Lesson plan
Netdisaster
Netdisaster was a prank website that could simulate "disasters", such as meteors, UFOs, and spilled coffee, onto a screenshot of any given website. From February 8, 2005, to April 19, 2009, users of the website generated 111,669,334 disasters. The website won the Yahoo! UK & Ireland Finds of the Year 2005 award for Best Innovative Website.
Article summary
Netdisaster was a prank website that could simulate "disasters", such as meteors, UFOs, and spilled coffee, onto a screenshot of any given website. From February 8, 2005, to April 19, 2009, users of the website generated 111,669,334 disasters. The website won the Yahoo! UK & Ireland Finds of the Year 2005 award for Best Innovative Website.
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Discussion questions
- Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
- Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
- If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?
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