Target: Unacceptable web pages

[Jacqueline Henry <jhenry@GANANDA.ORG>]

I am always trying to show real life examples of why you need to be =
sceptical of what you read on the web.  I have plenty of examples of =
"hoax" sites, such as the California Velcro site, the Clones R Us site and =
other such sites - but high school students generally can pick those out =
right away.  I am looking for sites that LOOK very authoritative - but =
either have no information about the author at all, or are written by =
authors with no qualifications. The web pages can be about any topic.

Sites written by students always make good examples.
I want to use them as examples for my high school students to teach them =
how to determine the credentials of web authors.  They understand that an =
elementary or middle school student author would not be acceptable as a =
source for one of their papers.  I am looking for sites that look very =
good.  Pages that seem to contain good information and might even include =
an impressive bibliography - but when investigated, show that the page was =
written by a young student.

I will post a list of any examples that you share.  Again - please do not =
send any of the hoax sites.  I have plenty of them.  I need REAL sites =
that LOOK good - but have questionable information and/or questionable =
authorship.

Thanks!

Jacquie



"All that is gold does not glitter, not all those that wander are lost"
 J.R.R. Tolkien
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Jacquie Henry, MLS
Ruben A. Cirillo High School (GHS)
Gananda Central School District
3195 Wiedrick Road
Walworth, NY  14568
jhenry@gananda.org
http://www.gananda.org/library/mshslibrary/indexgcl.htm

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