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Think Like A Detective

• look for clues

• ask questions

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--, “Internet Detective Online Tutorial: Slide Show”. Desire Project. 25 March 2005 http://www.sosig.ac.uk/desire/teachers.html

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• why did the person publish the site?

• can you trust the person who

published the site?

---, “Internet Detective Online Tutorial: Slide Show”. Desire Project. 25 March 2005 http://www.sosig.ac.uk/desire/teachers.html

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Web-ResourceLaw #1Accuracy

anyone can publish anything on the Web

Beck, Susan. “Evaluation Criteria”. The Good, the Bad & The Ugly: or, Why It’s a Good Idea to Evaluate Web Sources. 17 March 2005.

< http://www.eddept.wa.edu.au/cmis/eval/curriculum/ict/webeval/eval12.htm

http://www.sosig.ac.uk/desire/teachers.html

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academic journals next to comics.

presidential speeches next to idle gossip


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Web-ResourceLaw #2

Authority

page signed!

link to the author or sponsor.


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

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• URL (web address). http://www.fbi.gov

Beck, Susan. “Evaluation Criteria”. The Good, the Bad & The Ugly: or, Why It’s a Good Idea to evaluate Web Sources. 17 March 2005.


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Look at the domain:

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Beck, Susan. “Evaluation Criteria”. The Good, the Bad & The Ugly: or, Why It’s a Good Idea to Evaluate Web Sources. 17 March 2005. http://www.eddept.wa.edu.au/cmis/eval/curriculum/ict/webeval/eval12.htm

.org (organization)

.edu (education)

.gov (government

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.com

(commercial)

business makes money

Beck, Susan. “Evaluation Criteria”. The Good, the Bad & The Ugly: or, Why It’s a Good Idea to Evaluate Web Sources. 17 March 2005. http://www.eddept.wa.edu.au/cmis/eval/curriculum/ict/webeval/eval12.htm

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Web-ResourceLaw #3

Objectivity

free of emotion-rousing words and opinions

no advertisements

Beck, Susan. “Evaluation Criteria”. The Good, the Bad & The Ugly: or, Why It’s a Good Idea to Evaluate Web Sources. 17 March 2005. http://www.eddept.wa.edu.au/cmis/eval/curriculum/ict/webeval/eval12.htm Click To Return

Web-ResourceLaw #4

Currency

composed date

Web date

revision dateBeck, Susan. “Evaluation Criteria”. The Good, the Bad & The Ugly: or, Why It’s a Good Idea to Evaluate

Web Sources. 17 March 2005. http://www.eddept.wa.edu.au/cmis/eval/curriculum/ict/webeval/eval12.htm

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current links



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Web-ResourceLaw #5

Coverage

topics covered

in-depth material

Beck, Susan. “Evaluation Criteria”. The Good, the Bad & The Ugly: or, Why It’s a Good Idea to Evaluate Web Sources. 17 March 2005. http://www.eddept.wa.edu.au/cmis/eval/curriculum/ict/webeval/eval12.htm Click To Return

Remember

“The Internet reflects the real World:

– It contains the good, the bad and the ugly. . .

– It is left up to you, the detective, to decide if”


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Web Resource Laws

• #1 accuracy

• #2 authority

• #3 objectivity

• #4 currency

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Are Being Broken

And

Sites Have To Be Jailed

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Be Careful

• Don’t let poor quality information

go

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Remember To

authority coverage

accuracy authority

currency

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Works Cited


< http://www.eddept.wa.edu.au/cmis/eval/curriculum/ict/webeval/eval12.htm


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