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Information LiteracyBY: TOMMY ROHRER
Intro to Information Literacy
Definition: Information literacy is a set of abilities requiring individuals to "recognize when information is needed and have the ability to locate, evaluate, and use effectively the needed information.“
Intro to Information Literacy
Why is this important?
This is very important because of how fast and frequent technology is being used. Students now a days are mostly visual learners, which means they need to be able to tell whether information they are learning is something they need to take in or remember.
Individuals are faced with diverse, abundant information choices in their academic studies, in the workplace, and in their personal lives.
Intro to eLearning
Definition: eLearning is learning utilizing electronic technologies to access educational curriculum outside of a traditional classroom. In most cases, it refers to a course, program, or degree delivered completely online.
Intro to eLearning
Why is eLearning important?
One great example of eLearning is online classes in college. Colleges now are allowing students take classes from their own homes just by having access to the internet.
Also allows you to keep in contact with your professor and your other students by talking to them online. One example of this would be discussion posts.
Domains
There are many different domains out there.
.com
.gov
.mil
.edu
.info
.net
org
Domains
Some popular domain names that students may already know are:
.com- “commercial” is the most widely used domain in the world. This domain can be used by anyone and is mostly used by businesses.
.net- “network” is most commonly used by internet service providers.
.org- “organization” is primarily used by non-profit organizations or trade associations.
Domains
Some domains that are used but are not as common:
.info- is for credible resource websites and signifies a “resource” website. This is the 4th most popular domain that is used.
.edu- “education” used by schools and universities.
.mil- “military” used by the military
.gov- “government” websites that are run by the government.
Good Websites
Ways to tell whether a website is a good website to use:
Easy to navigate
Up-to-date
The website has a list of reliable sources
Has a trusted domain
Links that are working
Easy to read
There are no spelling and grammar errors.
Bad Websites
Ways to tell whether a website is a bad website to use:
Hard to navigate- no link to go back to the homepage of the website.
The website is not current, or someone who is running the website doesn’t update it.
There are no sources
Not a very reliable domain name
Loads very slowly
The links do not work
There are grammar and spelling errors
Search Engine #1
Yippy
http://yippy.com/
Yippy Search, formerly known as Clusty, got its start in Pittsburgh, PA in 2004 when the search software company Vivísimo decided to take its award-winning search technology to the web.
What really makes Yippy unique is what happens after you search. Instead of delivering millions of search results in one long list, the search engine groups similar results together into “clouds.” Clouds help you see your search results by topic so you can zero in on exactly what you’re looking for or discover unexpected relationships between items.
URL
Enter what you want to
find
I searched KSU
Here are my top 427 results
I have clicked cloud on KSU shootings and
now have a little categories of
sorted results to choose from.
When you clicked advance, you
have additional options for
searching. These include language,
file type, and number of results
to display.
When you click news, these are the results where KSU
is mentioned.
Search Engine #2
ChaCha
www.ChaCha.com
ChaCha is a human-guided search engine. It provides free, real-time answers to any question, through its website, or by using one of the company's mobile apps.
Founded by Scott A. Jones and Brad Bostic in 2006
URL
Ask any question that you
would like answered
By selecting menu and clicking on categories, ChaCha allows you to
find what you are looking for easier.
The Menu tab allows you to have easy
access back to the home screen, take
quizzes and create a profile with ChaCha
By searching “Kent State University” in the search bar, facts and information that you
may want to know pop up right away.
Search Engine #3
Bing
www.Bing.com
Bing was unveiled by Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer on May 28, 2009, at the All Things Digital conference in San Diego, California, for release on June 1, 2009.
Bing (known previously as Live Search, Windows Live Search, and MSN Search) is a web search engine from Microsoft.
Search whatever you are looking
for here.
URL
By Searching “Kent State University,” the search engine gives you a variety to click on to see
what you are looking for.
By Clicking on news, this gives you all the recent news on Kent
State University.
By Clicking on history, you are
able to see other websites that you
have recently visited, if you may
have accidently closed a tab.
By clicking on settings, you are able to set what language
you want, enable SafeSearch, and turn
on or off search suggestions.
eLearning websites
Interactive Sites for Education
CLICK HERE to visit the website
This website allows students to pick different science topics and play games to help them learn.
Click on Science, or another subject that you may wish,
and play some games.
You will then scroll down and click on a topic that shows up after you click on the subject
“science.” In this case we will
click on seasons and weather
patterns
By clicking on “Seasons and
Weather” students will be able to access these games below to
help them learn better.
Clicking on one of the games caused the game to open
in a new tab.
Clicking this “X” will close the tab and
game that the student is playing.
eLearning websites
Bill Nye
www.BillNye.com
This website will allow students to watch different videos performed by Bill Nye.
By hovering your mouse over one of the “periodic table elements,” will allow you to visit parts of the
website like “videos.”
Going to Educational
Resources will allow you to watch more
videos on what you are learning
in class.
Episode Guide allows you to read different information on different topics
Clicking on Episode Guide
brings you to this list of topics to
choose from. We will be clicking on
Atmosphere.
By clicking on Atmosphere, the website defines what
“Atmosphere is, and gives you facts about the topic.
Lower o
n the W
ebsite
shows the re
sources on
where the in
formatio
n
came from.
Ready For The Quiz?
I AM NOT READY I AM READY
Question 1
What was the previous name of the website Yippy?
General Custer
Doggy
Hooray
Clusty
Question 2
What was the original name of Yippy when it was invented in 2004?
Viva
Vivo
Vivis
Vivisimo
Question 3
When was ChaCha founded?
1999 2005
20142006
Question 4
Which one of these 4 domains does not exist?
.mil .com
.edu.pxt
Question 5
Which of these domains stands for “network?”
.edu
.ten
.com
.net
Question 6
Who unveiled the search engine Bing?
George Washington
Al Gore
Mickey Mouse
Steve Ballmer
Question 7
Which one of these was the search engine Bing not previously known as?
Live Search
Windows Live
Search
MSN Search
Microsoft Live
Search
Question 8
What kind of search engine is ChaCha?
MicrosoftLook
Smart
Crawler- Based
Human- Guided
Question 9
What year was Bing Released?
2008
2007 2010
2009
Question 10
On the search engine Yippy, what does it group the results into?
branches
storms
raindrops
clouds
Congratulations!!
I want to take the
quiz again
I know everything, therefore I
am FINISHED
Help Slide #1
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