The Internet:

Is it all True?Linda DiCola

Esperanza 2010- 2011

Can the author be trusted? (Authority)Name? Background? Contact?

Does the site have information I need?Usefulness? Worth sharing or

bookmarking? Is it readable? Is it easy to navigate? Does it look good? Are spelling and grammar correct?

Is it up to date? When was it created? Updated?

Check the URL In the URL of the Web site you'll find a

DOMAIN name. These domain names will often help you to decide who is sponsoring the site and where they are coming from.The most common domain names are: .com - commercial organizations (usually will be trying to sell you something).org  - usually non-profit organizations, but not always.edu - educational institutions.gov - government.net - organizations involved in Internet services.int  - international organizations

http://www.dhmo.org

http://www.wwf.org/

http://www2.lhric.org/pocantico/5thgrade99/animals.htm

How many hits?

Narrow it down

Search Engines: how they work

Google vs. Ask Kids

Cite the site!

Use AND to combine keywords and phrases when searching the electronic databases for journal articles.

Use +, -, “” to combine or add and subtract terms

Use truncation (an asterisk) and wildcards (usually a question mark or exclamation point).

Use your imagination

Approach your research like a detective, looking for clues in all that you discover.

Don't limit yourself to just one database or one set of search results.

Put words together: PollutionPollution in the Chesapeake BayChemical pollution in the Chesapeake Bay

Saving

Naming Files

Using Flash Drives

Keyboard Shortcuts

Citing Sources

File

Save As

Name IT

Check where it is going!!

Save

When the copying is finished, do not immediately remove the flash drive from

the USB port. Instead, left-click on the Remove Hardware icon

located in the System Tray.

How do you choose a name for your file?

A file name has two parts: FILENAME and EXTENSION in the format:       filename.ext

Most programs have a default extension which they will assign to files that they save unless you specifically type in something different.  

win.exe vxd.dll autoexec.bat chess.com

All files with these extensions are executable, meaning that they start a program of some sort. But they are not all files that you should double-click on to start yourself. Some are called by other programs, especially the ones with the extension dll. It is risky to run a file when you don't know for sure what it does!!

Make the name something relevant to what it is!

DiCola_internetlesson101810 Illegal characters in a file

name: . , / \ : ; [ ] " | = (Spaces can't be used either under DOS and Windows 3.1 and UNIX.)

You lose your flash drive? You can’t get to the same computer to

retrieve your documents?

A name invented to describe web sites with which the user can interact.

Gaming! Sharing! Saving!

www.portaportal.com Diigo - user guidelines

…Can you delete it? …For how long? …What is “tagged”?

Nov. 30, 2010 Searching “ “, +, -, Keywords, multiple words

How do you manage your password? Before you can play some games on the

Web, you may have to fill out a form that asks for your name or a nickname, and asks you to pick a password. This is a very good idea -- you wouldn't want somebody else to go claiming your game scores, or making you look stupid by sending dumb messages that appear to come from you.Dec. 7, 2010

If you already have a password at home or at school, pick a different one! Remember, your password is a secret, and any time you tell something to more than one other person (or computer), it's not a secret anymore. For some things, like a game on the World Wide Web, it's ok to use something easy to remember like a parent's first name. But if your reputation, your money, or your homework is at stake, play it safe and use something really weird that mixes numbers, upper- and lowercase letters, and maybe a bit of punctuation. Some people develop a system for coming up with passwords that are hard to guess but easy to remember. Just don't tell anyone else your system.

http://www.tcc.fl.edu/about_tcc/academic_affairs/division_of_library_services/research_guides/web_links/search_engines_metacrawlers_web_directories

www.dogpile.com www.excite.com ** www.metacrawler.com ** www.webcrawler.com http://www.mamma.com/ http://www.science.gov/

Two parts:1. Using the information in the body of the

paper and giving credit to the author(s).2. Completing the works cited page at the

end of your paper.

Research your topic: use good search skills(see slide 2)

How will you know?• Can the author be trusted? (Authority)

– Name? Background? Contact?

• Does the site have information I need?– Usefulness? Worth sharing or bookmarking? Is

it readable? Is it easy to navigate? Does it look good? Are spelling and grammar correct?

• Is it up to date? When was it created? Updated?

Slide 2

Looking for clues• Check the URL• In the URL of the Web site you'll find a DOMAIN

name. These domain names will often help you to decide who is sponsoring the site and where they are coming from.The most common domain names are: .com - commercial organizations (usually will be trying to sell you something).org  - usually non-profit organizations, but not always.edu - educational institutions.gov - government.net - organizations involved in Internet services.int  - international organizations

Slide 3

Example: Sirs Knowledge source SMCPS homepage, students, online

databases, Sirs (smcps, resource) toolbox

Name of the editor, compiler, or translator (if available). "Title of the Work." (if distinct from the site) Title of the Web Site. Publisher or Sponsor of Site (if unknown, use "n.p."), Date of publication (day, month and year; if unknown, use "n.d."). Web. Date of access (day, month and year).

Citation added:"Understand the Facts and Risks." Keys2Drive: The AAA Guide to Teen Driver Safety. Ed. AAA. AAA. Web. O3 Jan. 2011. <http://teendriving.aaa.com/MD/getting-ready/understand-facts-and-risks>.

Easybib

MLA style was developed by the Modern Language Association and is most often used in the arts and the humanities, particularly in English studies, other literary studies.

This style of citations and bibliographical format uses parenthetical referencing with author-page (Smith 395) or author-[short] title-page (Smith, Contingencies 42) in the case of more than one work by the same author within parentheses in the text, keyed to an alphabetical list of sources on a "Works Cited" page at the end of the paper, as well as notes (footnotes or endnotes). See The MLA Style Manual and The MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, particularly Citation and bibliography format.[13]

"Citation." Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. 02 Jan. 2011. Web. 03 Jan. 2011. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citation#Social_sciences>.