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My Latest Favorite Sites to Evaluate

Posted by Surrural Librarian on Mar 27 2009 | Curriculum, Internet

Last week my junior high students tried to determine which of these sites where legitimate & which were not. This is always a fun couple of classes, because some of the sites are hilarious, and the kids enjoy it.I have to dig up new ones every couple of years because word gets out – they’re all big Tree Octopus fans. I like finding real sites that might trip them up. It was really fun breaking the news to them that the OLPC program was real. They were convinced that if there was a laptop that cool in real life, they would know about it.

It’s an excellent lesson for me every time as well. I’ve been working with these same students for a while now and I’m still surprised to see how hard this is for them. They know all the steps (find out the author, Google them, read the fine print, etc.) but they really do not yet have the life experience to pick out the fakes. It’s a good reminder of how young they still are, and how much help they still need navigating life online.

Here’s this year’s list.

Update – see the comments to find out which of these are legit, if you want to test yourself.

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