Examples of Hoax Sites. Some funny, some not so ... - OCM Boces
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<strong>Examples</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Hoax</strong> <strong>Sites</strong>. <strong>Some</strong> <strong>funny</strong>, <strong><strong>so</strong>me</strong> <strong>not</strong> <strong>so</strong> nice. I tried to get rid <strong>of</strong> any repeats.<br />
This came through via LMNet a short time ago. I cleaned it up to be more useful to you. If you want it in a different format let me know.<br />
Laurie – legan@ocmboces.org<br />
http://andoverhs.anoka.k12.mn.us/imc/bogus.html<br />
http://whs.d214.org/results/whslibspecial/researchhelps/fakewebsites.htm#one<br />
http://www.buydehydratedwater.com/<br />
http://www.genochoice.com/<br />
http://www.improb.com/airchives/classical/cat/cat.html<br />
http://www.museum<strong>of</strong>hoaxes.com/hoaxsites2.html<br />
http://www.quia.com/pages/websiteeval.html<br />
http://descy.50megs.com/akcj3/bmd.html<br />
http://www.allaboutexplorers.com/<br />
http://www.d-b.net/dti<br />
http://www.ikeepbookmarks.com/browse.asp?folder=83136<br />
http://www.museum<strong>of</strong>hoaxes.com/hoaxsites.html<br />
http://www.pmsd.k12.pa.us/schools/hs/library/Bogus.htm<br />
http://www.sandman.com/telco.html<br />
www.martinlutherking.org/<br />
Aluminum Foil Deflector Beanie<br />
Bio defense detector – McWhortle -WARNING: Do <strong>not</strong> get your credit card or<br />
checkbook ready. This might look legit at first.<br />
Britain for Americans.<br />
Bureau <strong>of</strong> Sasquatch Affairs. Hmm... Notice this is the same basic web address<br />
<strong>of</strong> the Pacific Tree Octopus.<br />
Buy an Ancestor Online.<br />
Did you know there were robots in the Victorian Age? To see more about this<br />
site, cut back to just www.bigredhair.com<br />
Dog Island<br />
Eastern Active Technology.<br />
Facts about the mysterious substance Dihydrogen Monoxide.<br />
Feline Reactions to Bearded Men<br />
First Human Male Pregnancy<br />
Google Hiring People to Work on the Moon.<br />
http://zapatopi.net/afdb.html<br />
http://www.mcwhortle.com/index.htm<br />
http://www.brookview.karoo.net/BFA/index.htm<br />
http://zapatopi.net/bsa.html<br />
http://www.fulker<strong>so</strong>n.org/ancestors/buyanancestor.html<br />
http://www.bigredhair.com/robots/index.html<br />
http://www.thedogisland.com<br />
http://www.ediblegear.com/index.html<br />
http://www.dhmo.org/facts.html<br />
http://www.improbable.com/airchives/classical/cat/cat.html<br />
http://www.malepregnancy.com<br />
http://www.google.com/jobs/lunar_job.html
Here's the California Velcro crop page.<br />
History <strong>of</strong> the Fisher Price Airplane.<br />
Jackolope conspiracy<br />
Killer Tornado, Kansas, 1938.<br />
Left-handed Whopper release from Burger King<br />
Many people were fooled by the biography <strong>of</strong> this non-existent artist.<br />
Monitor camera...takes your picture<br />
MoonBeam Enterprises and Lunar Travel Agency<br />
Note that these entries are labeled as "fact" and "encyclopedia". Select any<br />
<strong>of</strong> the topics on this page for a good laugh.<br />
Save the Pacific Tree Octopus<br />
See the new Google Drink.<br />
Strawberry Pop Tart Blow Torches<br />
Taxonomy (classification) <strong>of</strong> Barney.<br />
The British Stick Insect Foundation.<br />
The end <strong>of</strong> blondes.<br />
The Republic <strong>of</strong> Molossia<br />
The technology behind Google’s great results.<br />
The White House<br />
The #1 website you get in Google if you type in "facts about beluga whales".<br />
Website for the fictitious town <strong>of</strong> New Hartford, MN.<br />
Would you want to visit the Sellafield Zoo?<br />
http://home.inreach.com/kumbach/velcro.html<br />
http://www.weathergraphics.com/tim/fisher/<br />
http://www.sudftw.com/jackcon.htm<br />
http://www.cimms.ou.edu/~doswell/Conference_papers/SELS96/WoO.html<br />
http://www.zbach.com/page%2025/whopper.htm<br />
http://www.umich.edu/%7Eengtt516/index2.html<br />
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Acres/3072/camera1.html<br />
http://www.dreamweaverstudios.com/moonbeam/moon.htm<br />
http://www.idiotica.com/cranium/encyclopedia/<br />
http://zapatopi.net/treeoctopus.html<br />
http://www.google.com/googlegulp/<br />
http://www.sci.tamucc.edu/~pmichaud/toast/<br />
http://www.improb.com/airchives/paperair/volume1/v1i1/barney.htm<br />
http://www.brookview.karoo.net/Stick_Insects/<br />
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/2284783.stm<br />
http://www.molossia.org/countryeng.html<br />
http://www.google.com/technology/pigeonrank.html<br />
http://www.whitehouse.net<br />
http://www.idiotica.com/encyclopedia/content/Beluga.htm<br />
http://descy.50megs.com/NewHartford/newhtfd.html<br />
http://www.brookview.karoo.net/Sellafield_Zoo/
Useful links<br />
USE THIS FIRST. Excellent tutorial on website evaluation<br />
Use this site first on the second day. Read the first page as you scroll down to<br />
the bottom and click "Enter Quick". Start the tutorial by clicking on the figure<br />
marked #1.<br />
This is the power point I showed you to help with web evaluation.<br />
http://library.acadiau.ca/tutorials/webevaluation/<br />
http://www.quick.org.uk/menu.htm<br />
http://mciu.org/~spjvweb/evaluation.ppt<br />
Or, if you prefer, here is a<strong>not</strong>her tutorial with many examples.<br />
http://www.gananda.org/library/mshslibrary/wchorror.htm<br />
This is an excellent, step-by-step tutorial that will give you examples and have<br />
you make decisions on what sites are acceptable.<br />
This page has re<strong>so</strong>urces to help evaluate just about any kind <strong>of</strong> page!<br />
Click on the website evaluation exercise link, then you select from the checklists<br />
on the left.<br />
Printable form that can be used to evaluate sites.<br />
http://library.albany.edu/usered/wwwdex/index.html<br />
http://www.widener.edu/Tools_Re<strong>so</strong>urces/Libraries/Wolfgram_Memorial_Library/Evaluate_<br />
Web_Pages/659/<br />
http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/evalmidd.html<br />
More from Kathy Schrock on evaluating websites. Scroll down to the very<br />
bottom to see a list <strong>of</strong> hoax sites<br />
http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/eval.html<br />
A nice, simple checklist to use when evaluating websites.<br />
http://library.usm.maine.edu/guides/webeval.html<br />
More from Kathy Schrock on evaluating websites. Scroll down to the very<br />
bottom to see a list <strong>of</strong> hoax sites<br />
<strong>Examples</strong> <strong>of</strong> websites to use to for such things as bias, authority, misinformation<br />
and more.<br />
This "wizard" will take you through different steps and allow you to take <strong>not</strong>es<br />
on a website.<br />
This teacher's website includes <strong><strong>so</strong>me</strong> hoax sites, as well as <strong><strong>so</strong>me</strong> pages for<br />
evaluation.<br />
The left handed whopper. This started as an April Fool's joke on the <strong>of</strong>ficial<br />
Burger King site. (<strong>so</strong> it's <strong>not</strong> an actual hoax now)<br />
http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/eval.html<br />
http://kathyschrock.com/abceval/index.htm<br />
http://wizard.imsa.edu/evaluate<br />
http://educationwebpage.com/educationwebpage/evaluating_websites.htm<br />
http://www.museum<strong>of</strong>hoaxes.com/whopper.html
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