1. Presented by: Mark A. DeBenedictis Bergen County ETTC Bergen County Special Services mardeb@bergen.org Presented by: Mark A. DeBenedictis Bergen County ETTC Bergen County Special Services mardeb@bergen.org

2. A short video designed to help you get more from your web searches. WEB SEARCH STRATEGIES IN PLAIN ENGLISH

3. If you are going to use the web for research, don't be duped by what you find out there. Authority Accuracy Bias Currency Coverage ABC’S OF WEB EVALUATION

4. The author is well-known and well- regarded in his/her field of study Is the author: Recommended Trusted Affiliated with reputable institutions AUTHORITY FINDING THE AUTHOR’S CREDENTIALS

5. Verify the background and/or factual information Check for properly cited resources or peer reviews Evaluate the methodology or data collection DETERMINE THE ACCURACY OF THE INFORMATION

6. Tries to sell/persuade Documents with references Presents multiple perspectives ANALYZE WEB PAGE BIAS

7. When was the data gathered? What dates are covered by the data? When was the document last updated? LOOK FOR CURRENT DATA

8. Coverage is the sum total of all the other criteria Authority Accuracy Bias Currency DETERMINE THE LEVEL OF COVERAGE

9. Find the owner or publisher of a website here. Find the owner of this site: www.martinlutherking.org WWW.EASYWHOIS.COM

10. Do a link: command search WHO IS LINKED TO YOUR WEBSITE?

11. Use the Way Back Machine at www.web.archive.orgwww.web.archive.org A WEBSITE’S HISTORY A Web crawler is a computer program that browses the World Wide Web in a methodical, automated manner or in an orderly fashion.

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13. Google Bing Yahoo! Search Ask.com “Kidcentric” Search NoodleTools (NoodleQuest) MAJOR SEARCH ENGINES (WIKIPEDIA FOR LIST OF SEARCH ENGINES)

14. Blog is short for weblog – it is literally a log of the Web. The November Learning Blog Kinderplans Blog The Connected Classroom WHAT IS A BLOG?

15. Use “quotation marks” to ensure your keywords appear in your search results in the order you have specified. Example: red fish vs “red fish” 47,500,000 results 613,000 results QUOTATION MARKS AND SEARCH

16. Uniform Resource Locator The URL is the address of a resource, or file, available on the Internet. URL IS AN ACRONYM FOR…

17. AND narrows a search by combining terms Example: Portland AND Oregon OR broadens a search to include results that contain either of the words you type Example: liberal OR democrat NOT will narrow a search by excluding search terms Example: Oregon NOT travel BOOLEAN SEARCH OPERATORS AND, OR, NOT

18. URL EXTENSIONS.org – organization.net – network.com – commercial.mil – US military.sch – school (used outside of US).edu – US higher ed.k12 – most US school sites.co – Company (if paired with a country code, example “.co.uk,” the state of Colorado or the country, Columbia).gov – US government (add country code for outside US).ac – higher ed outside of US usually used with country code, example, “.ac.uk”

19. A list of websites of all the academic institutions in South Africa Google search, type in ac.za, search For a full list of country codes: http://goes.gsfc.nasa.gov/text /web_country_codes.htmlhttp://goes.gsfc.nasa.gov/text /web_country_codes.html USING EXTENSIONS AND CODES

20. How would you conduct a search for the following: US higher education Web sites that contain the word turtle. Search for: edu + turtle SPECIFIC SEARCHING USING CODES

21. http://www.learnwebskills.com/search/hun t.html

23. WORDLE.NET TAGZEDO.COM 43 Ways to Use Wordle!

24. GOOGLE DOCS

25. http://bcss-at.wikispaces.com/Mark

26. VOKI http://www.voki.com/

27. POLL EVERYWHERE http://www.polleverywhere.com/multiple_choice_polls/NDcxNjY3MTc3

28. SURVEY MONKEY

29. TODAYSMEET

30. TWITTER

31. ZAMZAR WWW.ZAMZAR.COM WWW.ZAMZAR.COM

32. YOUTUBE - WWW.YOUTUBE.COM TEACHERTUBE – WWW.TEACHERTUBE.COM TESTTUBE – WWW.TEST-TUBE.ORG.UK SCHOOLTUBE - WWW.SCHOOLTUBE.COM/WWW.YOUTUBE.COMWWW.TEACHERTUBE.COMWWW.TEST-TUBE.ORG.UKWWW.SCHOOLTUBE.COM/

33. GLOGSTER WWW.GLOGSTER.COM WWW.GLOGSTER.COM

34. SKETCHFU

35. ARTPAD

36. OUR STORY

37. GOOGLE EARTH

38. E-PALS

39. DEL.ICIO.US

40. THINKFINITY WWW.THINKFINITY.ORG WWW.THINKFINITY.ORG

41. SKYPE

42. BLOGGER WWW.BLOGGER.COM WWW.BLOGGER.COM http://www.atsitesforyou.blogspot.comhttp://www.atsitesforyou.blogspot.com /

43. http://bcss-at.wikispaces.com/Mark To download today’s presentation and links.