Managing media literacy Unit 11 3-5 days including project, review and test. Combined with unit 10 for 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

Searching for Information What might you find on Business websites? What might you find on Government websites? What might you find on Social Networking websites? What might you find on Blogs? About the company, its products or services, online purchasing Govt departments, files or forms, elected officials Share photos, games, videos, chat online, messages Enter & share comments, info based on specific topics

Answer These… Where can you find information about anything that anyone can add, edit or rearrange? Wiki What has videos that anyone can upload as well as audio in the form of podcasts? YouTube What allows you to subscribe to newsfeeds to get news delivered to your device via a newsreader or app? RSS Feed

Wikipedia Is it reliable? YES- good source of info; good starting point NO- anyone can add or change info to it CHECK OTHER SOURCES TOO!

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!

MAP IF SEARCH FOR BUSINESSES Google Search ADS ADS MAP IF SEARCH FOR BUSINESSES SEARCH RESULTS

Google Search When you type in the search words, the AUTOCOMPLETE option will show suggestions.

Narrowing 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

Google Fast Facts Cheat Sheet Enter right into search box Google Fast Facts Cheat Sheet

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

Searching Social Media Websites Hashtags help follow topics #gcitcheetahs Letters & numbers but no spaces or punctuation Can be used for marketing too

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 Website Info Evaluate this Site Evaluating Website Info Is it RELEVANT? Does it contain the info you’re looking for? Does it cite sources? What is the site’s PURPOSE? Give info, sell product, humor, etc. Is it BIASED? Leaning one way/one opinion Watch for biased ads What is the DOMAIN? .gov, .edu, .org, .com May or may not be reliable Is author RELIABLE? What are their qualifications? Is it CURRENT? Does it have a good LAYOUT? Organized info? Does it have ERRORS? Spelling/grammar? RELEVANT- For example, if you're searching for information about the history of skateboards, a site that sells skateboards may not have what you're looking for. ERRORS- shows little effort; was little effort put into researching the info?

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 What is intellectual property? 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 Intellectual Property- any work created or invention by a person or group Piracy is when “borrow” or use some or all of someone else’s intellectual property. Plagiarism: Claiming someone else’s words Legal Ramifications: if you receive a letter asking to remove content/delete files you must do so or you can be sued. The ISP may also terminate your Internet access.

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

Software Licenses You buy the license to INSTALL & USE the software Single-user Volume or Network (specific #) Site-license (unlimited at one location) SaaS (over Internet with password) Shareware/Freeware Open Source (share code) License is EULA Outlines terms for legal use License will tell you if you can copy the software as a backup or not; how many devices it can be installed on

Activity Teknimedia C1.28 RS- Finding & Evaluating Information

Managing media literacy Unit 11 3-5 days including project, review and test. Combined with unit 10 for test.