Web content Unit 14 5 days including project, review and test.

Objectives Use keywords to search for information Use advanced features to refine a search Search for specific types of media Find content on a website Evaluate the quality of web page content Observe intellectual property laws Cite Internet resources

What is a Search Engine? Each search engine keeps a database of sites & keywords Webcrawlers/spiders gather info Each generates a list of results Bing, Google, Yahoo, etc. Results may vary between engines Note that at the top of many results pages are ADS!

Metasearch Engine Sends query to other search engines & shows you results from all in one place Dogpile & Kayak Go to www.dogpile.com Search for Batman Disadvantage: It chooses what it thinks is the best results from the search engines

Refining Your Search Phrases & Quotations “The Dark Knight Rises” Looks for those words next to each other “Mike Trout baseball cards” Looks for Mike Trout baseball cards

Boolean Search Use of AND, OR, NOT Use of + or – In uppercase Use of + or – Use of Advanced Search https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/2466433?hl=en http://www.egusd.net/franklinhs/techstandards/computer%20tech%20files/booleanlogic.pdf Recipes AND Chicken AND Spaghetti Match ALL terms in a document Tennis NOT Wimbledon Excludes the 2nd term from the document Dogs OR Cats “global warming” or “greenhouse effects” Looks for either or both on sites

Using Advanced Search

Google Search Tools Includes how recent, images, image size

Searching a Web Site Some sites have search box on them Searches that web site

Searching a Web Page What keyboard shortcut allows you to find a word in a document? CTRL + F Use the same to find a word/phrase on a web page

Project Teknimedia C1.41-43 C1.45-50 Handout

Review- 3Q What are three common words used for Boolean searching? AND, OR, NOT If you wanted to search for an exact phrase of school lunch regulations, what would you do? Add quotations around it If you wanted to search for a low fat brownie recipe on recipes.com, what could you enter? “low fat brownie recipe” site: recipes.com

Evaluating Web Page Content You can find anything on the web Anyone can publish anything on the web DO NOT accept everything as true Learn to evaluate its nature and source

Evaluating Web Sites Evaluate the Quality of the Information Evaluate this Site Evaluating Web Sites Evaluate the Quality of the Information Relevance & Reliability Does it fit your research? Is it accurate? Up to date? Does it come from a trusted source? Professional Layout Is site organized? Spelling/grammar correct? Info might not be reliable Validity & Bias Are they trying to sell you something? Change your opinion? Check other sources to see if it’s valid info Authority Author’s credentials Can you contact/email them?

Project Each row/group will get a website to evaluate Review all pages of the site Use the handout & your opinions to determine if the site is valid and tell why & why not

Intellectual Property Laws Copyright Law Protects owners from having work copied Automatic when created Doesn’t have to display © Must give credit or be fined! Public Domain Available for public use; Should still cite Any .gov, NASA, NOAA, Smithsonian Fair Use Copyrighted material used w/out paying royalties Use for research, reporting, etc. with citing Plagiarism Claiming someone else’s words

Citing Internet Resources Don’t Plagiarize Include: Author’s name Web page title URL Date you accessed it

Web content Unit 14 5 days including project, review and test.