Blog 8

ICYouSee Critical Thinking Page Summary -
this web page is encouraging researchers on the Internet to be careful in collecting information as it might not always be correct.
The web page gives 6 critical steps for examining whether the page being looked at is valid or not. these steps are -

• Make sure you are in the right place.
• When in doubt, doubt.
• Consider the source.
• Know what's happening.
• Look at details.
• Distinguish Web pages from pages found on the Web.

The page then also has some common criteria that is used when working out whether information found on the Internet is correct. These are -

• Authority
• Accuracy
• Objectivity
• Currency
• Coverage
• Value

This was a helpful website as it gave me some helpful pointers for assignment 2.

Reliving the Sixties: a Web Site Evaluation Assignment -

http://us.history.wisc.edu/hist102/lectures/lecture27.html

• Is this site a good source for the information you need? Was the page worth visiting?

yes, it gave a lot of information about America in the 60's including information about the civil war and the war on poverty.

• Do you have good reason to believe that the information on the site is accurate? Are the facts documented?

i so believe that the site is accurate as it was a lecture given to students and the facts are correct.

• Who are the authors and who is responsible for the site? What is their expertise? What is their bias?

Stanley K. Schultz, Professor of History is the author of this lecture and the producer is William P. Tishler. their bias was that the 1960's was a good society but not great, as it had many faults.

• What is the site's purpose or point of view?

the sites purpose was to inform readers about the more devastating effects of the 1960's that some might not have known.

• Was this page designed for the Web, or is it something else, such as a government document or a journal article?

this was originally a lecture then it was transformed into a web page.

Readings evaluations -

http://www.virtualsalt.com/evalu8it.htm -

this was a really good text as the first paragraph describes the Internet as an grocery store and the websites are magazines. its a really good analogy for describing the content found on the Internet. it also suggests to use "CARS" to analyse a website -

C - Credibility

A - Accuracy

R - Reasonableness

S - Support

http://lib.nmsu.edu/instruction/evalcrit.html -

this website is also helpful, with a checklist of things that should be looked at before deciding that a website, or web page is factual. these points are -

Authority, Objectivity, Currency and Coverage.

http://myecu.ecu.edu.au/courses/1/UPC0004.2007.1.ALL/content/_464682_1/reading_Mod04_3_4_assign2_.pdf?bsession=22079634&bsession_str=session_id=22079634,user_id_pk1=149776,user_id_sos_id_pk2=1,one_time_token=

This page is very helpful and i will use it as a reference point in assignment two as it is very detailed in the things that need to be looked for in a good website.

http://www.library.cornell.edu/olinuris/ref/webcrit.html

this website uses much the same guidelines as the others for evaluating a website or page. this website was easy to read as it had a table of all the points to consider when evaluating a website.

http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/college/help/critical/ -

this web page has a good layout to look upon as it has many questions that are direct and easy to answer which would make it easier to tell if a web page is valuable or not.