1 / 18

Note taking and Evaluating Internet Sources

Note taking and Evaluating Internet Sources. The right introduction to inquiry?. I want to emphasize that the research essay—a form that foregrounds the process of coming to know rather than simply reporting its conclusions—is a much better introduction to inquiry and real research.

olesia
Download Presentation

Note taking and Evaluating Internet Sources

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Note taking and Evaluating Internet Sources

  2. The right introduction to inquiry? I want to emphasize that the research essay—a form that foregrounds the process of coming to know rather than simply reporting its conclusions—is a much better introduction to inquiry and real research.

  3. What makes a conversation good?

  4. Question asking Back and forth Humor Desire to understand Listen carefully Believing and doubting Intimate Friendly Explanation Assertion Friendly argument Seek agreement, common ground Share concerns Often fragmented Some qualities of good conversation

  5. Dialogic Note Taking or Note Taking as Conversation

  6. The best literacy teaching practices are all about getting students’ fingerprints all over the text. Students need • to handle the text • to take it apart and manipulate it • to chunk it into meaningful bits • and then to interrogate each bit.

  7. Double entry journals are ways to help students read with an investigating eye. It helps students to slow down and pay attention when they read. Double entry journals teach students the critical art of close reading.

  8. Collect Bibliographic info. Paraphrases Summaries Quotes/Passages Striking Facts Explore/Evaluate/ Explain Fastwrite responses Questions Connections Believing game Doubting game Double Entry Journal When making your journal, be sure to build it using a one row, two column chart.

  9. EvaluationCriteria for Web Sites

  10. Evaluation Criteria for Web Sites Whenever you research a topic, it is quite possible, even likely, that you will find lots of information on it. In fact, the amount of available information on a topic can frequently be overwhelming.

  11. Here are some general guidelines to follow for evaluating online sources: • Always keep your purpose in mind. • Favor governmental and educational sources over commercial ones. • Favor authored documents over those without authors. • Favor documents that are also available in print over those only available online. • Favor Web pages that were recently updated over those that haven’t been changed in a year or more. • Favor Web sources that document their claims over those that don ‘t.

  12. Identify the web site's domain Think of this as "decoding" the URL, or Internet address. The origination of the site can provide indications of the site's mission or purpose. The most common domains are:  .org :An advocacy web site, such as a not-for-profit organization.  .com : A business or commercial site.  .net : A site from a network organization or an Internet service provider.  .edu : A site affiliated with a higher education institution. .gov : A federal government site. il.us : A state government site, this also includes public schools and community colleges. .uk (United Kingdom) : A site originating in another country (as indicated by the 2 letter code). ~ : The tilde usually indicates a personal page. 

  13. Here are questions you should ask before using websites in your research: • Authority: Who are the authors of the Web page, or who is responsible for it? What gives them their authority or expertise to write? /nightingale/ • Accuracy: Do you have good reason to believe that the information on the site is accurate? Are the facts documented? AIDSFACTS.htm

  14. Objectivity: What is the author's point of view? What is the purpose of the site? Beef nutrition • Currency: When was the information on the page originally written? Has the site been kept up-to-date? • Coverage: Does this site address the topic you are researching? Is the information basic and cursory or detailed and scholarly? However complex the language might be, is the information substantial? • Value: Was the page worth visiting? Does the site offer anything informative, unique, or insightful? Is the site free of careless errors, misspelled words, and poor grammar?

  15. Tutorial: http://www3.widener.edu/Academics/Libraries/Wolfgram_Memorial_Library/Evaluate_Web_Pages/659/

More Related