Understanding Internet Terms

CARRDSS Review CREDIBILITY:Checking for bias/ unbalanced information ACCURACY:Looking for quotes/ bibliography/ in text documentation RELIABILITY:Comparing facts from sources and checking website’s spelling and grammar RELEVANCE:Looking at the grade level, content, graphics, amount of text DATE:Checking the author’s publications, education, and experience SOURCES:Checking whether the website is current SCOPE AND PURPOSE:Using information that answers your research question

Using CARRDSS to Evaluate golfcross.com Your gym teacher wants you to do an extra credit report on an unusual sport. Would Golf Cross be a good sport to choose, or is it a made up website?

Definition Hints Be brief but make sure you understand your definition Don’t get stuck on one word/ domain for too long

Internet Terms: Search engine – a computer program that searches documents for a specific word and provides a list of documents in which they are found. Website: – A connected group of pages on the internet regarded as one unit, usually maintained by one person or organization and devoted to a topic.

Internet Terms: Link: – word, phrase, picture, etc, in a computer document on which a user may click to move to another part of the document or to another document Keyword: – a word that serves as a key, as to the meaning of another word, a sentence, passage

Internet Terms: Browser: – A software program that allows you to find and read documents, especially such a program for use on the Internet. URL: – Uniform Resource Locator: a procedure for specifying addresses on the Internet

Internet Domains.gov – government.com – commercial.edu – educational.org – Non-profit organization.net – Networking technologies.mil – military.~tilde – personal

.gov Definition: – Title of Website: – Owner of Website: –

.com Definition: – Title of Website: – Owner of Website: –

.edu Definition: – Title of Website: – Owner of Website: –

.org Definition: – Title of Website: – Owner of Website: –

.net Definition: – Title of Website: – Owner of Website: –

.mil Definition: – Title of Website: – Owner of Website: –

~ (tilde) Definition: – Title of Website: – Owner of Website: –

Closure: You want to donate to the Chesapeake Bay Foundation. What domain would its website have? –.org You want to check out Fallston High school’s Football Schedule. What domain would FHS’s website have? –.edu Mrs. Bruno made her own website about her horses. What would her website have in it, since it is a personal website? – ~ (tilde) Casey is doing a report on the White House. What will the White House’s website’s domain be? –.gov