1. Website Evaluation
Methods
Presentation By Cathryn Dozier

2. Introduction
 Definition and basis of website
evaluation methods
 AASL standards
 Importance of website
evaluation
 Ways to evaluate websites for
grades 6-8
 ABCs of Website Evaluation

3. Definition and Basis
 Website
evaluation
method- A way
of examining a
website, based
on a checklist;
on grade level **AASL-American
Association of
 Based on
Alabama School
Literacy Librarians
Standards
(AASL

4. AASL Standards
 1.Inquire, think, critically, and
gain knowledge
 2.Draw conclusions, make
informed decisions, apply
knowledge to new situations,
and create new knowledge

5. AASL Standards
 3. Share knowledge and
participate ethically and
productively as members of
democratic society.
 4. Pursue personal and
aesthetic growth.
 Each standard includes skills,
dispositions in action,
responsibilities, and self-
assessment strategies

6. Importance of Website
Evaluation Dimensio
Factual and Conceptual
Procedural Metacognitive
Consider the
following
information:
 Anyone can
publish anything
on the web
 Web sources
rarely have fact
checkers or
editors
 No web
standards exist

7. Importance of Website
Evaluation Dimensio
Factual and Conceptual
Procedural Metacognitive
Consider the
following
information:
 Goals of
sponsors not
clearly stated
(mostly)
 May be a virtual
soapbox
 Publication date
not always
given

8. Importance of Website
Evaluation Dimensio
Factual and Conceptual
Procedural Metacognitive
Consider the
following
information:
 Dates may have
various
meanings
 May be done
just for fun
 Difficult to
determine
coverage

9. Ways to Evaluate Websites for
Grades 6-8
o Analyze the following areas:
o 1. Authority
o 2. Accuracy
o 3. Objectivity
o 4. Currency
o 5. Coverage

10. Areas of Website Evaluation
o Each area has a series of questions
that must be answered to determine
if the website meets the needed
requirements.
o One example of each area question
is listed below.
1. Is there an author? (Authority)
2. Is the information reliable?
(Accuracy)

11. Areas of Website Evaluation
Examples of Questions cont’d
o One example of each area question
is listed below.
3. Does the information show a
minimum of bias? (Objectivity)
4. Is the page dated? (Currency)
5. What topics are covered?(Coverage)

12. Website Evaluation Form
o Have the students to
complete a website
evaluation form that
consists of questions that
cover the 5 previously
listed areas.

13. ABC’s of Website Evaluation
o Always cover the 5 W’s
o Who?
o What?
o When?
o Where?
o Why?

14. Useful Websites
 http://www.ala.org/aasl/files/guidelinesandstandards/learni
ngstandards/AASL_Learning_Standards_2007.pdf
 http://dept.sccd.ctc.edu/tlc/resources/teach.html
 http://kathyschrock.net/abceval/index.htm

15.  Summary
 Website evaluation methods
are important because all
websites are not accurate.
There are 5 areas to check,
when evaluating a site. Always
cover the five W’s. There are a
series of questions that cover
each area of evaluation. All
evaluations are based on AASL
standards.