Home Cybrarian's Cyberworld Web Site Evaluation Updated 5-27-08

Having Fun with Teaching Hoax Sites

  • Hoax Sites at The Museum of Hoaxes
    This is a list of sites that are themselves hoaxes. A collection of Pranks, Stunts, Deceptions, and Other Wonderful Stories Contrived for the Public from the Middle Ages to now. Includes the definition and history of hoaxes (from before 1700 to the present), hoax tests, FAQ, hoaxes arranged by category and links to examples.

  • UCLA Library Help Guides
     An exercise on determining the reliability of websites from UCLA. Students pick sites from those listed and then evaluate them.

  • Better Read That Again
     Web Hoaxes and Misinformation by Paul S. Piper, Librarian, Western Washington University.

  • Hoax Site Lesson Plan
     Students go to a list of websites and then explain what is wrong with the site. An evaluation sheet and questions are included for this lesson.

  • Hoax Site Lessons
     Here is a lesson on evaluating websites that starts with a report on a painter that never existed.

  • Ed Tech
     Also check out Ed Tech: A Discussion of Educational Technology. Do a search on "hoax sites" to find all the above and much more material.

  • Evaluating Internet Research Sources
     From Vanguard University, how to interpret the web for quality sites.

  • Evaluating Web Resources
     This is part of the Information Quality WWW Virtual Library. This page contains pointers to criteria for evaluating information resources, particularly those on the Internet. It is intended to be particularly useful for informing users as to the qualities they should use in evaluating Internet information.

  • Information Quality: Is the Truth Out There?
     Find an information quality checklist that lists what questions to ask relating to scope, author, authority, currency, subject treatment and ease of use among other resources.

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    Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators:Critical Evaluation
    Students need to be able to critically evaluate a Web page for authenticity, applicability, authorship, bias, and usabilty. The ability to critically evaluate information is an important skill in this information age.

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