Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Saturday, February 21, 2009
Atlas links
1. What do you have to do?
Today's lesson will require you to look up coordinates using an online atlas. You first read this post from the National Atlas (click the link to read) and then do the assignment. Good luck. BE SURE TO SCROLL to READ STEP 6!
2. Determine (brainstorm) possible sources (you can use google to find sources or look for help on the first site)
3. Locate sources and find information within sources
4. Extract relevant information
5. Present the information (hand in paper)
6. Answer these questions on bottom of paper: How effective was your time spent? How could you have improved?
Today's lesson will require you to look up coordinates using an online atlas. You first read this post from the National Atlas (click the link to read) and then do the assignment. Good luck. BE SURE TO SCROLL to READ STEP 6!
2. Determine (brainstorm) possible sources (you can use google to find sources or look for help on the first site)
3. Locate sources and find information within sources
4. Extract relevant information
5. Present the information (hand in paper)
6. Answer these questions on bottom of paper: How effective was your time spent? How could you have improved?
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Podcasting 101
In this lesson, we will learn how to listen to a podcast and take notes from it. First, open up the podcast from the CNN podcast CNN Student News (choose Watch).
Watch the video, and listen. Take Cornell Notes...and write comment on back regarding the podcasts. Please include:
-Ease of use
-How is a podcast different than watching a regular television program?
-What are the benefits
-Disadvantages
-General comment
Watch the video, and listen. Take Cornell Notes...and write comment on back regarding the podcasts. Please include:
-Ease of use
-How is a podcast different than watching a regular television program?
-What are the benefits
-Disadvantages
-General comment
Effective Searching
This week we will be discussing searching the web effectively (catalogs, databases, Google, etc.)
On Tuesday, we will go through the QUT module on Keyword or subject searching (Click QUT).
Boolean operators are set for Wednesday: What is Boolean logic? Review with the QUT module.
CHOOSE ONE OF THESE TO SEARCH THE BOOLIFY website to practice Boolean searches(you can choose to search the web, newspapers or images on the site):
How do the internet search engines work? Check out this web searching video
NESTING:
Southern PB&J (Watch the video)
Write a search string that would show nesting...(at the bottom of today's activity)
TRUNCATION:
Read the QUT module and do the activity...you will have to go to the local EBSCO link on the school website to find the answer to the second activity.
VISUAL SEARCHES
Visual searches (read through the tutorial) and then answer the questions...
FRIDAY
A full listing of which search engine can serve you best for all of these search strategies is posted here.
Internet mystery
On Tuesday, we will go through the QUT module on Keyword or subject searching (Click QUT).
Boolean operators are set for Wednesday: What is Boolean logic? Review with the QUT module.
CHOOSE ONE OF THESE TO SEARCH THE BOOLIFY website to practice Boolean searches(you can choose to search the web, newspapers or images on the site):
- How is secondhand smoke related to cancer?
- Should music be free to download off the Internet?
How do the internet search engines work? Check out this web searching video
NESTING:
Southern PB&J (Watch the video)
Write a search string that would show nesting...(at the bottom of today's activity)
TRUNCATION:
Read the QUT module and do the activity...you will have to go to the local EBSCO link on the school website to find the answer to the second activity.
VISUAL SEARCHES
Visual searches (read through the tutorial) and then answer the questions...
FRIDAY
A full listing of which search engine can serve you best for all of these search strategies is posted here.
Internet mystery
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Welcome!
Hi everyone. This is the first post to the new information literacy class for the 2008-2009 school year! This is a place where I will post information, assignments, and comments for this class.
Feel free to check it daily, RSS*(we will discuss this soon) it to your feeder, or comment on it. This first week, we will be discussing what information literacy is. Check out the syllabus! In class, I will ask for your definition, and give you some definitions myself. You will also be taking an online test of your information literacy skills on the TRAILS website.
Please post a comment on this post a link to an online definition you find of information literacy. The only parameter is-- it can't be from Wikipedia. I already checked it (click HERE for what is says). Make sure to include the link with your comment. Good luck!
Feel free to check it daily, RSS*(we will discuss this soon) it to your feeder, or comment on it. This first week, we will be discussing what information literacy is. Check out the syllabus! In class, I will ask for your definition, and give you some definitions myself. You will also be taking an online test of your information literacy skills on the TRAILS website.
Please post a comment on this post a link to an online definition you find of information literacy. The only parameter is-- it can't be from Wikipedia. I already checked it (click HERE for what is says). Make sure to include the link with your comment. Good luck!
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