Canton Intermediate School

                Internet Evaluation

Student Name:   ___________________             Date:   _____________

1.      What is the URL (address) of the Web page you are using?

        _______________________________________________

2.      What is the name of the site?   ____________________________

                

                Part 1: What did you learn?

	Yes	No
Does the title of the page tell you what it is about?
Are the facts on the page what you were looking for?
Does the author say some things you disagree with? Does any of the information contradict what you know or have learned from another source? Are there opinions expressed and facts?
Does the page link to other pages with good information?
Do the pictures and photographs help you learn about the topic?
Would you recommend this site to another student?

Explain why you would or wouldn’t recommend it.

Were there any red flags that raised your suspicions about this site's content?

                        Part 2: How does it look?

Look at the questions below, put an X in the “yes” or “no” column for each.

	Yes	No
Does the page take a long time to load?
Are there big pictures on the page?
Is the spelling correct on the page?
If there are sounds, do they sound real?
If you go to another page (link) is there a way to get back?
Is there a date that tells you when the page was made? If so, when was it last updated?
If there are photographs, do they look real?
Is the author’s name and contact information on the page?

What makes the author qualified to write on this topic?