Barbara Taylor's List: Website evaluation resources

From Kathy Schrock's Guide to Everything, this is her page on Critical Evaluation of Information. Look at the critical evaluation surveys she provides, specifically the one appropriate for your grade level. Note that the pdf files can be downloaded and completed electronically. Also note the many other evaluation resources she provides further down on the page (articles, lessons), and don't miss the list of hilarious sites at the bottom that can be used by teachers to teach students to recognize false information.

With this tool, you actually type in the url of a website to evaluate, and after you choose evaluation criteria, it prompts you with things to look for. You enter notes online in response to each question and end up with a printable summary of all of your notes.

From Common Sense Media, this curriculum has great lessons and resources. Check out the scope and sequence chart for lessons organized by grade level (K-12) that cover important topics like online safety, privacy, cyberbullying, information literacy, and giving credit. Also check out links to curriculum toolkits, the blog, and resources for educating families. Lessons and other materials are FREE, but you may need to register once and sign in to download lessons.

Provides great tools for helping students hone critical evaluation skills to become an "information forensics specialist" who knows how to find clues and tell if a web site can be trusted or not. Students can complete investigator training modules, investigate "cases" (suspect websites), and file investigative reports to compare findings with those of an information forensics expert.

MediaSmarts is a Canadian not-for-profit charitable organization for digital and media literacy. This page is a great article on authenticating information - how to find and evaluate information. Lots of good links to resources for parents and teachers too.

MediaSmarts is a Canadian not-for-profit charitable organization for digital and media literacy. This page provides an exercise that walks students through asking who, what, when, where, and why as they deconstruct a webpage and assess its credibility.