Jasroop Pannu Feb 20,13 Dinosaur Webquest Step 1 Age of the dinosaurs This website is straightforward and it s easy to find. This website was updated recently so that shows it s a trustworthy website The is trustworthy because I found the same on other websites. This website is a BBC website which means it was created by a trustworthy group This website isn t an advertisement website There is a link which lets us contact them They give us their email address which means that we can ask them any questions we have. They have lots of links that give us on dinosaurs. In the websites domain it says uk which means it is a country code At the bottom of the website there is an about us link which lets us learn about the creator of the website Strange Science: The Rocky Road to Modern Paleontology and Biology To me, this doesn t look like a trustworthy website. The domain means top level domain originally for network providers. The website was recently updated It contains very less on the home cover which probably is a minus It has more pictures than This website is not the work of a professional scientist, educator or historian. It's an eclectic collection of old illustrations and. We can t contact the creator of the website Most of this is taken from other websites This isn t an advertisement website
American Dinosaur Fossils Exchange This website is trying to sell you things You can t contact the creator of this website You can contact the people that are selling these products There is no such thing as a dinosaur superstore They give you an email address but it doesn t work when you click on it They give you lots of references at the bottom of the page Most of the fossils shown are fake It doesn t show when it was last updated There is no listed on the website, there is only pictures This website is not trustworthy
Step 2 A Rubric for Evaluating Web Sites Name of site:wikipedia URL of site: http://wikipedia.org/w ki/tyrannosaurus Criterion Excellent Acceptable Unacceptable (Trait being evaluated) Authority What are the author's qualifications to write about the topic? Are the author's name and address on the site? In this website there is more than one author. The domain org is originally for organizations. There are no qualifications.a person like me or you can add to this website. There are no names given and there is no Check the domain name of the site (the part that ends addresses given either. Wikipedia doesn t have
with.com or.edu). Is the site affiliated with a reputable organization? an awesome reputation because of some false being handed out. Content Does the author present original material, or has everything come from another source? Does the author present material in depth? Does the author try to be objective? If the author is biased, does he/she make the position clear? Does the site seem to be misleading? Can you doublecheck the There is lots of detail in the. The creators of this website are very objective by giving us even the little details. This site isn t very misleading which is a good thing. At the bottom of the website there are external links. The only way you can double check the is by looking for it on another website.you can t check if the website has been updated recently. This is not original because some people take from other websites and put it here.
for accuracy? Has the been updated recently? Are links to other sources of available? Purpose Is the site trying to sell you something? Does that affect the being presented? Is the site a personal homepage or a professional source of? If the site is about a controversial issue, does it present one side or both sides of the argument? Design How much This website is not trying to sell us anything. This isn t a homepage or a professional source of. This site presents both side of the argument. This website contains no
advertising advertising at does the site all. contain? There is perfect Has the author grammar paid attention throughout all to spelling and other basic the. writing skills? Yes, these links Are the links are current. Yes current? it is very easy Is it to find what reasonably you're looking easy to find for because your way there is a table around the of contents on site? the side.
A Rubric for Evaluating Web Sites Name of site:nationalgeographi c/tyrannosaurus URL of site: http://http://animals.na tionalgeographic.com/ animals/prehistoric/tyr annosaurus rex/ Criterion Excellent Acceptable Unacceptable (Trait being evaluated) Authority This website was What are the written by some author's scientists. This qualifications to website is a write about the commercial topic? website. This Are the author's website was made name and by a good address on the organization but site? the only negative is Check the that there isn t a lot domain name of of the site (the part that ends with.com or.edu). Is There are no qualifications.no names or addresses are listed. The only negative is that there isn t a lot of
the site affiliated with a reputable organization? Content Does the author present original material, or has everything come from another source? Does the author present material in depth? Does the author try to be objective? If the author is biased, does he/she make the position clear? Does the site seem to be misleading? Can you double check the for accuracy? Has the been updated recently? Are links to other sources of available? Purpose This website isn t Most of the on every website is the same so it s hard to tell if the is original. This is more of a newer website so I don t think the is original.the site isn t misleading. You can check if the the is accurate by looking at another website. I m not sure if it has been recently updated. There isn t that much depth in the. The author isn t very objective. There are no links to show where they got the from.
Is the site trying to sell you something? Does that affect the trying to sell us anything. This is a professional source of being presented? because it is Is the site a written by National personal Geographic. This homepage or a website isn t about professional a controversial source of issue.? If the site is about a controversial issue, does it present one side or both sides of the argument? Design All the grammar How much looks good so that advertising does means the the site contain? creator/(s) made Has the author sure they didn t paid attention to have any grammar spelling and mistakes. It s very other basic easy to find my writing skills? way around the Are the links site. current? Is it reasonably easy to find your way around the site? This website contains a small amount of advertisements. There are no links.
A Rubric for Evaluating Web Sites Name of site: Dinosaurs URL of site: http://www.cbv.ns.ca/ marigold/history/dinos aurs/datafiles/tyranno saurus.html Criterion Excellent Acceptable Unacceptable (Trait being evaluated) Authority What are the author's qualifications to write about the topic? Are the author's name and address on the site? Check the domain name of the site (the part that ends with The domain is.ca. There are no qualifications. There is no name or address listed on the website. I don t think that this website is with a reputable organization. It looks like a kid made this website.
.com or.edu). Is the site affiliated with a reputable organization? Content The website isn t Does the author misleading. present original material, or has everything come from another source? Does the author present material in depth? Does the author try to be objective? If the author is biased, does he/she make the position clear? Does the site seem to be misleading? Can you double check the for accuracy? Has the been updated recently? Are links to other sources of available? To me this website looks fairly new, so I believe that this isn t original. There isn t much depth in the so thats why I believe that this was taken from another source. The author isn t objective nor is he/she biased. The only plus i noticed so far is that the website isn t misleading. Yes you can double check the. The hasn t been updated recently. There are no links to other sources.
Purpose Is the site trying to sell you something? Does that affect the being presented? Is the site a personal homepage or a professional source of? If the site is about a controversial issue, does it present one side or both sides of the argument? No, they creator isn t trying to sell me anything. This website isn t talking about a controversial issue. Design This site contains How much no advertising. The advertising does grammar is fairly the site contain? well. It is very easy Has the author to find what you're paid attention to looking for on this spelling and website. other basic writing skills? Are the links current? Is it reasonably easy to find your way around the site? I think this might be a personal homepage on dinosaurs. There are no links given.
A Rubric for Evaluating Web Sites Name of site:about.com/dinosa urs URL of site: http://dinosaurs.about com/od/typesofdinosa urs/a/tyrannosaurs.ht m Criterion Excellent Acceptable Unacceptable (Trait being evaluated) Authority What are the author's qualifications to write about the topic? Are the author's name and address on the site? Check the domain name of the site (the part that ends with.com or.edu). Is This website is.com which stands for commercial. This site is affiliated with a reputable organization. The author s name is listed on the website, but his address isn t. The author has no qualifications.
the site affiliated with a reputable organization? Content Does the author present original material, or has everything come from another source? Does the author present material in depth? Does the author try to be objective? If the author is biased, does he/she make the position clear? Does the site seem to be misleading? Can you double check the for accuracy? Has the been updated recently? Are links to other sources of available? The is original because i didn t see any of this on other websites. The author is objectives and he isn t biased. This site isn t misleading. Yes, you can double check the to see if it is accurate. Yes the links to the other sources are available. The author does present material in depth. I m not sure if it has been updated recently because it doesn t say anything. Purpose No this site isn t This site doesn t
Is the site trying trying to sell us to sell you anything. I think something? this is a Does that affect professional the source of being presented? because it can also Is the site a give you personal on homepage or a other things like professional cars. source of? If the site is about a controversial issue, does it present one side or both sides of the argument? talk about a controversial issue. Design The grammar and How much everything looks advertising does good so the author the site contain? probably did pay Has the author attention to these paid attention to little things. It is spelling and very easy to find other basic your way around writing skills? the site. Are the links current? Is it reasonably easy to find your way around the site? There is a little advertising on this website.
A Rubric for Evaluating Web Sites Name of site:.britannica.com/tr yannosaurs URL of site: Criterion Excellent Acceptable Unacceptable (Trait being evaluated) Authority What are the author's qualifications to write about the topic? Are the author's name and address on the site? Check the domain name of the site (the part that ends with.com or.edu). Is the site affiliated with a reputable organization? This is a commercial website. This website is with a reputable organization. There are no qualifications. There are no names or addresses given. Content Does the author present original There is lots of depth in the. The The author is a little misleading. You can t check if the The isn t original.
material, or has author isn t being everything comebiased. Yes you from another can double check source? the for Does the author accuracy. present material in depth? Does the author try to be objective? If the author is biased, does he/she make the position clear? Does the site seem to be misleading? Can you double check the for accuracy? Has the been updated recently? Are links to other sources of available? has been updated recently. There is one link that shows where they got all of this from. Purpose No this website Is the site trying isn t trying to sell to sell you us anything. This is something? a professional Does that affect source of the. being
presented? Is the site a personal homepage or a professional source of? If the site is about a controversial issue, does it present one side or both sides of the argument? Design The grammar and How much spelling is very advertising does good so the author the site contain? probably payed Has the author attention to these paid attention to small things. The spelling and links are current. other basic It s very easy to writing skills? find your way Are the links around the current? website. Is it reasonably easy to find your way around the site? This website contains a very small amount of advertisement.
Step 3 Memorandum To: Mr.Headley From: Jasroop Pannu (Research assistant) Date: February 25, 2013 Re: Please read the following paragraphs on the websites that I evaluated. I will state all the main things that I would look for in a website. I will also be giving you my own opinions on if the website is trustworthy or not. Website 1: This website is a fairly good website. All the things that I would put on my website are there. There is lots of which is a plus. The only thing I don t like is that anyone could add to this website. Overall I trust most of the and I would use this website for any assignment I do. Website 2: This website was written by some very smart scientists. It contains very less but the that is given seems trustworthy. There is lots of advertisements but this doesn t affect the. I would trust this website because it is created by a group called National Geographic. Website 3: This website isn t very pleasing. It contains a very small amount of. I believe that little kids made this website for an assignment. Overall I wouldn t use any of this on a project becauses it isn t trustworthy.
Website 4: This website is written by a trustworthy person. This is the only website that gives their name and address. The is excellent. I would use this website to get all the I need. This is a good website. Website 5: This website has very little. The seems like it has been taken from another source. This website contains a lot of. I wouldn t use this website for any assignment. This isn t a very good website.