Credible Sources 1

If it's on the internet, you can trust the information.

• True

• False

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CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.W.8.1B

CCSS.W.8.8

A website the ends in .org is associated with:

• A Non-Profit agency

• An educational group

• The government

• The Military

Websites that end with .com are associated with:

• An Educational group

• The Military

• A Commercial group

• The government

A website the ends in .gov is associated with:

• An educational group

• The Military

• A Commercial group

• The Government

When taking an exam of any kind, if the question asks you to "select the best" choice of answers, you can assume that:

• None of the answers provided can be correct

• All the answers provided can be correct

• It's a trick question

• There is a distractor answer

Just like printed materials, webpages that provide citations of the sources used for the information makes the webpage more credible.

• True

• False

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CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.W.8.8

Select the best way you can check if a website has updated and current information.

• Scroll through the site until you find dates of last published information.

• Scroll to the bottom of the page which usually has a date of when the site was last edited

• Research when the information was first published

• Usually older websites that have not been updated look out of date and run less effectively.

Just like printed materials, webpages that provide citations of the sources used for the information makes the webpage more credible.

• True

• False

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CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.W.8.8

An example of a reliable source is...

• google.com

• wikipedia.com

• a self published book online

• a printed or an online encyclopedia

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CCSS.W.8.1B

CCSS.W.8.8

The best way to determine if a website source is credible is by checking...

• The author's cited name and reliability of that expertise.

• The author's qualifications are easily available.

• The author provided dates that prove that it is current information.

• The information is widely trusted by several people.

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CCSS.W.8.1B

CCSS.W.8.8