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Information Life Cycle

Information Life Cycle. What are we doing? Look at format and quality of a variety of information sources Learn about evaluating information Will try to adopt an awareness of the ‘information life cycle ’ when doing research for ‘all but the paper assignment’.

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Information Life Cycle

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  1. FYSM 1101 Location is Everything

  2. Information Life Cycle • What are we doing? • Look at format and quality of a variety of information sources • Learn about evaluating information • Will try to adopt an awareness of the ‘information life cycle’ when doing research for ‘all but the paper assignment’ FYSM 1101 Location is Everything

  3. Exercise for Information Life Cycle • Divide into 4 groups • Each group will spend 10-15 minutes at each work station • Each group will examine/read sources of information on a topic about Toronto’s bid to host the Olympic games, or similar topic • Answer questions on the Worksheet • Write the title and/or citation of the source on the worksheet before leaving work station • Move as a group to the next workstation when asked to do so FYSM 1101 Location is Everything

  4. Review of Work station exercise questions • Begin with Work station #1 • Review sources and answers on work sheet • Discuss ‘rigor’ • Style, format, time to publish FYSM 1101 Location is Everything

  5. Learning Goal for Information Life Cycle • Students will learn that information is produced and disseminated in different formats and that the accuracy and thoroughness (rigor) of information is often related to the length of time it takes to produce the information, its final form and the way it is shared with others. FYSM 1101 Location is Everything

  6. Can you name other information products/sources? FYSM 1101 Location is Everything

  7. Example of citations in APA format • Oliver, R. (2014). The legacies of losing: Rethinking the 'failure' of toronto'solympic games bids. Sport in Society, 17(2), 204-217. doi:10.1080/17430437.2013.828701 • Loriggio, P. (2015, ). Timing could favourtorontoolympic bid: Despite newly built facilities, a lot of factors still need to align before an application goes ahead. The Globe and Mail • Mansbridge, P. (2003). Tough times toronto. whether it's hockey, politics, or an olympic bid, the city just can't win. Macleans. Rogers Publishing Ltd. FYSM 1101 Location is Everything

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