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Diamonds In The Rough: Evaluating and Using the Web

Diamonds In The Rough: Evaluating and Using the Web. 1/14/02 Lorrie Jackson Lausanne Collegiate School. Why Evaluate Web Sites?. Who really owns and controls the Internet? NO ONE!! Without any type of quality control, we must be critical of what see on the WWW. For Quality…Think Cocoa P !.

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Diamonds In The Rough: Evaluating and Using the Web

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  1. Diamonds In The Rough: Evaluating and Using the Web 1/14/02 Lorrie Jackson Lausanne Collegiate School

  2. Why Evaluate Web Sites? • Who really owns and controls the Internet? NO ONE!! • Without any type of quality control, we must be critical of what see on the WWW.

  3. For Quality…Think Cocoa P! • C = Coverage • O = Objectivity • C = Currency • O = Origin (Author) • A = Accuracy • P = Purpose

  4. Let’s start from the beginning… • Coverage – How much info is there on your topic and for what age? How relevant/enlightening is it? • Objectivity – Do you sense a bias from the author? Ads?

  5. Currency ain’t just bucks, babe! • Currency –When was it last updated? Are the links expired? • Origin – Who wrote it and are they experts on that topic? Do they present credentials?

  6. A&P… better than the Pig any day! • Accuracy – Are there grammatical or factual errors. (caveat: some good international sites have errors from translation.) • Purpose – Why did the author create the site? (informing, persuading, entertaining)

  7. Extensions? They’re not just for hair! • .com – commercial • .org – nonprofit • .gov – U.S. government • .us – state gov. (look for two initials before dot) • .mil – U.S. military • .net or ~ – personal site • .edu – universities

  8. Time to use what we’ve learned! • http://www.end.com/ ~jynx/walrus • http://zapatopi.net/treeoctopus.html • http://www.internet4classrooms.com/fact_fiction.htm

  9. For Further Help in Evaluation… • Great evaluation tool for you and for grades 7-12:http:/lib.nmsu.edu/instruction/evalcrit.html • Useful for evaluating health-related sites:http://www.sph.emory.Edu/WELLNESS/instrument.html

  10. Using the WWW: Basic Terms • Browser: Used to view web sites (Internet Explorer, Netscape Navigator) • Search Engine: Used to search for relevant siteswww.yahoo.comwww.google.comwww.askjeeves.com

  11. Search Symbols • Want the population of Egypt? Just typing those 3 words in a search engine can get any site with any of those words! • Use symbols to narrowthe search.

  12. The Jackson 5 of Search Symbols + must include this word+population +of +Egypt - either word-Holland –Netherlands “” all words must be in this order“population of Egypt” Extra Credit: What’s the difference between + and “” ?

  13. And more… -- exclude this term+rubber +ducky –antenna * Wildcard, any endingtype: duck* and you get: ducky, duckies, duck, etc.

  14. So, Teach, what did we learn? • Internet = Trash & Treasure (which is which?) • Remember Cocoa P • Skim extensions before entering sites • Listen to your inner voice • Pick the right search symbols

  15. Thanks for your time! • go to www.lausanneschool.com/Technology/techtuesdays.html for this presentation and other training stuff • Questions? e-mail me by clicking here!

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