Evaluating Web SitesEl Rancho High School 2012

Who wrote the web site?

• Look at the address (URL)– http://www.erusd.k12.ca.us/elrancho

• The type of organization behind a web site can give some clues to its identity

– http://www.justice.gov

– http://www.navy.mil

– http://www.ucsb.edu

www.justice.gov

www.navy.mil

www.ucsb.edu

.org, .com, .net are open to anyone and do not give clues to the author’s identity

Where can you find the author?

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OUR MISSION OUR STORYWHO WE ARE

HOME

What are you getting?

Information?

Bias?

Loaded language?

John Paul Sevens, Retired Supreme Court Justice

http://abortionfacts.com/

http://costofwar.com/en/