"Media Matters Your Google Guide" by Doug Johnson (from the May 2007 issue) is an interesting article that explains some things we need to know in order to make a search in a search-engine like Google, a successful search. This article is really a guide that would be useful for teachers to review with their students before an assignment that requires gathering information that comes from the internet. For example, we must know how to narrow down our options when searching. For a focus search, we can search for the information as a question. We must also know how to differentiate between sites and which ones have scholarly information. It is important to also keep in mind that not all links to sites are necessarily good since these are often ads and have no relation to the site where there is information.
This article has provided me with very useful information that is important for students to know for when they are going to use a search engine such as Google for research. I can see myself giving my students this guide to help facilitate their learning experience. There is so much information to learn from the internet but it can also be hard to find that information without the right skills. I think it is important for students to spend less time trying to find the information and more time learning what they have found.
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I agree, it is over welming to see over 10,000 hits when we look for information and have of it is boggus or not acurate. It is important to know these steps and try to find the correct ideas or tool needed.
ReplyDelete@Irene- this is so true! Our students NEED to know how to access all the great information that the Internet provides. Learning "how" to use search engines is a skill that every student should have....and master! aside from learning how to use search engines, students should be taught on how to know when a website is credible. great article...!nice.
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