Middle School Research Skills

Evaluating Websites

In this information age, the sheer volume of information on the web is overwhelming. There is a lot of misinformation and poor quality information on the internet and anyone can put information on the internet but it doesn't mean it is credible. I like to use this tutorial with students first : The Quick Quality Information Checklist

I then get students to evaluate a website of their own choice according to the Quick Quality Information Checklist. Students put this in a word document. Then the student and teacher check it together or the student hands it up in a word document for marking.