Evaluating Websites

What makes a website useful?
How can you tell if a website is believable?
Assignment:

1. Choose 10 websites to evaluate from the following list. Be sure to select from each of the categories.
2. Write the name of each site on the evaluation checklist provided in class.
3. Investigate each of your chosen 10 websites and answer the checklist questions with a yes or no (and provide the domain name eg. .com, .net.org, etc. for the last question).
4. Choose the "best bad website" and provide 3 reasons why it is so good at being deceptive. Write the site name and your reasons for choosing it on the back of the checklist.

News/Current Events

• Al Jazeera
• The Independent
• News Biscuit
• Real News Online
• TMZ

Science and Technology

• Canada Science and Technology Museum
• GenoChoice
• Gizmodo
• Google Technology
• NASA Kids’ Club

Health/Food and Nutrition

• The Great HIV/AIDS Hoax
• Lip Balm Anonymous
• HGH: Human Growth Hormone
• Dangers of Bread
• Dehydrated Water
• Ninja Burger

Travel/Geography

• Global Trek
• Mankato Minnesota
• National Geographic
• The Republic of Molossia
• Traveler IQ
• What’s It Like Where You Live?

Animals

• Dog Island
• Conservation In Action
• Government Animal Projects
• Mountain Walrus
• Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus

History

• BoilerPlate
• Eyewitness to History
• History House
• MI5 History
• The Vikings

Government/Public Service/Safety

• Climate Change
• Earthquake Preparedness
• Smokey the Bear
• Spy Museum
• Whirled Bank