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³Research in the digital age offers

new possibilities as well as newor heightened challenges. Whilethe Internet provides ready

access to unprecedentedamounts of primary andsecondary source materials«,

students sorting through thiswealth of data must be skilledat and vigilant in determiningthe origin and credibility of

these sources.´ Core Standards



Ethically and

safely access

information in avariety of

formatsevaluate this

information for

appropriateness,accuracy,

authority and

global

perspective

and will be able

to cite thisinformation

correctly.

Info lit curriculum

Information Literacy



�

How do we determine which information ismost valid?

� How do we avoid info overload from toomuch information?

� How do we get a global perspective oninformation?

� How do we become creators of information and not just recipients of

information?� How do I find resources that I can use in

MY classroom?

Issues:



But everything·s on the Internet!

Google



Study of students search

habits show that they aren¶tas good as we thought!



MHS Library Media Center

� http://mhs.scoolaid.net

� Favoritesy Britannica

y EBSCO

y Noodletools

y JSTOR

� Seton

Hall Univ. Library

� Answers the question of how do weknow info is valid!



http://www.diigo.com/user/msdthink



Tracy, M.



Search Tips:

Options:

� Wonder

wheel� Timeline

Other:

� Tilde (~)

� BooleanOperators(AND, OR,NOT)

AdvancedSearch

� Search w/in

website� Search w/in

specific kindof site (i.e.edu, .gov)

� Search for specific filetype



Is the Information valid?

C ARB

� Current

� Accurateand Authoritative

� Relevant

� Bias

REAL(from November Learning)

� Read the

UR

L� Examine thecontent

� Ask aboutthe author

andpublisher

� Look at thelinks

5 W¶s

� Who

� What� Where

� When

� Why



Other tools to help verify a site:

� Whois and Easywhois

� Internet Archive aka Wayback Machine



Try some other search engines:

� Clusty.com

� Kartoo.com

�

Search-cube� Spezify

� EyePlorer

�

InternetT

utorials� Choose the Best Search



The Hidden Web

� Adding ³AND databases´ to broadsearch terms (ex.: biology AND databases)

� Google Scholar� Awesome Library

� Librarians Internet Index

� InfoMine

� Others- Pubmed,Findlaw, Scirus,Digital Librarian, NASAKids,WolframAlpha



Try for yourself:

� Other Search

Engines:

y Clusty.com

y Kartoo.comy Search-cube

y Spezify

y EyePlorer

yInternet

Tutorials

y Choose the Best

Search

� Hidden Web:y Adding ³AND

databases´ to broadsearch terms

y Google Scholary Awesome Library

y Librarians InternetIndex

y InfoMine

y Others-Pubmed,Findlaw,Scirus, DigitalLibrarian, NASAKids,WolframAlpha



Information Revolution

� http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-

4CV05HyAbM

� Web2.0

y Twitter

y Facebook

y Social Bookmarking (i.e. delicious, diigo)

y YouTubey Wikipedia



Wikipedia

� ³Wikipedia is an accomplishment of

major proportions...it¶s a vital, living

repository of human knowledge, much in

the manner of a traditional encyclopedia.More importantly, it¶s an exemplar and

test platform for large-scale, global

collaboration«Wikipedia in that sense,is a major advance for all humanity.´ Craig

Newmark



� Wikipedia

� cnewmark.com

�

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wj5ItyUc9eQ



� What role do you think Wikipedia and

other social networking tools play in

education?



� How do we determine whichinformation is most valid?

� How do we avoid info overload from too

much information?

� How do we get a global perspective on

information?

� How do we become creators of

information and not just recipients of information?

Issues:



References

21st century student outcomes. (2009, May

27). [Brochure]. Retrieved fromhttp://www.21stcenturyskills.org/documents

/p21_framework_definitions_ 052909.pdf

American Association of School Librarians.

(2007). Standards for the 21st-century

learner [Brochure]. Retrieved fromhttp://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/aasl/aasl

proftools/learningstandards/ AASL_Learnin

gStandards.pdf

Core standards for reading, writing, and

speaking and listening . (2009, September 21). Retrieved from Gates Foundation

website:

http://www.gatesfoundation.org/united-

states/Documents/ELAStandardsSources.

pdf



Newmark, C. (2009, November). Unknown

in µ99, indispensable now: #1 Wikipedia.

N ewsweek , top 10 lists. Retrieved from

http://2010.newsweek.com/top-

10

/unknown-in-1999-indispensable-now/wikipedia.html

November, A. (2009). Lesson 3-Get REAL.

In Course: Webliteracy for educators 2008

(chap. 6) [Online course]. Retrieved

November 28, 2009, from November

Learning website:

http://nlcourses.com/ course/view.php?id=1

2

Tracy, M. (2009, January 26). How's your

Google? [Web log message]. Retrieved

from BizBox by Slate:

http://bizbox.slate.com/blog/2009/01/hows_

your_google.php



Wesch, M. (2007, October 12). Information

revolution [Video file]. Retrieved from

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4CV05HyAbM

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