Evaluating educational information via the internet is potentially difficult. It involves determining which information is valid and which information is false. Many people place educational information on the internet because the internet allows people to easily publish articles and websites. However, not all of this information is true.

To evaluate educational information via the internet, read about the information in books, look at the ending of the web address, determine the author of the website, look for grammatical errors, look for educational sponsorship, a list of sources, when the site was updated and check the hyperlinks.

Read about the information in books first to evaluate what you find on the internet. Books are more likely to have valid educational information. Reading about the topic in a book will make you more informed and you will find it easier to determine the validity of website information. Take notes as you read books, which you will find at the library or bookstore.

Note the ending of the website. The ending of the website reveals information about where the website derives from. An ".edu" website is an educational website. It may come from a school or a university. Such information from an educational website is typically valid.

A ".gov" website is a government website. Educational information from a government website is also valid. An".org" website is from an organization. Such a website has valid information but it may be biased. A ".com" website comes from a commercial website. Some websites do provide accurate information, while others do not. The ".net" websites are network websites, and have a greater chance of not having valid information. If the web address as a ~, or tilde symbol, then it is most likely a personal website.

Determine the author of the website. If you are searching on a ".com" or a ".net" website, you should try to find its author. If the website has a section that states the author, or an educational background about the author, the site is likely to contain valid information. On the other hand, if you find no information about the author, or the biography of the author says nothing about an educational background, the information on the site may not be valid.

Check for grammatical errors. As you read the information on the ".com" or ".net" website, analyze the sentences for grammatical errors. If some of the words are spelled wrong or punctuation is absent, the the site may not have valid information.

Look for an educational sponsorship of the website. If an educational company sponsors the website the site is more likely to have valid information. The sponsorship may be listed at the bottom of the website or on the page that discusses the author.

Analyze the bibliographic information. Under the information presented, there should be a bibliography list of sources. If there are no sources, the website probably does not have valid educational information.

See when the website was last updated. There should be a date on the bottom of the website or on a separate page about the website that states when it was created and updated most recently. If this information is not present, or if the site has not been updated in more than two years, then it probably does not possess valid educational information.

Click on the hyperlinks. A valid educational website should have working hyperlinks. If the hyperlinks do not work, then the site probably does not have valid educational information.