SearchingWeb

Activity:

1) Use the Search Strategies find a best search engine for your research- http://www.noodletools.com/ go to http://www.noodletools.com/debbie/literacies/information/5locate/adviceengine.html

and explore a few search engines. You can send me a request to add your responsed to add to my wiki space here. 2) Explore the lesson plan called Searching the Web Lesson- http://www.eduref.org/cgi-bin/printlessons.cgi/Virtual/Lessons/Information_Literacy/IFO0202.html http://www.eduref.org/Virtual/Lessons/Information_Literacy/IFO0202.pdf

3) If .edu stands for educational website, what .ac stands for?

Please read this article * The Web: Teaching Zack to Think http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/resources/educational/handouts/internet/teaching_zack.cfm

and explore the links below and post here three thing you learned new/useful!

http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/resources/special_initiatives/wa_resources/wa_shared/backgrounders/kid_friendly_search_tools.cfm
 * Kid-Friendly Search Engines

http://www.brightplanet.com/deepcontent/tutorials/search/index.asp
 * Guide to Effective Searching of the Internet

http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/resources/special_initiatives/wa_resources/wa_teachers/tipsheets/search_internet_effectively.cfm
 * How to Search the Internet Effectively

http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/resources/educational/teaching_backgrounders/internet/web_as_research_tool.cfm
 * The Web as a Research Tool: Evaluation Techniques

http://www.netskills.ac.uk/TonicNG/cgi/sesame?detective
 * Internet Detective--- Quiz Online

http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/special_initiatives/games/joecool_joefool/index.cfm
 * Jo Cool or Jo Fool

http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/resources/educational/lessons/secondary/internet/hoax_research_opinion.cfm
 * Hoax? Scholarly Research? Personal Opinion?

http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/resources/educational/lessons/secondary/internet/deconstruct_web_pages.cfm http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/resources/educational/handouts/internet/upload/11170_1.pdf
 * Deconstructing Web Pages Lesson Plan
 * Deconstructing Web Pages

http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/resources/special_initiatives/wa_resources/wa_shared/tipsheets/5Ws_of_cyberspace.cfm
 * Knowing What's What and What's Not


 * Optional** Take this Quiz: http://www.quia.com/quiz/440189.html