In today's lecture we learned about evaluating a website and also evaluating its authentication. We learned how to judge whether a website contains quality information and also if it is an actual 'real' website or a 'spoof'. Today's lecture helped me learn about analyzing and evaluating websites, and comparing the good websites from the unprofessional websites.
Tutorial:
In today's tutorial I updated minor things in my blog. Today's Workshop contained a lot of readings, but I was not asked to evaluate any of them. Today's workshop and tutorial was all linked to the assignment because the readings all related to the assignment.
Workshop:
The website http://www.ithaca.edu/library/training/think.html
has very valuable strategies when evaluating websites. The criteria that is commonly used when evaluating a website is the Authority,Accuracy, Objectivity,Currency, Coverage and Value. Authority is the owner or the creator of the website. The Accuracy of the website is how accurate the information is and how true it is. The Objective of the website is the aim of the website. The currency is how current the information is, when was the site created etc. The Coverage of the website is how valuable the information is and if it has covered the topic well. The Value of the website is how valuable the website is and if it was worth visiting.
Comparing two Websites
The website A Guide to Critical Thinking About What You See on the Web does have information on the topic of evaluating a website but the website The Good, The Bad and The Ugly does contain more information. There is more information under authority, for example The Good, The Bad and The Ugly mentions that when evaluating a website, you should look for sponsors where as the other website doesn't. The Good, The Bad and The ugly is a website which is much more detailed in comparison to the first one.
Evaluating Websites
Website 1 - AMERICAN CULTURAL HISTORY - http://kclibrary.nhmccd.edu/decade60.html
This Website was designed by Peggy Whitley and written by Susan Goodwin. The information in this website is very accurate because the information in this website is also documented on other websites which demonstrates it's high accuracy. The purpose of the website is to give the reader a broad set of information about American Cultural History in the 1960's. The website was created in 1999 and last updated in 2006 which demonstrates the that the information on the website is still very current. The website is very detailed and gives different aspects of American Cultural History in the 1960's. There is detail about Education, Fashion,Technology etc. The layout and design of the website is set out in an easy to read form. It contains images which support the ideas. The website was definitely worth while visiting because it gave me a detailed overview of American Cultural History in the 1960's.
This is a print screen of the website AMERICAN CULTURAL HISTORY
Website 2 - AMERICAN HISTORY 102: CIVIL WAR TO THE PRESENT - http://us.history.wisc.edu/hist102/lectures/lecture27.html
This website contains a lot of accurate information about America's history. The information is set out in a concise order which is easily read by the reader. The information is accurate because it is documented in other websites which demonstrates the reliability of the information as well as the website. The website is Author of the website is Stanley K. Schultz who is a Professor of History and this contributes to the credibility of the information. The purpose of the website is to give an overview of America's history to the reader. The website could be more detailed but the information is still very reliable. The website design is in an easy to read format. The website was created in 1999 which means that the currency is still quite current. This website was worth visiting because it gave me interesting information about America's History.
This is a print screen of the website AMERICAN HISTORY 102: CIVIL WAR TO THE PRESENT
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