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Technology Tip Number 124
The Bogus Internet

Today’s technology tip is just a reminder that
not everything you see on the internet is real. 

Take a look a these websites:

New bio-hazard alert device ready
http://www.mcwhortle.com/

The Museum of Jurassic Technology
http://www.mjt.org/

Buy Dehydrated Water Online
http://www.buydehydratedwater.com/

Important site for Dihydrogen Monoxide Research: 
http://www.dhmo.org/

Velcro crop failures in California:  http://www.umbachconsulting.com/miscellany/velcro.html

Research into a nagging historical question:  http://www.ovaprima.org/index.htm

The Endangered Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus
http://zapatopi.net/treeoctopus/

Free Phone Calls Through the Internet
http://www.funphone.com/old/

Hopefully you noticed that every one of these websites is completely bogus, especially that last one.  They may look real, and they may seem to have some compelling information, but they are all bogus.  Here’s a list of even more bogus sites from the Department of Education and Training in Western Australia: 
http://www.eddept.wa.edu.au/cmis/eval/curriculum/ict/webeval/eval12.htm

As you might imagine, students might not be as critical of information found on the internet as adults might be.  Some advice:  check your sources, confirm everything and look for more than one source before believing anything on the internet.

Or just go to the Registration Page at FunPhone.com and read the bottom of the page:  http://www.funphone.com/old/register.html

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PRACTICE ACTIVITY Check out some of the sites above when you get a chance.  How can you tell that they're definitely bogus?  Read "Who Do You Believe?"

TO KEEP ON LEARNING:  Looking for more bogus internet sites?  Try searching for:

Fake web sites
Bogus webpages
How to evaluate web resources

Have a nice day!

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