Evaluation+of+Web+Sites

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 * =**Evaluating Websites:**= |||| //** Internet Detective - Website Validity - CSI: Computer Search Investigator **//
 * // **Be an INTERNET DETECTIVE** //

Use your [|Internet Detective Worksheet] to help you. || **// 1. Can you tell which of these sites has true information and which does not ? How do you know? //** [|Google Gulp Drink] [|Aluminum Foil Deflector Beanie] [|Google Technology] [|California's Velcro Crop] // // [|Quality Information Checklist]
 * 2. Use this Checklist to help you decide.**

 Try to remember the things in the checklist when you look at other web sites. Every time you find a new piece of information, try to answer all the questions so that you can make up your own mind whether it is quality information or not. And finally,  never follow advice from the Internet unless you are sure it is correct. ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   **//3//**.  **// Your teacher has assigned you a state report about a town in Minnesota called Mankato? //** Which would be the best website to use for your report? How do you know?
 * [[image:http://www.avon.k12.ct.us/enrichment/Resources/32764657.gif width="96" height="96"]] || [[image:http://www.avon.k12.ct.us/enrichment/Resources/1_sm_clr.gif width="49" height="49" link="http://descy.50megs.com/Emankato/mankato.html"]] || [[image:http://www.avon.k12.ct.us/enrichment/Resources/2_sm_clr.gif width="49" height="49" link="http://www.ci.mankato.mn.us/"]][[image:http://www.avon.k12.ct.us/enrichment/Resources/3_sm_clr.gif width="49" height="49" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mankato,_Minnesota"]] ||

**// 4. Which of these sites would be the best source for YOUR report on a National Park? Choose the best site and complete this [|worksheet]for the best site. //**
 * What can you tell by the web address? **
 * [[image:http://www.avon.k12.ct.us/enrichment/Resources/34920533.gif width="165" height="140"]] || [[image:http://www.avon.k12.ct.us/enrichment/Resources/1_sm_clr.gif width="49" height="49" link="http://www.llbean.com/parksearch/"]] || [[image:http://www.avon.k12.ct.us/enrichment/Resources/2_sm_clr.gif width="49" height="49" link="http://www.jdonohue.com/parks/parks.html"]] || [[image:http://www.avon.k12.ct.us/enrichment/Resources/3_sm_clr.gif width="49" height="49" link="http://www.nps.gov/learn/gozone.htm"]] || [[image:http://www.avon.k12.ct.us/enrichment/Resources/4_sm_clr.gif width="49" height="49" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_parks"]] ||  ||

5.Go to Freerice and earn 1000 points. || ||