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=** TEACHING DIGITAL LITERACY **= __** Understand the web address – How to read the web address **__ The domain name is found after the http: //and www. to the first forward slash /. For example in the URL http://www.ceosyd.catholic.edu.au, ceosyd.catholic.edu.au is the domain name. A domain name can sometimes provide clues about the quality of information of a site or tell you what a site is about.//
 * 1. Do you recognize the domain name? **

//** 2. What is the extension in the domain name? ** Extensions are an important part of domain names. //**COMMON EXTENSIONS//** .edu Educational organization (most US universities) .com Company (usually .co in the UK) .org Any organization .gov Government agency .net Network .mil Military institution
 * New extensions to look for are .biz, .name, .pro, .info. All are used for commercial purposes.
 * Extensions can also include country codes, such as .au, uk, .ca, .za, etc. For a complete list refer to: []
 * Some extensions may provide more reliable information than others, but there are no guarantees. Ones that may be more reliable are .edu, .gov,
 * Ones to watch out for are .com, .org, .net. These domains can be purchased by anybody. This is not to say that sites with these extensions can never be trusted, but it is good to know whether you are on a commercial or special interest-type site if you are trying to access academic-type information.

A personal page is a web site created by an individual. The web site may contain useful information, links to important resources and helpful facts, but sometimes these pages offer highly biased opinions. The presence of a name in the URL such as jdoe and a tilde ~ or % or the word users or people or members frequently means you are on a personal web site.
 * 3. Are you on a personal page? **

__** Use simple Boolean search techniques **__

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__** Determine the publisher of a website **__ You can often find the owner or publisher of a web site by using the Whois? Database. It is sometimes helpful to know who publishes the information you are reading. www.easywhois.com

__** Learn about the history of a website **__ The Wayback Machine: www.archive.org allows browsing through 30 billion web pages archived from 1996 to a few months ago. To use this site type in the URL of a site or page of which you would like to research, and click the **Take Me Back** button. Once you have conducted your search, select from the archived dates available.

THE WAYBACK MACHINE http://www.archive.org/web/web.php

__** Check external links to a website **__ Examining a web site's external links is an important step in validating Internet information. In validating, ask three questions: 1. Who is linked to the web site? Look to see what other groups or individuals have linked to the site. Are they universities, schools or commercial sites? Read the URLs and titles of external links carefully. Look to see if there is a pattern in the types of sites linked. 2. What is the purpose of the link? Why have groups or individuals chosen to link to this site? Web authors choose to link to other sites for specific purposes. Speculate on what those purposes might be. 3. What do other sites say about the information on the site? Gain perspective about a web site by reading what another site tells you about it. Cross-reference information and look for hidden bias. To find the external links, conduct this search in Alta Vista with the **link:** command. Go to Alta Vista www.altavista.com, type link: in the search box and then add the URL of the site you would like research. For example:

__** Digital Literacy resources **__ November Learning - @http://novemberlearning.com/resources/information-literacy-resources/

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