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Internet Safety Skills

Internet Safety Skills. Steps for Web Evaluation. URL. stop. Look and Feel. stop. Content. stop. USE. Adapted from i-Safe America materials ( http://www.isafe.org ). Check URL. URL. stop. Check Site Look and Feel. Does it look professional? Is it well organized?

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Internet Safety Skills

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  1. Internet Safety Skills

  2. Steps for Web Evaluation URL stop Look and Feel stop Content stop USE Adapted from i-Safe America materials (http://www.isafe.org)

  3. Check URL URL stop

  4. Check Site Look and Feel • Does it look professional? • Is it well organized? • How easy to use is the site? • Are there advertisements? • How long does it take to load? • Is author information available? • Can you tell when it was last updated? URL stop Look and Feel stop

  5. Check Content using 5 W’s • Who wrote the pages and are they an expert in the field? (Authority?) • What does the author say the purpose of the site is? (Bias? Written for what audience?) • Where does the information come from? (Citations?) • When was it created or last updated? (Dates?) • Why is the information useful for my purposes? URL stop Look and Feel stop Content stop USE Adapted from i-Safe America materials (http://www.isafe.org) And Kathleen Schrock (2002) The ABCs of WebSite Evaluation http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/pdf/weval_02.pdf

  6. Triangulation source Credible Information Triangulation is also a good strategy for increasing the likelihood that the content is credible. Triangulation means verifying the information using multiple sources rather than just one source. source source

  7. Website Evaluation Practice Time

  8. http://www.stanford.edu/~jdowens/politics.htmlWe can infer all of the following from this URL except… • It is for educational purposes. • It is a personal website. • It is a political website. • It is a government site. • It is not a secure site.

  9. https://gradebook.alpinedistrict.k12.ut.us/loginWe can infer all of the following from this URL except… • It is a secure site. • It is a personal website. • It is a school district site. • It is for a school district in Utah.

  10. http://www.ed.gov/teachers/jobs.phpWe can infer all of the following from this URL except… • It is a government site. • It is for a district in Utah. • It is for educational purposes. • It is not a secure site. • It is a dynamic page.

  11. Go to http://www.dhmo.org/Evaluate this website based on WHO. • Confident • Somewhat Confident • Not Very Confident

  12. Go to http://www.dhmo.org/Evaluate this website based on WHAT. • Confident • Somewhat Confident • Not Very Confident

  13. Go to http://www.dhmo.org/Evaluate this website based on WHERE. • Confident • Somewhat Confident • Not Confident

  14. Go to http://www.dhmo.org/Evaluate this website based on WHEN. • Confident • Somewhat Confident • Not Confident

  15. Go to http://www.dhmo.org/Evaluate this website based on WHY. • Confident • Somewhat Confident • Not Very Confident

  16. Consequences of Website Evaluation H2O hoax believed by California City Officials • http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4534017/

  17. Go tohttp://zapatopi.net/afdb/Evaluate this website based on WHO. • Confident • Somewhat Confident • Not Very Confident

  18. Go tohttp://zapatopi.net/afdb/Evaluate this website based on WHAT. • Confident • Somewhat Confident • Not Very Confident

  19. Go tohttp://zapatopi.net/afdb/Evaluate this website based on WHERE. • Confident • Somewhat Confident • Not Very Confident

  20. Go tohttp://zapatopi.net/afdb/Evaluate this website based on WHEN. • Confident • Somewhat Confident • Not Very Confident

  21. Go tohttp://zapatopi.net/afdb/Evaluate this website based on WHY. • Confident • Somewhat Confident • Not Very Confident

  22. http://www.google.com/technology/pigeonrank.htmlAfter looking at the website above, which of the 5 W’s do you think is the biggest red flag regarding the website’s credibility? • Who • What • Where • When • Why

  23. http://www.beefnutrition.org/After looking at the website above, which of the 5 W’s do you think is the biggest red flag regarding the website’s credibility? • Who • What • Where • When • Why

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