Documenti di Didattica
Documenti di Professioni
Documenti di Cultura
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Step-by-Step Process
Choosing a Topic or Defining a Task
Developing Questions
Finding Sources
Selecting and Evaluating Sources
Recording and Organizing Information
Making the Product
Evaluating the Work
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Generating Questions
Use research phrases to prompt
research questions:
I wonder if . . . Is related to . . .
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Keyword Searching
Keyword searching is very powerful
Keyword searching is very fast
Very often this is the only searching
option especially when using a search
engine on the Internet
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Keyword Searching
Remember a computer is really
pretty stupid; it is fast and
manipulate information, but it
cannot THINK!
Most of the time it doesnt even
know that a car and an automobile
are the same thing.
You need to know how to speak the
computers language.
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Because he could!
No Internet police
No regulations
To teach!!
What is the next question?
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Question
How do you know a website is
good/credible?
Answer:
We have to learn to evaluate.
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Evaluation
LINK to Wolfgram site:
This is a good site!
This tells us what to think about
before using an informational
website
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Credibility
Who is responsible?
Any qualifications?
Usually found at beginning or end of site
Links?
How do we verify credibility?
Postal address
Telephone number
E-mail?? --- NO NO NO not enough!
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Accuracy
Date?
Revision Date?
Errors?
Spelling?
Grammar?
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Reasonableness
Emotionalism? (Mr. Bunny!)
Purpose of the site?
Bias?
Identify bias in your research!
Advertising?
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Support
Information in any other place?
Domain
http://www.west-fargo.k12.nd.us
.k12 School
.edu College or University
.com Commercial
.net Internet Resource
.org Nonprofit Organization
.gov - Government
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Decision Time!
Do you or do you not use the site?
No, if you cannot verify the authors or
sponsoring organization
C A R S
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C A R S
Credibility?
Accuracy?
Reasonableness?
Support?
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CARS
http://www.whitehouse.net
http://
www.theonion.com/articles/department-o
f-agriculture-locates-perfect-goat,338
52/
http://
www.encyclopedia.com/topic/global_wa
rming.aspx
http://www.wwii.org
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/vietna
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