Week+3

 **Week #3 - Validating Information on the Internet** **Student Instructions**: In the following URLs, find the extension in the domain name. What does each extension mean? Without visiting each, what can you tell about the site from just reading the domain name? 1. http://www.nike.com/ 2. http://www.si.edu/ 3. http://news.bbc.co.uk/ 4. http://www.seaworld.com/ 5. http://www.cam.ac.uk/ 6. http://www.upeg.edu/~user/

The Froggy Page - http://www.frogsonice.com/froggy/ Frogs - http://www.exploratorium.edu/frogs/index.html Froggyville - http://www.froggyville.com/index.php
 * Evaluating Webiste Content**

http://www.martinlutherking.org/


 * easyWhois** - http://www.easywhois.com/
 * The Wayback Machine** - http://archive.org/

**Augustine of Hippo** - http://www.georgetown.edu/faculty/jod/ **California Velcro Crop under Challenge** - http://home.inreach.com/kumbach/velcro.html  **Site Questions**  The username is: paiu16admin and the password is: nettrekker. It is a great resource. Login at the lower left corner of the page. 
 * Lobster Liberation** - http://www.lobsterlib.com/index.html
 * Feline Reactions to Bearded Men** - http://improbable.com/airchives/classical/cat/cat.html
 * 1) Is the author's name provided?
 * 2) Is there a contact person or an address provided?
 * 3) Is there biographical information provided about the author?
 * 4) Does the author seem knowledgeable? Is he or she an expert in the field?
 * 5) <span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">What kinds of results do you see when you do a search on the author's name?