Who, What, When, Where, Why and How
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This formula is used by police, journalists, researchers and you at school. It will help you identify credible online information sources.
Ask yourself: Who is the source of the information?
Activity 1
Record your answers on the Worksheet - Which page is best. Click on the website, Find the Sunken Treasure and record your answer for "Who". What are you getting?
Is the information biased in any way?
Does the site's information seem thorough and well organized?
Activity 2
Record your answers on the Worksheet - Which page is best. Click on the website, Mysterious Chemical Killer and record your answer for "What". When was the site created/updated?
Activity 3
Record your answers on the Worksheet - Which page is best. Click on the website, Mechanica and record your answer for "When". Why are you here?
Before you saddle up and ride out into cyberspace, it's a good idea to stop and consider whether or not the Internet is even the best place to go. Ask yourself:
Activity 4
Record your answers on the Worksheet - Which page is best. Click on the website, Yagan 1795 - 1833 and record your answer for "Why". Activity 7
Record your answers on the Worksheet - Which page is best. Click on the website, Anarcticia Digibook and record your answer for "3. images". |
Where?
Learn to deconstruct a Uniform Resource Locator (better known as a URL or "site address"). Using this URL from the Department of Education as an example: http://www.dec.nsw.gov.au/students/primary/years-3-6/get-cybersmart http://www The "http" notation here indicates that this is a hypertext document (most online documents are in this format). The "www" is short form for the "World Wide Web," where all Web sites reside. dec.nsw.gov.au The second part of a URL contains the domain name of the person or organization hosting the Web site -- in this case, dec (department of education NSW. The ".au" which follows indicates that the site is hosted by a Australian institution. /students/primary/years-3-6/get-cybersmart The last section maps out the pathway of directories and sub directories leading to the page you are on. For this particular page on the Department of Education, "students/primary/yrs 3-6" indicates that you are on the part of the site designed for primary students. The final URL entry (in this case "sitemap") indicates the name of the page or document you have arrived at, "get-cybersmart". ~ Sometimes you might see a "user" reference or tilde (~) symbol in a sub directory, followed by a name. This indicates that you may be on a personal Web page that is being hosted by an ISP (Internet Service Provider). The type of organization behind a Web site can give some clues to its credibility. .gov In the US, .gov applies to federal departments. In Australia, local, state and federal government agencies use .gov followed by .au .au Schools, educational organizations, libraries, museums and some government departments may be registered under a 2-digit country of origin code, such as .au, .uk or .ca .edu The United States originally created .edu to indicate American colleges and universities offering 4-year degree programs. Most countries have adopted .edu to indicate places of learning. .org .com .net Back in the early days of the Web: .org indicated a wide assortment of groups, including non-profit organizations; .com indicated commercial organizations; and .net was intended for organizations directly involved in Internet operations, such as Internet service providers Now, anyone can apply for, and use, these letters in their domain names. For example, the my web site for nuwarra.weebly.com, ends with .com. Activity 5
Record your answers on the Worksheet - Which page is best. Click on the website, Bourke and Wills Expedition 1860 and record your answer for "Where". How can you tell what's what?
Activity 6
Record your answers on the Worksheet - Which page is best. Click on the website, Fossil Fuels and the World Bank and record your answer for "2. Quality and 4 viewed by others". |
Take a look at this slideshow - Google Search Techniques and Strategies (Believe it or not) by Daniel Russell, Tasha Bergson-Michelson, and Trent Maverick. Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike.