Selecting and Evaluating Web Sites: Exercises

Being able to identify information from a URL is an essential skill for web page evaluation. Using URL/Domains for a guide, discover how to read a URL to determine what kind of information may be available at the following sites.

NOTE: Please refrain from visiting the link until you have completed your descriptions on the worksheet.

http://www.defenselink.mil/specials/desert_fox/timeline.html
http://www.mdanderson.org/diseases/Lung/
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2001/aids/
http://clinton.senate.gov/issues/education/index.cfm?topic=overview
http://www.brazosport.cc.tx.us/Maps.html
http://www.hurricanehunters.com/Met/Meteorologist.htm
http://brightonlibrary.info/about/staff.html
http://www.chauffeurs.biz/index.htm

Please select one of the following groups and evaluate its web sites with the guidelines on Evaluating Information Checklist. Be prepared to report findings to the class.

Downloading Music from Internet

Downloading and Uploading

The Music Downloading Deluge

Spears Warns against Piracy

Peer to Peer Copying

Teen Curfews

A Status Report on Youth Curfews in America's Cities: A 347-City Survey
Study: Curfews Don't Cut Juvenile Crime

Seat Belts on School Buses

Seat Belts, School Buses, and Safety
Seat Belts on School Buses Coming, but Debate Goes on