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The following topics are popular choices at conferences, seminars, lectures and demonstrations. They may be tailored to specific audiences, venues and time available.
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| Today's middle school and high school students lack at least five critical online research skills. Find out how you can help them to use resources developed by the 21st Century Information Fluency Project at the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy. Research shows that today's high school and middle school students (and their teachers) are easily frustrated when it comes to finding good information on the Internet. Critical areas for improvement include turning questions into queries, selecting appropriate databases, recognizing relevant information, finding better search terms and verifying the credibility of information. A demonstration of tools for assessing students' information fluency is included, alongside practical curricular implications of recent findings. | ||
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Traditional digital searching skills are insufficient when applied to the folksonomies of Web 2.0 systems. Keywords are less effective and knowing where to search becomes essential. Knowing how to evaluate information retrieved and use Web 2.0 resources ethically directly impacts search success. This session strengthens participants' information fluency skills with hands on game- based practice in locating, evaluating, and ethically using digital information. |
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Deep Web Searching |
What if Google can't google it? Besides using keywords effectively, finding information online involves understanding databases and asking good questions: What might the answer look like? Who would know the answer? Where would that person store their information online? This session demonstrates an array of powerful database search techniques. |
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Website Investigation: Information Forensics |
What if you can't find the author of an article or the date it was written? Motivate students to evaluate Websites with information forensics. Track down elusive authors, dates, check the accuracy of claims and more using investigative search techniques. This session demonstrates effective ways to teach investigative searching and involves audience participation. |
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