Internet Validity

What Is It?

Validity: "the quality or condition of being supported by commonly accepted facts or recognized authorities."

Why Is It Important?

www.paideiaschool.org/tech/validity.htm

www.lib.purdue.edu/itd/techman/evaluate.html

www.sandyn.com/Validity.html#Intro

How To Validate Information

www.gananda.k12.ny.us/library/mshslibrary/wchorror.htm - Background Information

www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/college/help/hoax/index.htm - Group Activity

Lessons and Resources

Internet Detective - sosig.ac.uk/desire/internet-detective.html

A Lesson regarding validity - www.media-awareness.ca/english/resources/educational/lessons/secondary/internet/hoax_research_opinion.cfm

HoaxBusters - hoaxbusters.ciac.org/

Truth Or Fictions (Thanks to Ms. Driscoll for this link) - www.truthorfiction.com

Example Pages to use for evaluation - www2.widener.edu/Wolfgram-Memorial-Library/webevaluation/examples.htm

Locating Owner of a Web Site - www.anovember.com/infolit/owner.html

General Internet Tips - www.anovember.com/infolit/index.html

Evaluating Web Pages - www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/Evaluate.html

Evaluation Guides from Kathy Schrock - school.discovery.com/schrockguide/eval.html

Web Page Evaluation Checklist - www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/EvalForm.pdf