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SEARCHING FOR the TRUTH Redefining Student Research Skills Ivey Carey, Myers MS Bonnie McCormick, Crownover MS Anna Modrow, McMath MS Denton ISD 2016
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Google Filter Bubble Eli Pariser Former Executive Director of MoveOn (and now the board president), a co-founder of Avaaz.org Hits on Google are tailored to your personal searching history You do not always get all the news, all the views, all the information Wikipedia
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Must know how to use a variety of research tools Must be discriminating searchers – Website Evaluation What does this mean to us?
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“...challenging people with new ideas makes them generally more receptive to change. That has important implications for social media sites... Giving them a greater range of content could change that.” MIT - Nov. 29, 2013 Encourage Opposing Views?
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Printed hard materials Books, journals, magazines, newspapers Databases Ebsco, Britannica, Gale, First Search, ProQuest, ERIC E-books Internet RESOURCE OPTIONS
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Reliable information Links to Internet Multi-media available Citations provided Databases
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Great place to start Links to the entire Internet Not a good source to cite – just a place to get ideas and launch a good search Wikipedia
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Endurance Expedition
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RESEARCH on Wikipedia From Wikipedia: Article Quality in Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Researching_with_Wikipedia “Keep in mind that an encyclopedia is intended to be a starting point for serious research, not an endpoint.”
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“Big Data is Watching You”Big Data is Watching You “Our focus is narrowing.” Australian psychologist Michael Carr-Gregg – “For most of my clients, Kim Kardashian is important, but the arms deal the US signed with Iran is not really on their radar. By and large, the focus is on peers, school, parents and reality TV. Australia – eSafety commission to tell corporations how to protect children Social Media leaders are embracing this concept
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How do I pop the Filter Bubble? Read / consult more than one resource Stay current – Be informed!
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"How to Burst the "Filter Bubble" That Protects Us from Opposing Views | MIT Technology Review." MIT Technology Review. MIT, 29 Nov. 2013. Web. 07 Dec. 2014. WORKS CITED. "Wikipedia: Researching with Wikipedia." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 28 Oct. 2015. Web. 05 July 2016. Reynolds, Emma. "How Google Distorts Your View of the World." NewsComAu. News Limited, 16 July 2015. Web. 05 July 2016. Big Data Is Watching You. Prod. Bianca Britton. Perf. Bianca Britton. YouTube. YouTube, 03 Aug. 2015. Web. 05 July 2016. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGF5YSdHoFQ. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGF5YSdHoFQ Pariser, Eli. "TED Talk." The Filter Bubble TED Talk Comments. Eli Pariser, n.d. Web. 25 Jan. 2013. http://www.thefilterbubble.com/ted-talk.http://www.thefilterbubble.com/ted-talk
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