Get REAL: How to validate information on the Web Aim: How to Validate Information on the Web.

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Get REAL: How to validate information on the Web Aim: How to Validate Information on the Web

Instructional Objectives  Dissect a URL  Examine a page’s content  Investigate a website’s author and owner

Get REAL  Step 1: Read the URL  Step 2: Examine the content  Step 3: Ask about the author and owner  Step 4: Look at the links

Step 1: Read the URL  Website ownership is not always clear  The URL can help  Question 1: Do you recognize the domain name? windows.microsoft.com

Step 1: Read the URL  Question 2: What is the extension in the domain name? (.k12,.edu,.ac,.com,.org,.gov,.net,.mil) Red means danger.  In the 1980s, seven TLDs (.com,.edu,.gov,.int,.mil,.net, and.org) were created.  Domain names may be registered in three of these (.com,.net, and.org) without restriction.

Using Advanced Search  Filtering your search results  Task Number 1: Find 6 colleges in or around Dallas that teach Engineering in 2 minutes  Task Number 2: Name 10 governmental agencies that have an interest in “Alaskan salmon spawning” in 3 minutes

Step 1: Read the URL  Question 3: Are you on a personal page?  Personal pages are more likely to be opinion based  Look for clues  A person’s name  Tilde (~)  Percent sign (%)  The words users, people or members

AKA “index”

Step 1: Read the URL  Go to mcmillan-cottom/for-profit-colleges-kaplan- university_b_ htmlhttp:// mcmillan-cottom/for-profit-colleges-kaplan- university_b_ html  What value does this web page have for a report on “For-Profit Colleges?”

Step 1: Read the URL  What should you expect from the following URLs?     news.bbc.co.uk  

Step 2: Examine the Content  Does the website agree with sources you trust?  Do other website agree?  Look beyond the pictures and graphics to the information below

Step 3: Ask about the author and owner  Why was this website created?  Is it controlled by a single person or a governing body?  What is the file extension?.edu vs..com  Search for “Anatomy of a Frog”  Evaluate the websites before going to them  Look for familiar domains  Look for.edu and.gov

Step 4: Links  Good: Links to other sites you trust  Bad: Links to pages by the same author  Open browser and search for tree octopus  Where do the links at lead you?  Are there trustworthy links? Do they have quality information?  Do the links have the same domain name?