Website Evaluation

Just because you read something on the Internet, does that mean it is 100% truthful? Of course not! In fact, there are even websites and web-based groups whose sole purpose is to research the truthfulness of information circulated on the World Wide Web. With so much information readily available on the Internet, how do you know what true? How do you determine what is reliable? In this topic, you will learn how to evaluate websites for reliability and why this is an important skill to have.

Essential Questions

• Why is determining the reliability of an Internet source important?
• What are the criteria used to determine the validity of a website?