Contains subject matter which individuals may find upsetting.

Understanding online information

RSHE (PSHE)

Anti-virus software stops suspicious sites

Information on the web is just as reliable as any book

Validating websites takes longer than just searching

People rarely check the validity of websites because ....

Produce the same results just in a different order

Not trust anything created more than 5 years ago

When evaluating a website you should ....

Which do you think gives the least biased information?

Some people deliberately set out to mislead

The authors have avoided personal opinion

The authors have carefully checked their facts

Many websites contain 'biased' information because ....

To find information on the internet you use?

Are nearly always written by experts in a subject

Search engines produce lots of results which ….

Lots of web resources contain opinions. An opinion is ....

This could mean their information is biased

This is normal practice and can be ignored

This is OK so long as the information is factual

This means the viewpoint should be ignored

Some authors select information to favour a viewpoint.