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Practice Activity for Website Evaluation Determine the PURPOSE for these websites by clicking on them: sell, inform, persuade? Bookspot - ________________________ Princeton Review - ____________________ Who is the AUTHOR of these web sites? Eye on DNA - ___________________________________ Victorian Web - __________________________________ CONTENT Bias : For controversial topics Balanced (both pts. of view)?or Biased(one-sided)? Claims Supported(w/documentation & evidence)? or Unproven? Angel on Death Row - ________________________________ Death Penalty Focus - ________________________________ Coverage: How to Locate Similar Sites You can locate similar sites easily using Google. ______________ how many similar ones? Write the Name of one site you like:_________________________________ Currency: When was this web site last updated or revised? (www.deathpenalty.org)_______ Recognition: How many? Links?_____________; Tags?_______________; Blogs/Bloggers?_____________ Citations from Scholarly articles from Google Scholar? ______________ ^ Use this article title: Nuclear Power: Guide to Critical Analysis Top of FormHow many sites are linked to these sites? (Use Google Advanced Search) Ipl2 -- www.ipl.org - _____________ Go Ask Alice – www.goaskalice.columbia.edu - __________ |