5 W’s for Evaluating Web Sites

Who

 

Who wrote the pages and are they an expert?

 

Is a biography of the author included?

 

Can you find out more about the author on the site or another site?

What

What does the author say is the purpose of the site?

 

Does the author have any other motive for having this site?

 

What makes this site easy to use?

When

When was the site created?

 

When was the site last updated?

Where

Where does the information come from?

 

Where can I look to find out more about the producer/sponsor of the site?

Why

Why is this information useful to my purpose?

 

Why should I use this information?

 

Why is this page better than another?

 

Modified from Kathy Schrock’s Guide for Educators 1998.

http://kathyschrock.net/abceval/5ws.htm

Website Rating Sheet

K. Infantino

2005

 

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