Information Literacy BY: TOMMY ROHRER

Intro to Information Literacy  Definition: Information literacy is a set of abilities requiring individuals to "recognize when information is needed and have the ability to locate, evaluate, and use effectively the needed information.“

Intro to Information Literacy  Why is this important?  This is very important because of how fast and frequent technology is being used. Students now a days are mostly visual learners, which means they need to be able to tell whether information they are learning is something they need to take in or remember.  Individuals are faced with diverse, abundant information choices in their academic studies, in the workplace, and in their personal lives.

Intro to eLearning  Definition: eLearning is learning utilizing electronic technologies to access educational curriculum outside of a traditional classroom. In most cases, it refers to a course, program, or degree delivered completely online.

Intro to eLearning  Why is eLearning important?  One great example of eLearning is online classes in college. Colleges now are allowing students take classes from their own homes just by having access to the internet.  Also allows you to keep in contact with your professor and your other students by talking to them online. One example of this would be discussion posts.

Domains  There are many different domains out there. .com .gov .mil .edu .info .net  org

Domains  Some popular domain names that students may already know are: .com- “commercial” is the most widely used domain in the world. This domain can be used by anyone and is mostly used by businesses. .net- “network” is most commonly used by internet service providers. .org- “organization” is primarily used by non-profit organizations or trade associations.

Domains  Some domains that are used but are not as common: .info- is for credible resource websites and signifies a “resource” website. This is the 4 th most popular domain that is used. .edu- “education” used by schools and universities. .mil- “military” used by the military .gov- “government” websites that are run by the government.

Good Websites  Ways to tell whether a website is a good website to use:  Easy to navigate  Up-to-date  The website has a list of reliable sources  Has a trusted domain  Links that are working  Easy to read  There are no spelling and grammar errors.

Bad Websites  Ways to tell whether a website is a bad website to use:  Hard to navigate- no link to go back to the homepage of the website.  The website is not current, or someone who is running the website doesn’t update it.  There are no sources  Not a very reliable domain name  Loads very slowly  The links do not work  There are grammar and spelling errors

Search Engine #1  Yippy   Yippy Search, formerly known as Clusty, got its start in Pittsburgh, PA in 2004 when the search software company Vivísimo decided to take its award- winning search technology to the web.  What really makes Yippy unique is what happens after you search. Instead of delivering millions of search results in one long list, the search engine groups similar results together into “clouds.” Clouds help you see your search results by topic so you can zero in on exactly what you’re looking for or discover unexpected relationships between items.

URL Enter what you want to find

I searched KSU Here are my top 427 results

I have clicked cloud on KSU shootings and now have a little categories of sorted results to choose from.

When you clicked advance, you have additional options for searching. These include language, file type, and number of results to display.

When you click news, these are the results where KSU is mentioned.

Search Engine #2  ChaCha   ChaCha is a human-guided search engine. It provides free, real-time answers to any question, through its website, or by using one of the company's mobile apps.  Founded by Scott A. Jones and Brad Bostic in 2006

URL Ask any question that you would like answered

By selecting menu and clicking on categories, ChaCha allows you to find what you are looking for easier.

The Menu tab allows you to have easy access back to the home screen, take quizzes and create a profile with ChaCha

By searching “Kent State University” in the search bar, facts and information that you may want to know pop up right away.

Search Engine #3  Bing   Bing was unveiled by Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer on May 28, 2009, at the All Things Digital conference in San Diego, California, for release on June 1,  Bing (known previously as Live Search, Windows Live Search, and MSN Search) is a web search engine from Microsoft.

Search whatever you are looking for here. URL

By Searching “Kent State University,” the search engine gives you a variety to click on to see what you are looking for.

By Clicking on news, this gives you all the recent news on Kent State University.

By Clicking on history, you are able to see other websites that you have recently visited, if you may have accidently closed a tab.

By clicking on settings, you are able to set what language you want, enable SafeSearch, and turn on or off search suggestions.

eLearning websites  Interactive Sites for Education  CLICK HERE to visit the website CLICK HERE  This website allows students to pick different science topics and play games to help them learn.

Click on Science, or another subject that you may wish, and play some games.

You will then scroll down and click on a topic that shows up after you click on the subject “science.” In this case we will click on seasons and weather patterns

By clicking on “Seasons and Weather” students will be able to access these games below to help them learn better.

Clicking on one of the games caused the game to open in a new tab. Clicking this “X” will close the tab and game that the student is playing.

eLearning websites  Bill Nye   This website will allow students to watch different videos performed by Bill Nye.

By hovering your mouse over one of the “periodic table elements,” will allow you to visit parts of the website like “videos.”

Going to Educational Resources will allow you to watch more videos on what you are learning in class.

Episode Guide allows you to read different information on different topics

Clicking on Episode Guide brings you to this list of topics to choose from. We will be clicking on Atmosphere.

By clicking on Atmosphere, the website defines what “Atmosphere is, and gives you facts about the topic. Lower on the Website shows the resources on where the information came from.

Ready For The Quiz? I AM NOT READY I AM READY

Question 1  What was the previous name of the website Yippy? General Custer Doggy Hooray Clusty

Question 2  What was the original name of Yippy when it was invented in 2004? Viva Vivo Vivis Vivisimo

Question 3  When was ChaCha founded?

Question 4  Which one of these 4 domains does not exist?.mil.com.edu.pxt

Question 5  Which of these domains stands for “network?”.edu.ten.com.net

Question 6  Who unveiled the search engine Bing? George Washington Al Gore Mickey Mouse Steve Ballmer

Question 7  Which one of these was the search engine Bing not previously known as? Live Search Windows Live Search MSN Search Microsoft Live Search

Question 8  What kind of search engine is ChaCha? Microsoft Look Smart Crawler- Based Human- Guided

Question 9  What year was Bing Released?

Question 10  On the search engine Yippy, what does it group the results into? branches storms raindrops clouds

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