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Detective Work: Truncating the URL
You can learn more about the site you are visiting by truncating the URL. Truncating the URL is a way to navigate through a website by backtracking through the web address. Search engines will sometimes drop you deep within the navigational structure of a website. If you want to find out more about the host site, you can systematically delete elements of the web address (URL). With each 'truncation' you arrive at a new page. By truncating the URL, you may find other resources created by the author you are investigating. You'll certainly learn a bit more about the website that has published the resource.
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Video Tutorial: Truncating a URL
Who is the author of this MicroModule?
My name is Lora K. Kaisler. I have 24 years of experience in education as a teacher, professional developer, researcher, and administrator. I developed this MicroModule while working as the Coordinator of Online Learning and Research at the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy in Aurora, Illinois. I hold a BA in elementary and music education, an MS in special education K-12, and an MA in instructional design and technology. My students tell me my classes are hard but worth it. My colleagues tell me my classes use "a combination of project-based learning and personal reflection to generate an appreciation of processes over content". Work colleagues tell me I am very helpful and always available when things come up.
If you'd like to know more about the authors of this module, consider using truncation and site search tools on the 21st Century Information Fluency Portal!
