Chapter 5: Teaching information literacy and digital citizenship.
Focus Question:
What are search engines and how do they work?
A search engine is a computer program that looks up documents though the internet. For example you type in a specific word or phrase and it will provide you with many online information on the subject linking you to web pages on the specific topic.search engines is a top reason why people use the internet to locate information i have to admit i use google quit a lot.Some search engines that are frequently used are google,bing,and yahoo of course there is more but those three are the most popular.
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Tech Tool:
photos and audio resources on the web
Flickr is a website in which photos of different subjects and different themes are shared by people that like photography in an artistic aspect or just because. In high school we were made to make an account and post photos, which was an interesting way to use technology in our art class. Flickr can be used as a visual learning tool in a classroom setting. Flickr organizes its photos by subject and themes which is a great way to look up a photo that can be used by both teachers and students in different ways for example in presentations.
Summary and connection:
In chapter five it discusses the internet and the different things that you can do when searching for information.Search engines were explained such as google and wikipedia.Also topics such as plagiarism, creditability on the website, and cyberbullying were discussed. For me this chapter was helpful because it is nerve racking when doing a research paper because A. your looking up information B.you need to check if its creditable information that you found and C.you need to be careful and word the information in your own words and cite when needed.It also goes more into digital citizenship which just means that people use information for the right reasons and gives credit to who ever gave the information/ deservers it .This chapter was one of the most I've enjoyed reading by far.
This is an important chapter and glad you enjoyed interacting with the content! :) Flickr is the best resource for finding Creative Commons licensed photos (you do need to use the Advanced Search!) and it also helps students learn how to think about effective keywords in searching. (NOTE - your image does not indicate it was available as Creative Commons, so you need to assume it is copyrighted ... and therefore, should replace it with one that is copyright-friendly and model what you learned in this chapter)!
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