Doug Johnson Website - dougwri - Survival Skills for the Information Jungle
Skill 1: Do you know where you are going?
Specific
Genuine
Meaningful
eg don't ask discussion question that you already know the answer if you want good discussion; therefore research on genuine question much more meaningful
Eg Write paper about the olympics of ancient greece or What would your faviorite athlete of today have done in the olympics of ancient greece?
Plagiarism is a cognitive, not just ethical
Level One: research about a broad topic, can use general reference resource, no personal questoin
Level two: answer question to narrow the foucs, need various sources
Level three: quesiton of personal relevance, consult not only seconary sources but primary sources
Level four: can inform decision-makers as they make policy; suppor tconclusiton tnat contains a call for action on the part of an organization; plan to distribute this information
Inquiry should be everyday event, eg reccommendation of dress for next day weather,
Skill 2: Stay on the trail
Skills in:
free commercial databases
choose search engine
effective searching
not clicking on irrelevant/inappropriate sites
effective searching:
keyword is unique, synonyms, alt spellings, truncate
Limit
Include
Google Advanced Search
Are you an Internet infohaulic?
look for obective info at .com sites?
If it is not on the internet, it is not worth knowing
Skill 3:
Learn to tell the good berries from the bad.
Eg Velcro crop
Usually it's not so obvious: which are most credible?
Center for Disease Control
Newsweek
Bestseller Hotzone
Insurance companies/hms
personal webpages/chatrooms
radio talk shows
Test:
verify --find in multiple sources
Date
Authority--expert in what?
Bias -- .com is most likely selling something; will give more emphasis of facts than falsehood
Protocol--if anonymous, then difficult to trust
Wikipedia--teach kids to be skeptical; if controversial, look at discussion tab; writers post reasons for posting;
eg find inaccurate and change it
Skill 4:
Don't just gather sticks--make something
much involves just creative paraphrasing;
Higher order thinking skills:
Grouping evidence
Judging improtance'credibitly
Anser possible critics
Devending choices
Insight and creativity
Action
Why do we need old people?
Is it right or wrong?
Is it true or false?
Is it beautiful or ugly?
Skill 5:
Learn to play the drums
Why allow /encourage students to publish; Web 2.0 sharing with others a no-brainer: blogs, wikis, rss, nigs, socialbookmarking, photocare, facebook; what would juliet's facebook look like
level of concern for content goes up when audience broadens
Skill 6:
Prepare for the next trip by learning from the last
Authentic assessment tools
Content and mechanics
Multiple assessors -- parents assessment
Tools for growth rather than tool for sorting
Safety on the Trail
Ethics--the 3 Ps
Privacy
Property
aPpropriate use
ThinkB4ULink
Skill 1: Do you know where you are going?
Specific
Genuine
Meaningful
eg don't ask discussion question that you already know the answer if you want good discussion; therefore research on genuine question much more meaningful
Eg Write paper about the olympics of ancient greece or What would your faviorite athlete of today have done in the olympics of ancient greece?
Plagiarism is a cognitive, not just ethical
Level One: research about a broad topic, can use general reference resource, no personal questoin
Level two: answer question to narrow the foucs, need various sources
Level three: quesiton of personal relevance, consult not only seconary sources but primary sources
Level four: can inform decision-makers as they make policy; suppor tconclusiton tnat contains a call for action on the part of an organization; plan to distribute this information
Inquiry should be everyday event, eg reccommendation of dress for next day weather,
Skill 2: Stay on the trail
Skills in:
free commercial databases
choose search engine
effective searching
not clicking on irrelevant/inappropriate sites
effective searching:
keyword is unique, synonyms, alt spellings, truncate
Limit
Include
Google Advanced Search
Are you an Internet infohaulic?
look for obective info at .com sites?
If it is not on the internet, it is not worth knowing
Skill 3:
Learn to tell the good berries from the bad.
Eg Velcro crop
Usually it's not so obvious: which are most credible?
Center for Disease Control
Newsweek
Bestseller Hotzone
Insurance companies/hms
personal webpages/chatrooms
radio talk shows
Test:
verify --find in multiple sources
Date
Authority--expert in what?
Bias -- .com is most likely selling something; will give more emphasis of facts than falsehood
Protocol--if anonymous, then difficult to trust
Wikipedia--teach kids to be skeptical; if controversial, look at discussion tab; writers post reasons for posting;
eg find inaccurate and change it
Skill 4:
Don't just gather sticks--make something
much involves just creative paraphrasing;
Higher order thinking skills:
Grouping evidence
Judging improtance'credibitly
Anser possible critics
Devending choices
Insight and creativity
Action
Why do we need old people?
Is it right or wrong?
Is it true or false?
Is it beautiful or ugly?
Skill 5:
Learn to play the drums
Why allow /encourage students to publish; Web 2.0 sharing with others a no-brainer: blogs, wikis, rss, nigs, socialbookmarking, photocare, facebook; what would juliet's facebook look like
level of concern for content goes up when audience broadens
Skill 6:
Prepare for the next trip by learning from the last
Authentic assessment tools
Content and mechanics
Multiple assessors -- parents assessment
Tools for growth rather than tool for sorting
Safety on the Trail
Ethics--the 3 Ps
Privacy
Property
aPpropriate use
ThinkB4ULink
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