Media Literacy & Effective Web Searching
17.March.2011 05:40 Filed in: Tech Tips
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As educators, we are
using the Internet more and more to do our work, our
own learning, and to engage students in their
learning. An important part of learning and working
online is effective searching. Effective searching
can help us more efficiently organize our
lives--work, school, family, friends, obligations,
finances, travel plans, and more.
Most people could be using search engines differently to yield better search results. Those who are media literate know the top results in a search are not the most accurate or credible. How we enter key words and information in to search engines can drastically alter our search results.
To learn to more efficiently search the web and learn more about media literacy, see the following links:
A Beginner’s Guide to Going Online
How to Search the Web
Evaluating Web Sites: Criteria and Tools
Kathy Schrock’s Guide for Educators
As described on The Modern Pen in this post, like everything else with technology, search does continue to change and evolve.
Most people could be using search engines differently to yield better search results. Those who are media literate know the top results in a search are not the most accurate or credible. How we enter key words and information in to search engines can drastically alter our search results.
To learn to more efficiently search the web and learn more about media literacy, see the following links:
A Beginner’s Guide to Going Online
How to Search the Web
Evaluating Web Sites: Criteria and Tools
Kathy Schrock’s Guide for Educators
As described on The Modern Pen in this post, like everything else with technology, search does continue to change and evolve.
