Needing websites for class examples

[Kara]

I am going to start teaching and Internet/e-mail class next week. We will be talking about reliability when finding information on the Web. Does anyone have any suggestions of websites I can use to demonstrate how to tell not to rely on info. found at a specific site? I have one on Martin Luther King, but it isn't appropriate for 7th graders. Any help will be greatly appreciated! Thanks!!!

Kara

[Tommy]

Here is a really good resource for you on the topic. I use it with my Undergrad. students:

http://www.spx.nsw.edu.au/src/research/Reliablesites.html

[Kara]

Thanks for the web address, Tommy! That will help a bunch. Any suggestions on websites that show actual bias? ANy ideas for websites I could demo to the 7th graders that would show reliable vs. unreliable? I need actual unreliable sites if I can find them. I have one, but it isn't appropriate for 7th graders. It is a Martin Luther King website.

[Barbara Feldman]

Here are some more sites that deal with the subject of Internet research, and website evaluation:

http://www.surfnetkids.com/research.htm

[Unregistered]

Here's a site that presents science topics, but it's created by a corporation. Do you teach your students to trust corporations? I'd like to know an honest answer to that one.

On one side, just because it's info put out there by a company that wants to sell cars, does that automatically taint the info? Or, can a company use its clout to be a trusted, safe source for students?

Will you give me your honest opinion? And, hopefully, in answering that question, it will help you head off a gray area in your lesson!

Here's the site: www.gmability.com/education. Specifically, go to the section for Grades 5-8 and see what you think of the information presented. Does it seem reliable? Trustworthy?

Hope this helps, and hope you have time to help me, too!

- christy brewer
web producer, www.gmability.com/education
christy.brewer@hassmsl.com

[yonerflash]

Hi, There is a very simple tutorial in:

http://algebra.itgo.com/home.htm

Try it!
Bye.

[onelilartist]

http://www.snopes.com/ is a great source for checking the truth of email hoaxes, (supposedly accurate) statistics, etc. Just click on the link and type in a phrase to search for myth or truth in the search line. For instance, if a source says the Holocaust did not happen, type "Holocaust did not happen" and the search engine will provide you with fact or fiction details from it's archives. It can only provide that which has previously been archived but it helps.

[Unregistered]

I am a computer teacher in Woodstock, Connecticut, and I have used this website with my middle school students. It seems like brain transplants are real if you believe what you read on this site (but of course they are not.) The site is found at
http://216.247.9.207/ny-best.htm

Best wishes!
Donna Mingrone

[alanfoo]

any teacher/homeshooler tutor care to create his/her own instant simple interactive questionnaires. try this site www.visualgram.com . No more boring exercise books corrections.

regards
alan

[Unregistered]

The website on the brain transplant is great!!! But if you are showing it to your students, do so as a class or on a projector. Do not let the students visit that site alone, you will recieve phone calls. There is a place to check out the new "bodies", and it gets a little much for middle school. It is a great site though, great way to show reliable vs. unreliable.

[Unregistered]

here is a good website on science, it contains animations and simulations on science and technology. Seems tto have researched the topics and it is in flash: so you can zoom in and out and pause on a topic http://www.goalfinder.com go to the site map or allproducts page to see the listing

[vcorll]

Hi,

Here is a website to check out to help students assess reliability:

http://www.dhmo.org/

A group of librarians developed this website to teach students about reliability--or lack thereof. The "dreaded substance" discussed is water!

Best wishes on your project.

Vivian

[Unregistered]

The brain transplant website is hilarious. One clue for students to look for is so many incorrect word spellings! A sure sign that the website can't be trusted!

[Unregistered]

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