I think most people know about Snopes.com but just in case here's the link. This is a reliable link to those annoying emails that you suspect are not really true but could be. The folks at Snopes do the research to trace the history of the legends and give them a true/not true rating or sometime a unverifiable rating. As a teacher you may hear an urban legend from your kids and this is place to trace its veracity.
snopes.com: Urban Legends Reference Pages:
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+ Interesting site!
ReplyDelete+ This is awesome!
ReplyDeleteClever, clever! I had to send this link to some of my friends who are already teachers. This website makes for fun facts and questions to rattle students brains!
ReplyDelete+ Interesting!
ReplyDelete+ I have to say I've never heard of snopes. This could be a cool thing to teach kids about polls, you could pose an urban legend and have kids vote whether or not they think it's true and then you have the real answer.
ReplyDeleteGood idea on how to use a site that is not designed strictly for education as an educational resource. I like the way you think.
ReplyDelete+ I had never hear of this site before and I enjoyed exploring the site.
ReplyDelete+ I have never heard of snopes! I really liked the random button and the "hot 25" list.
ReplyDeleteI have never heard of Snopes. But now that I have, I look forward to using it a lot!
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