On a GOOD Web site you can tell...


...who wrote it.
  • The author knows a lot about the topic.
  • The author is someone I know and trust.

...what the Web site is all about.
  • The Web site tells me its purpose and it gives me information
    that is similar to other information on this topic.
  • The Web site is easy to use.

...when it was made.
  • The Web site has up-to-date information and was made recently.

...where it came from.
  • The information on the Web site comes from a place or person we know and trust.

...why you should use this page.
  • I can tell why I should use this Web page.
  • This Web page is better than another and gives me good information.

Kathy Schrock's 5W's for Evaluating Web Sites
adapted by Joelle Brummitt, 8/29/02.
Mary Scroggs Elementary, Chapel Hill, NC