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OK, the message was too long so I am dividing it in 2 _____ From: Voni Rivas [mailto:voni.rivas@cache.k12.ut.us] Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 7:15 PM To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU Subject: HITS: FAKE WEB SITES WOW I got a lot! This is SO AWESOME!!! I thought I would go through and cut out the duplicates. but so many asked for the list soon, I decided I better just copy & paste the things people sent me. I'm so swamped with the last week of school. I'll do a better job of editing later if you want me to. (Let me know) Thanks to everyone. (can one send an attachment to LM_NET?) Someone sent a powerpoint. wonder if they would mind if I shared that. but can one even send an attachment? The following list is in reverse order of what I received. I deleted names & requests for hits and extra stuff, but left in what was said about their lesson or ??? (I decided that would be useful to me) There were a couple of attachments I couldn't open. You all are so great to send so many things so fast! I'll be looking at these all summer! Thanks, thanks, thanks...!!!!!! If I get more, I'll pass them on too. Hi Voni, I just did a huge lesson on bogus sites, Internet searching, and website evaluations. I used the Google Game from School Library Journal. I attached a list of the sites I used (except the bread site). Have fun! Aluminum Foil Deflector Beanie http://zapatopi.net/afdb/ Buy Dehydrated Water http://www.buydehydratedwater.com/faq.htm Tree Octopus http://zapatopi.net/treeoctopus/ Velcro Crop http://home.inreach.com/kumbach/velcro.html Save The Rennets http://www.savetherennets.com/ Dihydrogen Monoxide Research Division http://www.dhmo.org/ Dangers of Bread http://www.geoffmetcalf.com/bread.html Dog Island http://www.thedogisland.com/index.html Giant Palouse Worm http://www.palouseprairie.org/invertebrates/palouseworm.html http://www.norid.no/domenenavnbaser/domreg.html?sort=name domain name registries across the world Canada .ca Australia .au United States .us France .fr United kingdom .uk or .gb China .cn http://www3.widener.edu/Academics/Libraries/Wolfgram_Memorial_Library/Evalua te_Web_Pages/Actual_Web_Pages_as_Examples/5722/ Evaluation pages _________________________________ Here are two websites that I was given that are not real: http://zapatopi.net <http://zapatopi.net/> - for the tree octopus www.dhmo.org - for a substance known as dihydrogen monoxide ---------------------_____________________ Here is a link to several of the fake web pages--you will have to scroll down a little to get to them. I used these with my students too. http://www.dillon2.k12.sc.us/teachers/searchtools.asp#Fake_Websites_to_Use _________________________________ I love the Mankato, MN bogus site, probably because I went to school there and lived close by; the Velcro crop is another. I also like the Pacific Northwest Tree frog site. ALl three work well with 6th grade. At first they are very laid back and savy, and then there is an "AH" moment and giggles. http://www.mckenziehighschool.org/mhs/bogus.htm ---------------------- WEBSITES Websites can be tricky to decipher. You want to make sure that it presents you with accurate information. We will evaluate the following websites to determine their validity. 1. http://city-mankato.us/ Where is Mankato? What is the current temperature? What tourist activities are available? Is the map correct? 2. http://www.fvza.org/ When did this agency start? Can you find any reference to it on any government website? 3. http://www.umbachconsulting.com/miscellany/velcro.html How is Velcro made? Is it possible that weather could effect its production? 4. http://www.dhmo.org/ What is dihydrogen monoxide? Should it be banned? 5. http://zapatopi.net/afdb/ Can aluminum foil protect your brain from electromagnetic psychotronic mind control? 6. http://www.sudftw.com/jackcon.htm 7. http://zapatopi.net/treeoctopus/ Can a tree octopus survive? Are the pictures legitimate? I hope you can open the attached file. I developed the Webquest for a course I took. There is a list of fake websites. My favorite is the Federal Vampire and Zombie Agency www.fvza.org. Gotta trust our government to keep us safe from all the vampires and zombies running around. Also students get a kick out of the Dyhydrogen monoxide website. Good Luck! Introduction You will be writing a research paper sometime this year. Not all information sources are going to be valid. You can't rely on Google, Dogpile, AltaVista, etc. for all your information needs. Even Wikipedia isn't always a reliable resource. To find the "good" information that you need for your papers you need to develop a set of criteria to judge the websites that you find. This WebQuest is designed to help you do that. WebQuest Task Your task is to develop a resource(handout, index card, poster, etc.) that your classmates can use in the media center or at home to help them evaluate Internet resources on their own. WebQuest Process 1. The first step is to get organized into groups of three. You will be working with the students on either side of you. 2. Then your groups will examine web sites that explain what to look for in quality web sites. Is it a good web site to use or has someone put it up as a hoax? Look at three or four of the following sites. Criteria for Web Site Evaluation: http://www.lib.unich.edu/ugl/guides/evaluate Evaluation Wizard: http://wizard.imsa.edu/evaluate Quality Information ChecKlist: http://www.quick.org.uk/menu.htm Kathy Schrock's Guide: http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/evalmidd.html Evaluating Web Sites: Criteria and Tools: http://www.library.conrell.edu/olinuris/ref/research/webeval.html How to Evaluate a Web Page: http://manta.library.colostate.edu/howto/evalweb.html 3. Take notes as you read through the web site. Make a list of the criteria that you find. What things are listed as important? What questions should you be able to answer about quality information sites? Is there a checklist or chart provided? 4. In your groups compare the notes you have taken. Develop a list of at least 5 questions you need to answer to evaluate a web site. (Your list can have more than 5 questions to answer.) 5. Now take your group's master list and use it to evaluate a web site. Select a web site from the list below. Federal Vampire & Zombie Agency: http://www.fvza.org <http://www.fvza.org/> Dihydrogen Monoxide Research Division: http://www.dhmo.org <http://www.dhmo.org/> The Twinkies Project: http://www.twinkiesproject.com <http://www.twinkiesproject.com/> The Jackalope Conspiracy: http://www.sudftw.com/jackcon.htm California's Velcro Crop: http://home.inreach.com/Kumbach/velcro.html Buy an Ancestor Online: http://www.fulkerson.org/ancestors/buyfix.html Strawberry Pop-Tart Blow-Torches: http://www.pmichaud.com/toast 6. Evaluate your list. Did it help you? Do you need to change it by adding or removing anything? Work on making any necessary changes in your group. 7. Now select a site from the list below. In your groups use your revised master list to evaluate the web site. Discuss whether you would use the site for a research paper or project. Facts about the Civil War http://www.idiotica.rom/cranium/encyclopedia/content/civilwar.htm American Civil War http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_civil_war Civil War, American http://www.worldbookonline.com/wb/Article?id=ar117060 <http://www.worldbookonline.com/wb/Article?id=ar117060&st=amerrican+civil+wa r> &st=amerrican+civil+war Civil War, U. S. http://gme.grolier.com/cgi-bin/article?assetid=0064040-0 8. Re-evaluate your list. Make any final revisions. 9. Now your group can create your resource for the media center. It can be a handout, an index card, a checklist, etc. Be creative. What would be most helpful for you and your friends? Be sure to include all of the following in your resource: Who made it- Take credit for your hard work and include the names of everyone in your group! A Title - Make it something to remember At least five questions/criteria to ask when evaluating a web site. Evaluation Rubric 1 2 3 Score Students will be able to write a list of criteria for web site evaluation. Students create a list of 4 criteria. Criteria are uneven in focus or contain mistakes. Students create a list of 5 criteria. Criteria are uneven in focus or contain mistakes. Students create a list of 5 or more criteria. List is comprehensive and accurate. Students will be able to use their lists to effectively evaluate web resources. Students feel that their list is less than effective to evaluate web sites. Students feel uncertain about the effectiveness of their list to evaluate web sites. Students demonstrate that their list is effective when evaluating web sites. Students will identify valid and reliable web resources. Students are able to identify reliable web resources. Students identify one or two reliable web resources. Students identify three reliable web resources. Students will be able to create a resource to help their classmates evaluate web resources. Students create a resource that contains errors. Students create a resource that is accurate but not visually interesting. Students create a resource that is accurate and visually interesting. Conclusion Congratulations! And Thank You!! By completing this Webquest, you and your classmates are closer to being good information consumers and expert web site evaluators. You have learned valuable things about the authority, accuracy and currency of information you find on the Internet. The criteria you developed can be applied to free web sites as well as to the online services the media center has. You also made a real tool that others can use. Do you know the Onion? A satirical weekly probably more suited to high school age. Here's the link: http://www.theonion.com/content/index just search fake, hoax, bogus websites, web evaluation examples, etc. here is one page - the dihydrogen monoxide is great and mankato, MN - who would spend time doing this?!?! :) http://www.shsu.edu/~lis_mah/documents/TCEA/hoaxtable.html This is one of my favorite. But search the archives for bogus or hoax websites and you will likely find a ht. http://www.idiotica.com/cranium/encyclopedia/content/civilwar.htm http://www.oskaloosa.k12.ia.us/staff/johnsonj/Site/Bogus_Webistes.html J Here's a bunch I made for info lit lessons: http://www.idiotica.com/cranium/encyclopedia/ http://www.allaboutexplorers.com/ This is a terrific one we plan to use next year. Also, idiotica.com has some pretty funny ones. Hi there, I've got a bunch of them linked to my website. Check out the bottom 10 links on the "Critical Evaluation of Website Resources" page for some really good ones. I just used Kathy Schrock's web evaluation lesson with my highly capable 4th & 5th graders, and even though it was a middle school lesson, it turned out well. http://teacherweb.com/WA/HIllsideElementary/Library/links6.stm ! I have a few on this page that I used when I taught a media literacy class. I haven't checked the pages in a few months, so I apologize if there are any broken links. www.quia.com/pages/websiteeval.html If you go to www.protopage,com/chslinks you will find a whole widget of them. I use them at the high school level to teach website evaluation. Hope this helps. I usually use http://www.michelangelo.com/buonarroti.html which gives good information, but when you delve deep find out the website belongs to a website design company and I show the kids how you have to be careful where the information comes from, they are just trying to sell their services, and are not experts on Michelangelo. You may have already gotten links to these but here are some of my favorites: http://www.det.wa.edu.au/education/cmis/eval/curriculum/ict/webeval/eval12.h tm (especially dyhydrogen oxide--water--ha!) http://www.mckenziehighschool.org/mhs/bogus.htm (especially tree octopus and velcro) The fake site I use is: zapatopi.net/treeoctopus . I put together a small list of links to sites I've used with my students on my school library web page (sites that I found via the great folk here at LM_Net: http://hardinvalleyes.knoxschools.org then click on Library Media Center, under "Information", select "Website Evaluation" I wish our district's website program gave us manageable URLs to send people to specific sections--I've cut and pasted the direct link below: http://mediacenter.hardinvalleyes.knoxschools.org/modules/groups/group_pages .phtml?gid=508157 <http://mediacenter.hardinvalleyes.knoxschools.org/modules/groups/group_page s.phtml?gid=508157&nid=64666&sessionid=a86ac6b6d74eab770383b9dc9589ba07&sess ionid=a86ac6b6d74eab770383b9dc9589ba07> &nid=64666&sessionid=a86ac6b6d74eab770383b9dc9589ba07&sessionid=a86ac6b6d74e ab770383b9dc9589ba07 I have a couple of pages that might help. The first 2 are lessons. This is a lesson I have been working on - but have not presented yet. I hope to next year. Is it real? http://www.gananda.org/webpages/hslibrary/index.cfm?subpage=311003 This is a lesson that I do with the 12th grade. I think some of the links might be broken now. I will probably look for replacements in the fall. 12th Grade Research Web Evaluation Project http://www.gananda.org/webpages/hslibrary/resources.cfm?subpage=441962 Another page: Critical Evaluation Techniques http://www.gananda.org/webpages/hslibrary/index.cfm?subpage=344288 Another page: Hoax Sites http://www.gananda.org/webpages/hslibrary/resources.cfm?subpage=373543 Web Evaluation Workshop for Teachers http://www.gananda.org/webpages/hslibrary/workshops.cfm?subpage=623219 More Hoax Sites http://www.gananda.org/webpages/hslibrary/resources.cfm?subpage=527538 Thanks, Voni South Cache 8-9 Center Media Center 10 South 480 West Hyrum, UT 84319 435-245-6433 ext 229 "Wicked people never have time for reading," Dewey said. 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