WORKSHOP
Finding the best way to harness the web
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How do we find information on the web? Is Google the solution? |
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Let's try a search for "asthma" |
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Do all of the results look legitimate? |
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Are you explaining to your students that the ending of the url is very important to look at before heading to the site? |
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Do you realize the blue box of links are sponsored links? |
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Are you assisting them when they reach the web page and checking for legitimate information, updated pages, etc? |
The good, the bad, and the ugly
e-mail Termite e-mail
Cash is in the mail - Urban Legends site is blocked
Sometimes, it is very easy to believe what we see
Why are these sites on the web??
What we
should really understand before we go merrily on our way to google:
fno the landfill syndrome jamie mckenzie's article "getting in deep"
Invisible Web - ProFusion is a free, public meta-search (also known as "Federated Search") engine brought to you by Intelliseek. Using ProFusion, you can perform searches on multiple internet search engines and/or specialized databases at once. In addition, ProFusion provides an Alert service which allows users to track changes to web pages ("Page Alerts") and receive email notifications when a search turns up new results ("Search Alerts").
explanation of how a search works in the deep web
Beaucoup - Merci to Beaucoup for providing one of the best directories of search engines and portals. Beaucoup has links to more than 2,500 search engines and has strict standards for these links. Beacoup Supersearch is a very speedy meta-search engine that searches 10 of the major general engines.
best of the invisible web from Gary Price
Direct Search - From Gary Price comes this huge list of sites which are searchable on the Invisible Web
CompletePlanet.com - Choose Deep Search in the toolbar for a Deep Web search.
**Francie Aley's Invisible Web Pages for Educators - by curriculum.
Now....you should have discovered a few reasons why you are evaluating and scrutinizing the websites you are using in the classroom. Let's take a look at some links for Educators which may prove to be helpful to you as you plan your lessons and assign research which will involve the web.
a brand new resource something I would send in an e-mail to alert science teachers, counselor - free download materials aligned to national standards for use in grades 9-12.
The end result of using educator links to narrow the search for quality lesson plans, ideas and springboards we can use in the classroom:
Caribou High School Library Media Center
Presented Mar 23, 2006 Presque Isle School District
Londa Brown, Library Media Specialist
Washburn District High School http://www.msad45.net