EVALUATINGINTERNETSITES


 * EVALUATING WEBSITES BEFORE YOU USE THEM: **
 * Why should you check on whether a site is authentic or not? **

[|Museum of Hoaxes] [|Can You Spot the Fake Scientific Studies?] [|Top 10 Science Hoaxes] [|Male Pregnancy] [|California's Velcro Crop under Challenge (1993)] [| Feline Reactions to Bearded Men] [|Buy Dehydrated Water] [|Google Gulp] [|Help Save the Endangered Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus From Extinction] [|Save the Guinea Worm Foundation] [|Genochoice] [|The Jackelope Conspiracy] [|McWhortle Enterprises, Inc.] [|Whale Watching on the Great Lakes] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Floral Sculpture Clinic] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Furnetics.com] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|DHMO.ORG: Dihydrogen Monoxide Research Division] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|10 Questions To Distinguish Real From Fake Science] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[| Phil Bradley's website Making the net easier]
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">I. Websites: True or False? **
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">A. SCIENCE HOAXES: **

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">**OTHER HOAXES:** <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Forever Free - Dog Island] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Aluminum Foil Deflector Beanie] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Funky Shoes] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Drivers License Search] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|You WILL experience the Ninja Burger® difference!] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Snopes and hoaxes] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Petroleum Addiction] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Boilerplate: History's Mechanical Marvel] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Clubbo Records] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Cokelore] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|A brief essay on the life and work of Jacopo di Poggibonsi] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Mike Sandman...Chicago's Telecomm] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|New Identity] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">All About Explorers

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Sites to see: Online Literacy] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Bogus Websites - Maybe?] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Website Evaluation] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Thinking Critically about Internet Sources] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Fake websites or spoof websites. Examples of false sites to aid in evaluating internet resources] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Bogus Websites - Department of Education Australia] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Technology Tip Number 124 The Bogus Internet] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|TEACHING WEB PAGE EVALUATION USING HOAX SITES--DR. MARY ANN BELL] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Open Directory - Description Top : Reference : Education : Instructional Technology : Evaluation : Web Site Evaluation: Hoax Sites]
 * II. EDUCATORS LISTS OF ARTICLES DISCUSSING FAKE WEBSITES :**

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> Who wrote the pages and are they an expert? <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> Is a biography of the author included? <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> How can you find out more about the author?
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">III. 5 W'S FOR EVALUATING WEBSITES: **
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> WHO: **

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> What does the author say is the purpose of the site? <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> What else might the author have in mind for the site? <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> What makes the site easy to use?
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> WHAT: **

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> When was the site created? <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> When was the site last updated
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> WHEN: **

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> Where does the information come from? <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> Where can I look to find out more about the producer/sponsor?
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> WHERE: **

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> Why is this information useful for my purpose? <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> Why should I use this information? <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> Why is this page better than another?
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> WHY: **

//"Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators" 21 March 2004 <http://discoveryschool.com/schrockguide>//

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Wikipedia suggestions for words that indicate bias] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Indicators of Bias]
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">If you are NOT sure how to tell if an article is biased check the following sites: **

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Why "Googling It" is Not Enough]
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">If you want to know why you should use scholarly databases as well as searching the internet using Google check out the following article: **


 * IV. UNDERSTANDING URLS AND DOMAIN NAMES: **

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Quick Quality Information Checklist] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Go through the interactive site and answer the questions on the sheet. If you have lost your sheet you can access the questions by clicking on the file below:
 * V. INTERACTIVE SITE: **

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Find a website that would be useful for a project you are doing in school. Use the form listed below to evaluate that website:

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Quick: The Quality Checklist] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Critical Evaluation of Information] <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;">[|Evaluating Web Pages: Techniques to Apply & Questions to Ask]
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">II. THINGS TO BE AWARE OF WHEN LOOKING AT WEBSITES: **

**<span style="font-family: Lucida Sans Typewriter,monospace; font-size: 17.3333px;">III. WIKIPEDIA: ** <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">What Wikipedia has to say about Wikipedia: (August 19th, 2011) <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Wikipedia Cuts on the Bias] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Wikipedia: Redesigning Research]

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Google News Archive:] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Cold War Google News Archive Example]
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">IV. RELIABLE OPTIONS: **