Previous by DateNext by Date Date Index & Search
Previous by ThreadNext by Thread Thread Index & Search
LM_NET Archive 


I want to say "thank you" to everyone for their responses to my target post looking 
for a website that could be used to determine the creator of websites...to 
determine their authenticity or reliability. I was also given some very helpful 
information on website evaluation as well. This will be very useful as I begin to 
teach these skills later in the year. Once again, thank you so much for your 
help...I was not able to respond and thank everyone individually. I have tried to 
consolidate the responses as some were repeated. :-) 
   
    http://www.whois.sc/
   
  www.whois.net
   
  http://www.easywhois.com/index.php
   
  http://www.networksolutions.com/whois/index.jsp
   
  http://depts.washington.edu/trio/train/howto/site/assessment/assesslinks.shtml
   
  If you go to Google or other big search engines and type 
link:martinlutherking.org (or any other URL) you will get a list of other websites 
that link to the website that you are interested in. This is not the same as a 
clearinghouse of objectionable websites, but sometimes you can learn a great deal 
by checking to see who or what organizations link to certain websites.  
   
  If you use the browser to View Page Source, you can often see at the top area a 
reference to the creator of the page that has been automatically entered by the 
software program that the person uses.  This is helpful if the domain is generic, 
like an ISP provider of homepages or a large school/university website. [example 
below:]
  <html>
  <head>
    <meta name="Author" content="Barbara Paciotti">
   
  Several responses mentioned Alan November, author of Empowering Students with 
Technology…website is www.anovember.com (the site includes many resources about 
evaluating websites - visit the Information literacy materials link…it includes a 
link about finding the publisher of a website).
   
  I also appreciated the following response (because, though some users are not 
aware of this, there are MANY sites that do not include a creator or webmaster at 
the bottom of the homepage): 

Unfortunately, there is no one site that lists who created what documents on 

the multitude of web sites out there. That's one of the reasons it is so 

important we teach our students about web site evaluation and how to 

critically look at web sites. The very fact that a web site DOESN"T 

list a creator or agency affiliation, etc. is a big red flag.

Website evaluation:



Some good sites I use for teaching about web eval are at

http://www.teach-nology.com/teachers/educational_technology/evaluation/web_site/



http://www.lib.montana.edu/~bcoon/web-eval.html



http://info.poland-hs.u29.k12.me.us/webeval.html



http://www.edselect.com/web_Site_evaluation.htm



http://www.lib.purdue.edu/ugrl/staff/sharkey/interneteval/worksheets1.html



http://members.tripod.com/exworthy/eval.htm

 
Krista Heres, SLMS - Peter Muhlenberg Middle Woodstock, VA

bealifelonglearner@yahoo.com

 


                
---------------------------------
 All-new Yahoo! Mail - Fire up a more powerful email and get things done faster.

--------------------------------------------------------------------
Please note: All LM_NET postings are protected by copyright law.
  You can prevent most e-mail filters from deleting LM_NET postings
  by adding LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU to your e-mail address book.
To change your LM_NET status, e-mail to: listserv@listserv.syr.edu
In the message write EITHER: 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET  2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL
3) SET LM_NET MAIL  4) SET LM_NET DIGEST  * Allow for confirmation.
 * LM_NET Help & Information: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/
 * LM_NET Archive: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/archive/
 * EL-Announce with LM_NET Select: http://elann.biglist.com/sub/
 * LM_NET Supporters: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ven.html
--------------------------------------------------------------------
LM_NET Mailing List Home