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5th  Grade- Evaluate a Website

Learning Target

  • Today I will evaluate websites

  • Using academic vocabulary (credible, valid, validity, online source, accurate, unbiased, evaluate)

  • So that I can choose online sources that are trustworthy

  • I'll know I've got it when I can identify credible sources

  • ​Is everything on the internet true?

  • How do you know?

The Tourist Guy Email

Is this photo real?

How is the validity of information determined?

  • valid - having a sound basis in logic or fact

  • validity - the quality of being logical and factually sound

  • credible - able to be trusted and believed

  • ​accurate - correct in all details

  • unbiased - neutral; showing no favor of one thing, person, or group over another

  • online source - where you found the information on the internet

  • evaluate - to judge or determine the significance, worth, or quality of

  • domain name - an easy to remember/spell website address that represents an invisible, technical IP address.

  • domain extension - the suffix at the end of a web address like .com or .net.  For example, in the domain name www.learn2yoga.com, com is the extension.

How to Evaluate the Content of a Website

  • Look for the site's author.

  • ​Look for information that might be opinion instead of fact.

  • Look to see when the site was last updated.

  • Look for links to other sites that have the same information.

  • ​Does the site info make sense?

  • Look for spelling and grammar mistakes.

Domain extensions in website addresses can also give you information about a website.  Which domain extensions do you think are always trustworthy?  Which domain extension are more likely to be trustworthy?

  • .org represents the word "organization"; it is intended to be used by non-profit groups, but anyone can use it

  • .gov represents the word "government" ; it is used only by United States government agencies

  • .edu represents the word "education"; it is used only by college universities

  • .net represents the word "network";  it is intended to be used by internet service providers, but anyone can use it

  • .com represents the word "commercial" and is intended to be used by businesses, but anyone can use it

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