Re: [LM_NET] HIT: Civil War site

["LEROY D. SMITH" <leroysmith98@GMAIL.COM>]

"Since the "sites"
look real, they may fool someone who doesn't pay close attention to what
is actually written."

Yes, embarassingly, I've noticed some teachers and librarians have actually
linked to some of Jeff's sites as "legitimate," useful resources on the
particular topics.

Try this search on Google:  "beluga whales facts" - the idiotica.com site
comes out at the top of the list!  A great illustration that you can't just
do a Google search and automatically take/trust the first thing that comes
up.  (Also a warning that directories can't be completely trusted,
either--this spoof site on Beluga whales is also listed in the Google
Directory list under:

 Kids and Teens > School Time > Science > Living Things > Animals > Mammals
><http://www.google.com/Top/Kids_and_Teens/School_Time/Science/Living_Things/Animals/Mammals/Dolphins_and_Porpoises/>
Whales

Leroy Smith
Colorado Srpings


On 8/31/06, David Lininger <tss003@tnp.more.net> wrote:
>
> Paula duFeu wrote:
>
> >http://www.idiotica.com/cranium/encyclopedia/content/civilwar.htm
> >
> >Thanks for your help.  Kids loved the lesson, but couldn't understand why
> anyone would purposely give false information.  Ah, to be young and
> trusting...
> >
>
> Sometimes it is a matter of deliberately giving false information, but
> rather of not checking everything carefully. Jeff's "sites" are
> obviously spoofs, or at least it is obvious to us. Since the "sites"
> look real, they may fool someone who doesn't pay close attention to what
> is actually written.
>
> For those of you who haven't checked Jeff's site, you need to do so.
> Make sure you are not holding a cup of hot coffee, though. Keyboards
> don't like hot coffee.
>
> --
> David Lininger, kb0zke,
> MS/HS librarian
> Hickory County R-1 Schools
> Urbana, MO 65767
> 417-993-4226
> tss003 at tnp dot more dot net
>
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