Do you have to be "creditable" to be "reliable"?

After doing a website review for my technology course this summer, I began to wonder. . . Does the extent of a "creditable" website determine its reliability? As a future teacher, it is important to provide my students with the best possible resources to extend their learning to the greatest ability. I have pulled wonderful lesson plan ideas and activities off of no name sites on the big World Wide Web. I think that it is important to keep in mind what is the best for students when it comes to learning, but the most creditable isn't always the most reliable for results. Sometimes the most educated and scholarly information is boring. There is a happy medium. If my students were doing a research project online, I want them to use creditable sites to get accurate information. But if they are gaining extra practice on multiplication with fractions, I want the game that is the most exciting and engaging for them. If I find that game on a personal blog or site with a lot of broken links I am still going to use it. I honestly doubt that I will use a long credibility check list when determining the web pages my students can use. I will talk with them about doing research and getting accurate and credible information, but for everyday class use, if it works for a student as they practice a skill or if they need an exciting activity or game, I say roll with it!