Process - Step 2

As proud new graduates of Detective School, your team is now eligible to take the Detective License Exam. This is a group test. Your team will be given a series of web site mysteries to investigate and solve.

Here is your test. Choose one team member to be the scribe. This person will enter your answers in the team's electronic detective notebook. Choose a second team member to be the web driver. This person runs the browser and keeps track of the web sites visited. The third team member will be facilitator. The facilitator's job is to keep the discussion on-topic and on-track. Be sure to enter team member names and roles in your notebook. When you have completed your test, notify your teacher before continuing to your first case.

For each of the web sites listed below, determine if it is a hoax or if it is real. Use the tools and techniques you learned in Detective School to discuss and answer the following questions for each web site:

Who is the owner of the domain name?

Do the address, owner, and top level domain provide any clues as to the authenticity of the web site? If yes, explain.

Has the appearance of the web site changed drastically over time? If yes, explain how.

Is this web site a hoax or real? Give at least 3 reasons for your answer. Enter any references you use to other information or to other web sites into your electronic detective notebook.

Remember to use the web site resources from your Investigating the Web 102 course.

Web Site List

http://home.inreach.com/kumbach/velcro.html

http://homepages.udayton.edu/~ahern/rurindx.htm

http://descy.50megs.com/NewHartford/newhtfd.html

http://www.gatt.org

http://www.wto.org

http://www.bigredhair.com/boilerplate.html

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