HOW DOES THIS SITE RATE?

The reviews are based on 5 criterion as follows:

AUTHORITY
                          Is it clear who is responsible for the contents of the page?
                          Are the qualifications or credentials given?
                          Is there a way of verifying the legitimacy of this individual?

 ACCURACY
                          Are the sources for any factual information clearly listed so they can be verified in another source?
                          Are there any grammatical, spelling, and typographical errors? 

OBJECTIVITY
                          Are the person's biases clearly stated?
                          If there is advertisements with in the site, are they separate from the informational content?

CURRENCY
                          Are there dates on the page (When the page was written, copyrighted, first published, or last revised)?
                          Has the information been revised?

COVERAGE
                          Is there an indication that the page has been completed, and is not still under construction?

MY REVIEW
1. AUTHORITY:    The Shodor Education Foundation, Inc. has taken full responsibility of information given.  They have provided
                               links that identify their qualifications, sponsor groups, and purpose.

2. ACCURACY:    Sources are not identified within the web site. The site has accurate basic grammar and spelling.

3. OBJECTIVITY: This site has specific objective for a lesson plan and using technology to create fractals. The site does not contain
                              advertisements and carries out its purpose free of bias.

4. CURRENCY:    This site is copyrighted 1997. It has been updated as of  Feb. 11, 1998.

5. COVERAGE:     This site appears to be complete and provides specific information to the topics at hand.

This evaluation technique used is found at Evaluation Web Resources, Evaluating Internet Resources, and The Good, The Bad and The Ugly, or, Why It's a Good Idea to Evaluate Web Sources.

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