would you trust a walrus with your wallet? a guide to judging websites. instructions test yourself...
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Would You Trust a Walrus with Your Wallet?
A Guide to Judging Websites.
Instructions
Test Yourself
How to Judge a Website
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Instructions
Test Yourself
Pacific Tree Octopus Pets or Food
The OnionMuseum of Jurassic
Technology
The Pacific Tree Octopus
Things to consider:
•Can you find information about the author?•Does the website give sources?•How often is the website updated?
Pets or Food
Things to consider:
•Is the website objective?•Does the website help your research?
The Museum of Jurassic Technology
Things to consider:
•Does the website have additional links?•Does the website have a bibliography?•Can you contact the author(s)?
The Onion
Things to consider:
•Did the website give you more or less information than you needed?•Did the website give all sides of the story?
Uncyclopedia
Things to consider:
•Did the website talk about many topics with a little bit of detail?•Or did the website talk about one thing with a lot of detail?
Wikipedia
Things to consider:
•Does the website show credentials (are the people professionals)?•Are there spelling mistakes or grammar mistakes?
Weekly World News
Things to consider:
•Can you use all of the links on the website?
The Pyramids
Things to consider:
•Does the website talk about how it did its research?•Is the website recent?
Assessment
Your Score!
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Where you were right.
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Where you were wrong.
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Feedback
As of right now I think this section will talk about what websites the students got wrong and use some of the guiding points to show how they could used them to determine if it
was real or fake.
How to Judge a Website
Credibility
Relevance
Currency
Audience
Accuracy
Bias
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• This Web Based Learning Tool (WBLT) will give students tips on how to determine the validity of websites when doing research.
• The WBLT fits into the Media Literacy Component of the Ontario Curriculum, including some of the following expectations:o Making Inferences/Interpreting Messages - 1.2. o Responding to and Evaluating Texts: 1.3.o Conventions and Techniques: 2.2.
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