Advice to Everyone

Today my class were split into groups to find out whether the sites we were given were real, or fake. Here's what we did (in order):

• First we researched the people/person who made the blog, for my blog, the author is Lyle Zapato. Here's what you should do:
• Find the author's name.
• Find out what makes the author an expert.
• See if there's grammar or spelling errors.
• See if you can contact the author.
• Then we found out if the information can be trusted.
• Is the website for profit?
• Can you find the same information in other places?
• Is the author trying to persuade you? Strong wording.
• It this site/article up to date?
• Can you find the date of the site/article?
• When was the site/article last revised?
• Do the links work?
• Will this site have the information I need?
• Does the information answer my research question?
• Is the site easy to navigate?
• Is there useful information for students?

Here are the phony websites we researched:

• All About Explorers
• Improbable Research
• Aluminum Beanies
• The Jackalope
• Molossia