Searching the web 101
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What your students (and you) need to know
SEARCHING THE WEB 101
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THE INTERNET…• A global collection of computers that makes the sharing of ideas and information possible
• The source of a great deal of knowledge
• Access to experts, real-time video feeds, and eye-witness accounts
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THE INTERNET…• Requires students to analyze, evaluate, and synthesize great quantities of information
• Makes it difficult to control information/content to which our students are exposed
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THE ROLE OF THE TEACHER• No longer the sole source of facts/information
• Facilitate the learning process through adequate collection, analysis, evaluation, and synthesis
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TEACHING STUDENTS TO EXAMINE RELIABILITY AND VALIDITY OF ONLINE SOURCES IS IMPORTANT
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SEARCH ENGINES• Companies (or individuals) purchase key phrases to ensure placement in a search
• Certain search engines are better suited for particular searches
• www.noodletools.com will help choose the best search engine
• Often, a domain name is purchased to garner business or support an idea
• Ex. MartinLutherKing.org is owned and operated by a white supremacist group
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TEACH STUDENTS TO EVALUATE THE SEARCH RESULTS• .com—commercial site
• .gov—military site
• .edu—educational site
• .org—anyone with a credit card can purchase a .org domain name
• Special characters in the URL may indicate a deviation from a main page:
• ~, %, “member” all indicate personal opinion/bias may be present
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TEACH STUDENTS TO EVALUATE A WEB SITE• What links are there? Links only to web sites by the same author are suspicious.
• Is there advertising present? Decent sites will have paid advertisers.
• What is the author’s purpose?
• Look back at the site’s history (www.archive.org)
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ALLOW STUDENTS TO ACCESS AND USE THE WEB!• Access an author’s blog or website
• Access an expert or eye-witness’s blog
• Have students create a class blog to teach course content
• Have students post online discussions with each other of their readings, experiments, learning, ideas