What’s in a (website) name?

Decoding a URL address

Source: http://www.allaboutexplorers.com/docs/lesson4.ppt#270,2,So, Where Am I, Anyway?

Where do you live?

Where are you right now?– Hamilton MS

How would a stranger know how to find Hamilton?– You’d give him the address

8600 E. Dartmouth Denver, CO

A URL gives the same type of information

Where the URL address take you

The suffix (.____) tells you the type of site you are visiting. Sometimes it tells the country where the website publisher is located. commercial

organization education government network Canada United

Kingdom

.com .org .edu .gov .net .ca .uk

What makes a reliable website?

Who wrote/published the site? Are they a reliable authority?

What does the author/publisher have to say about the site? Is it biased?

When was the site created and/or last updated?

Where does the information come from?

Now it’s your turn

Use one site that you found during your Search Engine exploration of your topic and complete the Website Evaluation Form.– It is in Mrs. Count’s classes.– Make sure to file, save-as to your class

folder.