[LM_NET] HIT: Bogus Web Sites

[Anne Berkey <anneb@AUG.COM>]

Thanks to all who responded!  First names only to protect the  
innocent...

Bogus Web Sites

This website has both real and hoax sites ready for comparison: :   
http://www.library.ucla.edu/college/help/hoax/evlinfo1.htm

terry
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I do a presentation to our 7th graders about website selection and  
evaluation. After I talk about the various aspects of website  
evaluation I pretend we are doing a research project on Mars and we  
evaluate three sites as a group. We look at one that is inaccurate,  
one accurate, one irrelevant (I talk about how easily one gets  
distracted while doing homework!):

http://www.idiotica.com/cranium/encyclopedia/content/mars.htm
http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Mars
http://www.mars.com/global/Global+Brands/Snackfood/Mars.htm

Hope this helps -
Cathy
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Which is the real site for Mankato, Minnesota?

http://city-mankato.us   or  http://www.ci.mankato.mn.us

These two sites will give you much to discuss.

Check Joyce Valenza's Evaluating Web Pages at
http://www.sdst.org/shs/library/evaluating.html

Jan
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Some of these may not be active. Some of them may be blocked at your
school. My bogus website page is located at
http://www.mckenziehighschool.org/mhs/bogus.htm

The mother lode is if you can read about Authur Butz at
http://www.ibiblio.org/team/history/controversy/abutz/intro.html  He  
really writes that the Holocaust didn't happen.

Good luck. Dianne
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Take a look at http://muse.widener.edu/%7Etltr/How_to_Evaluate_9.htm

Have your students evaluate two of the sites ( Maybe the MLK sites  
would work.) in the presentation and then show them the presentation.

Just an idea that might work for you.

Regards,
Frank
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I put several hoax sites on this page
www.quia.com/pages/websiteeval.html

I haven't used it much since last May, so I apologize if there are  
broken links.  My favorites to use for comparison are the idiotica  
pages.

Susie
Indianapolis
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Here's my (somewhat silly) list. There are some funny sites here. The  
tree octopus is a perennial favorite with my students, and believe it  
or not, they fall for it.

http://del.icio.us/PamatMES/site-evaluation

The ones also tagged "bogus" are the fakes.

Pamela
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This website fooled even teachers until we took a closer look.  Be  
sure to read the 'For Teachers' link.   http:// 
www.allaboutexplorers.com/index.html

Christine
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There is a list I compiled here, and I think it is pretty current...  
http://www.shsu.edu/~lis_mah/documents/TCEA/hoaxtable.html

Hope this helps, mabell
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I just googled bogus websites, here are a couple of sites with lists.

http://www.det.wa.edu.au/education/cmis/eval/curriculum/ict/webeval/ 
eval12.htm

http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/hoaxsites.html

shambles has a lot of sites listed - also some games, and a variety  
of levels depending on the age group you are targeting.

I like the one about egg-shaped golf balls and dog island.  Some of  
our students had a tough time with the golf balls.

Peggy
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I use whitehouse.gov    vs.   whitehouse.com

Lori
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Here are the ones I use:

http://www.martinlutherking.org/
http://zapatopi.net/treeoctopus/
http://www.idiotica.com/cranium/encyclopedia/content/mars.htm
http://zapatopi.net/afdb.html

Marsha
***************
I went to a workshop where we talked about bizarre and false  
information sites.  Some of them are listed--

Aluminum Foil Deflector Beanie   http://www.zapatopi.net/afdb.html
Americans for cloning Elvis  http://ww.geocities.com/ 
americansforcloningelvis
Feline reactions to bearded men  http://www.sree.net/stories/feline.html

Perlinda


Anne Berkey, MEd, MLS, NBCT
Media Specialist
Gamble Rogers Middle School
St. Augustine, Florida




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