website evaluation: teaching students to think
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Website Evaluation: Teaching Students to Think. Janine Lim Handouts at www.janinelim.com Email: [email protected]. Overview. Searching the Internet Grammar of the Internet “Bogus” Sites Research Planning Evaluation Tools Citing Internet Resources. Searching the Internet: Google. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Website Evaluation: Teaching Students to Think
Janine Lim
Handouts at www.janinelim.com
Email: [email protected]
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Overview
• Searching the Internet
• Grammar of the Internet
• “Bogus” Sites
• Research Planning
• Evaluation Tools
• Citing Internet Resources
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Searching the Internet: Google
• Toolbar
• “exact quote” – check for cheating
• nutrition + site:gov
• Google Tools…
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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
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PAIR-SHARE
Favorite Search Tools & Techniques
Tips for Kids Searching
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Internet Grammar: The Problem
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Junk on the Internet
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?
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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
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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
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Who is the publisher?
• www.easywhois.com
• The Martin Luther King site is published by a White Supremist organization called Stormfront. Stormfront.org.
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History of the Website
• Wayback Machine
• www.archive.org
• MartinLutherKing.org didn’t used to claim to be a “valuable resource for students & teachers.”
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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?
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PAIR-SHARE
How do you teach students the grammar of the Internet?
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Hoaxes & More
• Urban Legends
• Snopes
• CIAC Computer Incident Advisory Capability
• NEVER forward without checking it out!
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http://zapatopi.net/treeoctopus/
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home.inreach.com/kumbach/velcro.html
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www.dhmo.org
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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.
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http://zapatopi.net/afdb/
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www.nationalgeographic.com/ngkids/0104/foolery/
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Pair-SHARE
Have you received an email hoax lately?
Do you use any bogus sites when teaching students about
information literacy?
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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
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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?
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Evaluation Criteria• Accuracy • Authority • Objectivity • Currency • Coverage
See online handout.
• Authority• Accuracy• Bias• Currency• Coverage• Design & Navigation
http://library.lib.binghamton.edu/search/evaluation
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Pair-SHARE
What do you require for quoting Internet in papers?
What will you require now?
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Bibliographies: Easybib.com
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NoodleTools.com
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Pair-SHARE
When/where/how do you teach bibliography skills in your school?
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Review
• Searching the Internet
• Grammar of the Internet
• “Bogus” Sites
• Research Planning
• Evaluation Tools
• Citing Internet Resources
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Internet Research and Projects
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• Sept. 25 - Nov. 3, 2006 (Winter 2007 credit)
• 2 credits
• $250
• 6-8 hours a week online
• Instructor-led
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Questions?
Website Evaluation: Teaching Students to Think
Janine Lim
Handouts & additional readings & resources at www.janinelim.com
Email: [email protected]