BOGUS SITES ON THE INTERNET FOR CRITICAL THINKING & DISCUSSION (TOK)

Check out the print resources in the Penturn Library by searching our OPAC. Then, consult our online databases. For additional information, try the links below. *New links are regularly added to this site, so check back often. The teaching and learning resources listed below have been selected for staff and student use.

Cherchez les ressources sur papier à la bibliothèque Penturn en utilisant notre catalogue" OPAC." Aussi, consultez les bases de données. Pour l'information supplémentaire essayer les liens qui se trouvent ci-dessous. On ajoute reguièrement de nouveaux liens; alors, regardez ce site de temps en temps. Les ressources d'enseignment et d'apprentisage ont été choisi pour les professeurs et les étudiants.

To prove the point that one can't believe everything one reads on the Web. These sites are used with PYP, MYP and IBDP students to evaluate web sources.

CHECK MISINFORMATION SITES/HOAXES

Check out hoaxes and other unverified "legends" making the rounds via email, gossip or websites.

• FactsCheck.org : An American site which is a project of the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania. The APPC was established by publisher and philanthropist Walter Annenberg in 1994 to create a community of scholars within the University of Pennsylvania that would address public policy issues at the local, state, and federal levels.

• The Museum of Hoaxes : "Examining dubious-sounding claims and mischief of all kinds."

• Urban Legends Reference Pages : verify misinformation and trivia spread by email or word-of-mouth. Site is organized in categories including historical ones.

A selection of sites to use when teaching critical thinking and web site evaluation:

• A funny thing happened on the way to the Moon:Explains how visit to the moon never happened and is all a government trick. 
• ClonesRUs : company offering cloning services 
• How strawberry poptarts make exceptional blow torches
• Bureau of Sasquatch (that's Bigfoot) affairs
• The Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus: Help Save the Tree Octopus from Extinction 
• Independence Movement of the Republic of Cascadia
• Aluminum foil deflector beanie

• Environmental Impact of Dihydrogen Monoxide:Reports on the chemical threat to New Jersey. 

• The True But Little Facts About Women and Aids (with documentation)

• California's Velcro crop under siege

• New Hartford Minnesota

• Real Aroma

• The Jackalope Conspiracy: Legendary fearsome species 

• EConfessionals

• Greenpeas: (Yes, that's Greenpeace)

EVALUATING WEB SITES : MISINFORMATION

• Five Criteria for Evaluating Web Pages : from Cornell University.The good, the bad and the ugly:examples: by Susan Beck
• The good, the bad and the ugly: criteria
• Guide to Web Evaluation:by Kathy Schrock. A large collection of resources.
• Evaluating Web Resources: from Tulare County School Libraries. Click on Internet Site evaluation, in the 2nd. box of the right-hand column.Also click on Jacquie Henry's link at the top of the page.