Year 10 Geography: Australias Regional and Global Links

Defence and Aid

Criteria for evaluating web pages
This section is worth 20 marks
There are seven main components to consider when evaluating a
website. This includes: the ease of use, accuracy, authority,
objectivity, currency, coverage and presentation.
1. Is the site easy to use? (please circle)
Ye
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No
2. Are the hyperlinks appropriate? (please circle)
Ye
s
No
3. How accurate is the document?
ho wrote the pa!e? It"s a 1##$ accurate and was written %y ilson N&eim
and 'athew eh%e
(. )an you contact them? (please circle)
Ye
s
No
*. Is the spellin! and !rammar accurate? (please circle)
Ye
s
No
+. ,urpose o- the document.
.o in-orm or to entertain or is it malicious/ rate -rom 1 to + on the scale with 1
%ein! the most in-ormati0e.
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1. hat authority does the document ha0e?
ho is responsi%le -or this site2document?
'athew eh%e and ilson N&eim
Are they a relia%le or reputa%le source?
3. hat is the intended purpose o- this site?
.he purpose o- this site is to !i0e in-ormation a%out po0erty
4. hat !oals2o%&ecti0es does this pa!e meet? ,ut Y or N in the %o5es which
correspond with the type o- we%site you are usin! and comment on which
!roups in society would use this site.
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7ducational Y students
Ad0ise Y .eena!ers and older
In-ormation Y students
8ecommendations Y .eena!ers and older
)omments Y .eena!ers and older
Ad0ertise Y .eena!ers and older
9ias Y .eena!ers and older
'isin-orm y .eena!ers and older
1#.Is the in-ormation detailed? )hoose -rom %elow:
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11.hen was the we%site produced? How recently has it %een updated?
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13.Assessin! the accuracy and 0alidity o- the site.
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1(.=ite credentials B check C8> domain. Is it an authorised site pro0ider?
Yes No
=ite C8>: http:22www.po0ertyreduction.wee%ly.com
1*. Are there dead links on the pa!e?
Yes No
1+.How up@to@date is the in-ormation. 6i0e the most recent date. 2#1(
11.Assessin! %ias:
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in-ormation
13.<oes the pa!e reDuire special so-tware -or 0iewin! the in-ormation?
Yes No
14.Is in-ormation lost without the special so-tware?
Yes No Cnsure
2#. hat topics are co0ered %y this site?
,o0erty reduction/ de-ence and aid
21.hat is the depth o- co0era!e -or each topic?
;ery
<etailed
<etailed =ome <etail >ittle detail No detail
22.Is the in-ormation -ree or is there a char!e?
Yes No