Thursday, September 27, 2012

Journal 5 - Chapter 5: Researching and Evaluating Internet Information

Chapter 5:  Researching and Evaluating Internet Information

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Focus Question: What are search engines and how do they work?

Search engines retrieve information from the Internet. They are a very fast way to access a variety of information. The way they work is by searching through millions of Web pages to locate topic-related websites. Some examples of a few well-known search engines are Google, Bing, and Yahoo.

Tech Tool: LibriVox

LibriVox is a free website that has audio recordings of books. I can think of many ways this would be helpful for teachers and students. This could be beneficial as an assistive/adaptive technology for blind students or for students that are audio learners. Visual learners could follow with the text and audio learners could listen.


Summary & Connection

 This chapter discusses how teachers and students can locate information online. It also goes over the very prevalent issue of plagiarism and explains how to evaluate sources for bias. The internet is full of information, but many people will use someone's  information - plagiarism- and not even realize it. I think it is important to teach students early on the meaning of plagiarism and its consequences.   

1 comment:

  1. Great observations about using Librivox and also plagiarism - applying this knowledge is sometimes easier said than done but it needs to start with awareness.

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