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media type="custom" key="2051454" Explanation on how to search the Internet effectively.

Website evaluation
There are many fake websites that can be used to help students become critical about the information they are finding. Below are a few examples: http://www.bigredhair.com/robots/ http://thedogisland.com/ http://zapatopi.net/treeoctopus/ [|Avoiding fake websites] - This is a well set out site with examples of each point made. [|Fake websites] - This site contains a list of fake websites along with the age rating for which the sites are suitable. [|Fake website evaluation] - more student friendly page purpose built for a class to explore a few fake websites with guiding questions.

Following are resources to help in teaching website evaluation: http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide/eval.html http://www.lib.msu.edu/harris23/general/webeval.htm [|The ABCs of website evaluation] [|Evaluation criteria] [|Evaluating websites - criteria and tools] [|Criteria for website evaluation] [|Lessons and resources for evaluating website content] - a comprehensive list of websites on this topic.