Understanding the Importance of Internet/Web-Based Learning
How to read a “URL” (Uniform Resource Locators) http://www.nasa.gov/home Http:// is the protocol that shows it is an internet address. Most, but not all contain www, which stands for world wide web. Nasa is the domain name, the name of the computer or server to which you connect. .gov is the domain abbreviation or domain designator (tells what kind of group owns the server /home is the path which leads to a specific webpage
Common Domain Abbreviations .org=organization .gov=government agency .com=business .net=network .k12._.us=public schools .mil=military agency .edu=university
Safe Search Engines Google KidRex All the Web Ask Jeeves Yahoo netTrekker Fact Monster Pics 4 Learning Bing Dogpile
How to Evaluate a Website For Validity and Reliability?
5 W’s of Website Evaluation WHO Wrote the pages and are they an expert in the field? WHAT Does the author state is the purpose of the site? WHEN Was the site created, updated, last worked on? WHERE Does the information come from? WHY Is the information useful?
Where do we Begin? Go to the following website http://library.acadiau.ca/tutorials/webevaluation Then spend the next 10-15 minutes going over the tutorial. This will serve as the basis for our next group activity
Evaluating Website Credibility 1.Each group of people will receive websites. 2.As a group use the checklist for website credibility. 3.Be able to justify your assessment
What Constitutes Plagiarism? According to the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, to “Plagiarize” means: To steal or pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one’s own. To use (another’s production) without crediting the source To commit literary theft To present as new and original an idea or product derived from an existing source.
Plagiarism You Quote it, You Note It!
Where do we Begin? Go to the following website http://library.acadiau.ca/tutorials/plagiarism/ Then spend the next 10-15 minutes going over the tutorial. This will serve as the basis for our next group activity