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1 Three Questions to Ask About Any Website Or, How do you know who to trust?

2 1. Who created this website ? If you can’t find an author or organization associated with the site, don’t use it! Check the About Us or Contact Us link on a website to find out more about what the author or organization says about themselves. Look for a Home button or delete everything after the domain name to find the home page.

3 Your Turn! Look at these two sites, both of which come up in a Google search for “Are rip sticks and skateboards dangerous?” https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20 080530090037AA0Aywn http://www.nationwidechildrens.org/cirp- skateboarding

4 2. What is the domain name on this website and what is their purpose?. gov = government.edu = education.org = non-profit organization.com and.biz = commerce/business.net or ~ = network or individual.mil = military

5 Your Turn! Here are two websites that seem to be about the same topic. Look at both sites. How are the two sites different? How are they similar? Could you have guessed this from the domain names? http://dolphins.com/http://dolphins.com/ (you may need to copy and paste this link http://dolphins.org/

6 3. How does the information on this site compare with what I already know? Be skeptical of a website that contains any wrong information. Be skeptical of websites that say something radically different from what is generally accepted to be true unless they give good evidence for why its views are so different.

7 Your Turn! Here are two websites. Using your background knowledge of this topic which is the more accurate one and why? http://www.dreamweaverstudios.com/moonbeam/mo on.htm http://www.dreamweaverstudios.com/moonbeam/mo on.htm http://www.visithalfmoonbay.org/things-to-do


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