Classroom Models for Evaulation Web Sites

REAL by Web Literacy by Alan November from Web Literacy for Educators

R – Read the URL
E – Examine the content
A – Ask About Author
L – Links

ABC’s by Beth Phillips
A – Author
B – Bias
C – Content
D – Dates
E - Editor

The 4 A's by Yahooligans
1.Accessibility
2.Accuracy
3.Appropriateness
4.Appeal

Seven Steps for Previewing a Web Site by Julie Coiro
1)Read Title
2)Scan Menu Choices
3)Predict where links will go
4)Interactive features
5)Creator
6)Electronic Supports
7)Make judgment to explore


Sources:
Coiro, Julie. (2005, October). Making sense of online text. Educational Leadership, 63(2), 30–35.

Eagleton, M. B., & Dobler, E. (2007). Reading the Web: Strategies for Internet inquiry. New York: The Guilford Press

November, Alan. (2008). Web Literacy for Educators. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.

Phillips, Beth & Laureate Education, inc. (2009). A Teacher's Perspective, Evaluation Information Online; Supporting Information Literacy and Online Inquiry in the Classroom.

Yahooligans! Teaching Guide