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Website Evaluation: Teaching Students to Think

Website Evaluation: Teaching Students to Think. Janine Lim Handouts at www.janinelim.com Email: janine@janinelim.com. Overview. Searching the Internet Grammar of the Internet “Bogus” Sites Research Planning Evaluation Tools Citing Internet Resources. Searching the Internet: Google.

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Website Evaluation: Teaching Students to Think

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  1. Website Evaluation: Teaching Students to Think Janine Lim Handouts at www.janinelim.com Email: janine@janinelim.com www.avln.org

  2. Overview • Searching the Internet • Grammar of the Internet • “Bogus” Sites • Research Planning • Evaluation Tools • Citing Internet Resources www.avln.org

  3. Searching the Internet: Google • Toolbar • “exact quote” – check for cheating • nutrition + site:gov • Google Tools… www.avln.org

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  8. Four NETS for Better Searching • Start Narrow • Find Exact Phrases • Trim Back the URL (dealing with 404 Not Found) • Find Similar Pages Source: http://webquest.sdsu.edu/searching/fournets.htm www.avln.org

  9. PAIR-SHARE Favorite Search Tools & TechniquesTips for Kids Searching www.avln.org

  10. Internet Grammar: The Problem www.avln.org

  11. Do we ban students from using the Internet in schools and/or for research? Or do we teach them to think critically and to be wise consumers of information? Junk on the Internet www.avln.org

  12. Grammar of the Internet • Reading a Web Address • Finding the publisher of a website • History of the site • External links Source: Alan November, novemberlearning.com www.avln.org

  13. Reading a Web Address • http://www.andrews.edu/~freed/resources_cooplearning.html Endings • .edu .org .ca • .k12.tn.us .gov .jp • .com .mil .edu.mx www.avln.org

  14. Who is the publisher? • www.easywhois.com • The Martin Luther King site is published by a White Supremist organization called Stormfront. Stormfront.org. www.avln.org

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  16. History of the Website • Wayback Machine • www.archive.org • MartinLutherKing.org didn’t used to claim to be a “valuable resource for students & teachers.” www.avln.org

  17. Who Links to the Site • Who links? • Google “link: URL” • i.e. “link: www.adventist.org” • why did they link? • What do the other sites say about the site? www.avln.org

  18. PAIR-SHARE How do you teach students the grammar of the Internet? www.avln.org

  19. Hoaxes & More • Urban Legends • Snopes • CIAC Computer Incident Advisory Capability • NEVER forward without checking it out! www.avln.org

  20. http://zapatopi.net/treeoctopus/ www.avln.org

  21. home.inreach.com/kumbach/velcro.html www.avln.org

  22. www.dhmo.org www.avln.org

  23. DHMO continued… • DHMO contributes to global warming and the "Greenhouse Effect", and is one of the so-called "greenhouse gasses." • DHMO is an "enabling component" of acid rain. • DHMO is a causative agent in most instances of soil erosion. • DHMO is present in nearly every creek, stream, pond, river, lake and reservoir in the U.S. and around the world. • Recent massive DHMO exposures have lead to the loss of life and destruction of property in California, the Mid-West, the Philippines, and a number of islands in the Caribbean, to name just a few. www.avln.org

  24. http://zapatopi.net/afdb/ www.avln.org

  25. www.nationalgeographic.com/ngkids/0104/foolery/ www.avln.org

  26. Pair-SHARE Have you received an email hoax lately? Do you use any bogus sites when teaching students about information literacy? www.avln.org

  27. Research Planner • My Topic • My Big Questions: (Why, How, Should...) • 20 - 30 Keywords: (List synonyms too.) • Keyword Combinations: (for more specific searching) • Search Engines and Sites I Plan to Search • Books, Magazines, and Encyclopedias I Can Search www.avln.org

  28. Require Internet Notecards • Website reference • Analysis of web address – is this trustworthy? • Analysis of web site owner – are they credible? • Analysis of external links – do other consider this site credible? • Analysis of history – is this site pretending? www.avln.org

  29. Accuracy Authority Objectivity Currency Coverage See online handout. Authority Accuracy Bias Currency Coverage Design & Navigation http://library.lib.binghamton.edu/search/evaluation Evaluation Criteria www.avln.org

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  31. Pair-SHARE What do you require for quoting Internet in papers? What will you require now? www.avln.org

  32. Bibliographies: Easybib.com www.avln.org

  33. NoodleTools.com www.avln.org

  34. Pair-SHARE When/where/how do you teach bibliography skills in your school? www.avln.org

  35. Review • Searching the Internet • Grammar of the Internet • “Bogus” Sites • Research Planning • Evaluation Tools • Citing Internet Resources www.avln.org

  36. Internet Research and Projects • www.avln.org • Sept. 25 - Nov. 3, 2006 (Winter 2007 credit) • 2 credits • $250 • 6-8 hours a week online • Instructor-led www.avln.org

  37. Questions?Website Evaluation: Teaching Students to Think Janine Lim Handouts & additional readings & resources at www.janinelim.com Email: janine@janinelim.com www.avln.org

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