Though the content is updated, it is linked to only few links that would give related information
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It’s a network site that promoting the work of the members

Sept. 26, 2011

Updated 3 days ago, and comments were given Links to 2 websites only

PRACTICE DRILLS on Evaluating Websites

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PRACTICE DRILL 1: (10 minutes)

Login to ELF and download the file:

Practice Evaluation 1.odt

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PRACTICE DRILL 2: (20 minutes)

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Rename the file as: Yr.Sec. CNO. NAME PRACT2 Upload your file to ELF on:
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