When researching on the Internet, carefully evaluate each web site to determine whether the information is reliable. Use one of these lists of questions to evaluate whether a web site is a good source of information:
The 5 W’s of Web Site Evaluation - for middle school
Criteria for Evaluating Information Sources
Checklist for Evaluating Web Sites
Evaluating Web Pages : Techniques to Apply and Questions to Ask
Evaluating Information Found on the Internet
Thinking Critically About World Wide Web Resources
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Evaluation Criteria
Five Criteria for Evaluating Web Pages
CLICK HERE for 3 TRICKS you can use to find out more about a web site!
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Some web sites may look like professional, well-documented sources of information at first glance; but when you look carefully, you will notice that things are not always as they seem. For every web site you evaluate, use the 3 TRICKS mentioned above and answer all of the questions in the 5 W’s of Web Site Evaluation (or from one of the more in-depth lists above), and you will start to look at the Internet with a more critical eye.
Visit these web sites and try to figure out if they are accurate and reliable sources of information:
Case Analysis of an Historic Toronado
Boilerplate: Mechanical Marvel of the Nineteenth Century
Dominion of British West Florida
The Voluntary Human Extinction Movement
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Not only can written information be false, but so can visual information such as photographs. Digital photographs/files can easily be modified. Look at these sites to see how altered images affect your perception of reality.
Photographic Truth in the Digital Era
