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Tehtävät Digital Literacies week 5 Objectives
 * Review the need for website validation techniques.
 * Explore two website validation techniques.
 * Use URLs to validate websites.
 * Identify the history of a website.
 * Track the ownership of websites.
 * Learn to use backward links in validating websites.
 * Practice validating websites.
 * Review the principles of using digital devices efficiently.
 * Explore ways to strengthen passwords.
 * Consider keyboard shortcuts for more efficient device use.
 * Learn about digital data backup methods.

**Website Validation Techniques** The core competencies required to determine how to find good information online include the abilities to:
 * Determine whether or not the digital information discovered addresses the natural language question.
 * Decide whether or not the digital information discovered suggests revisions to search queries.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px;">Investigate internal content reliability (accuracy).
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px;">Investigate external validation of information.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px;">Investigate author/publisher reliability (authority, bias).
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px;">Investigate external validation of author/publisher.


 * Think about the author**
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; line-height: 1.5;"> what degree do you investigate an author's expertise on a given topic found on the Web?
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; line-height: 1.5;">Do you look into his/her experience in the area?
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; line-height: 1.5;">Do you know what the author's occupation or educational background is?
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; line-height: 1.5;">What about his/her reputation in the field?
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; line-height: 1.5;">How does one go about accessing this sort of information about an author?

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px;">**Think about the publisher**
 * Is the site sponsoring the author's page or just providing web space?
 * What is the mission of the publisher's organization and do they provide contact information?


 * Level of objectivity **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; line-height: 1.5;"> Does the author present a limited or over-simplified perspective on the topic?
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; line-height: 1.5;">Is there extreme language used?
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; line-height: 1.5;">Are there logical breakdowns in the content (e.g. appeals to emotion)?

Using the URL to Validate a Site
Efficient Device Use