Starting up with the basics:
Is Santa Claus a Lie?

Truth, Opinion or Fabrication?:
Check out the links below from the point of view of a student in your class. Is the information factual? Is the presentation professional? Is it believable?

• Dihydrogen Monoxide Research Division
• The Dog Island
• The Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus
• All About Explorers
• Mechanical Marvels of the Nineteenth Century
  

How Literate Are We?:
Visit Alan November's site and take the quiz
If you finish the quiz early, please explore the other links II to VII

So How Do We Evaluate?
Discuss the following questions from both the Teacher's and the Student's perspective.

• What does it mean to “evaluate” information?
• What skills are needed to be able to evaluate information?
• What criteria do teachers/students use to evaluate a website?

Possible skils include...

• Truncation of a URL or what the URL can tell us
• Finding the owner of the site (easywhois, alexa)
• Turning the hands of time backwards (Wayback Machine)

Copyright and Fair Use:
View this cute little film highlighting a bit of the history and practice of Copyright Laws

Check out Creative Commons Laws and what they do and don't allow

Creating Evaluation Tools:
Teachers work together creating tools that students can use to evaluate information they find on the Internet