spencer murray on 2009-12-22
This is too fake, you could tell...
This link has been bookmarked by 225 people . It was first bookmarked on 09 Jul 2006, by Jeff Bailey.
A nicely built internet hoax made for educational purposes.
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spencer murray on 2009-12-22
This is too fake, you could tell...

This is a site that could be used to test the students ability to see if a website is correct.
Information about the endangered Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus and what you can do to save it.
great "spoof" site for teaching kids about evaluating web sites
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This website is a good tool for students to test their ability to tell whether a site is credible or not. (This is not a credible site)
Teaching Tool - What not to do.
Tree octopus photo
Rare photo of the elusive tree octopus
The Pacific Northwest tree octopus (Octopus paxarbolis) can be found in the temperate rainforests of the Olympic Peninsula on the west coast of North America. Their habitat lies on the Eastern side of the Olympic mountain range, adjacent to Hood Canal. These solitary cephalopods reach an average size (measured from arm-tip to mantle-tip,) of 30-33 cm. Unlike most other cephalopods, tree octopuses are amphibious, spending only their early life and the period of their mating season in their ancestral aquatic environment. Because of the moistness of the rainforests and specialized skin adaptations, they are able to keep from becoming desiccated for prolonged periods of time, but given the chance they would prefer resting in pooled water.
Information about the endangered Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus and what you can do to save it.
Information about the endangered Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus and what you can do to save it.
From EXTINCTION!
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FAQs
Sightings
Unreliable web information - great site for teaching filtering skills Save The Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus
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When teaching students to evaluate websites, do you use a technique or a tool? In my instructional technology program, we create this for students to evaluate sites - http://arcmit01.uncw.edu/jonesi/Projects%20for%20Portfolio/MIT%20512%20-%20Web%20Site%20Evaluation%20Tools/Evaluation%20Forms%20Final/Evaluation%20Form%20Revision%203/StudentForm.html
take a peek and use / modify as you like... I was sort of thinking of hiring a programmer to make it fancy and sleek. You think it's a good idea?
Thanks for sharing,
Newman
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