This week in class we gave the internet a report card.
Not really, but we did look at various websites to determine their legitimacy. We learned that it's not always a sure thing to trust all web address extensions. Extensions such as .org, .edu, .gov, etc we tend to think of as very reliable. Just as we all know the saying 'don't judge a book by its cover' we should probably add a new one of 'don't judge a webpage by its extension'. Anyone can have any extension they wish, and can put whatever kind of information, or misinformation, on their website they choose. Some websites may look very legitimate, and/or very, very close to a real website, but may be fake, or radically different organizations.
The most important thing that I think I learned was that it is vital that I don't just let my students loose on the internet. I already mostly had that idea in my mind, but looking at all of these different websites really helped me see how very important it is to be careful about what my students are able to access. Learning this I will definitely only allow my students to search on specific websites that I have evaluated if I choose to allow them to research the internet for information for a project.
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