1. EDGE Institute 2014 Untangling the Web Wendy Sarino

2. Agenda Domain & Guiding Question Objectives & Success Criteria Determining Authority & Accuracy of Websites Continuing Support & Next Steps

3. Session Domain and Guiding Question Student Engagement What strategies help students take ownership and independence in their own learning? SE3 Engagement Strategies: High cognitive demand. SE1 Intellectual Work: Quality of questioning. SE2 Intellectual Work: Ownership of learning

4. Session Objectives and Success Criteria Objective – Participants will understand the necessary steps to determining authority and accuracy of a website Success Criteria – Truncate URLs – Filter websites by domains – Locate author information – Triangulate (different sources that agree on the same point through Google search tools)

5. Web Literacy Web literacy goes beyond reading the content of the web. It is: Becoming knowledgeable in the grammar of the internet (URLs & domains) Finding out who published a website Determining the accuracy of the information posted on a website Becoming a skillful web researcher

6. Web Basics IP Address: the internet works by allowing web browsers to call up addresses, like ordinary mail. Each computer has a unique address You won’t normally see the address written this way – but written with a series of text, slashes and dots: http://www.comcast.net/

7. Understanding URLs

8. Grammar of the Internet

9. Foreword Keywords: The more you use, the more results you get.

10. Truncating URLs Place your cursor in the address bar of Explorer Use the backspace key to move backwards one section at a time Delete the parts of the address separated by the "/" and click the Enter key (sometimes you may need to take the "/" off as well)

11. Author or Publisher Credentials About Us Contact Us Email address associated with URL, domain name, organization/company name – Beware of email addresses from common email providers Gmail Yahoo Hotmail

12. Behind the Scenes Use www.whois.sc to find out who registered for the domain name of a website.www.whois.sc

13. Web Extension/Domain Suffix. com Commercial site. The information provided contains commercial interests and generally will promote or put a positive spin on the idea(s) or information being posted. While the information might not necessarily be false, you might only be getting one side/perspective of the story.. edu Educational Institution. These sites are often colleges & universities. The information is generally considered credible, as many professors post information from their own research or areas of study or expertise. Be sure to examine if the information was posted by a student! Often students will post their work to.edu sites. Also, check the background of professors to determine possible biases.. gov Government site. The information posted is from a state or federal government. All branches of the United States federal government use this domain. The information posted is gathered from the government’s own collection of statistics, data, reports, and court rulings. The information is considered a credible source.. org Organization. The information is typically gathered and posted by a non-profit organization. The information posted is generally unbiased and credible; however, it must be carefully evaluated, as organizations do not always have the best interests of all people and exist because of a special interest.

14. Browse by Domain Suffix www.yippy.com

15. Checking for Accuracy #1 Look for(s): Bibliography, Reference, Works Cited

16. Checking for Accuracy #2 Highlight & Copy Paste

17. Google Search Tools

18. Student Engagement What strategies help students take ownership and independence in their own learning? SE3 Engagement Strategies: High cognitive demand Analysis & evalution. SE1 Intellectual Work: Quality of questioning. Asking to justify authenticity & reliability of a source. SE2 Intellectual Work: Ownership of learning Students use own methods of searching for information on the web. (Keywords, search engines)

19. Continuing Support Watch a tutorial through Atomic Learning.

20. Thank You End of Session