Reseach Databases

Classwork December 1

1.In group discuss the following questions:

What is the Invisible Web?

Why isn't everything visible?

How to Find the Invisible Web?

when should I use a Research database instead of a search engine?

2.On a Google doc spreadsheet create a comparison of the main characteristics between research databases and Search Engines.

Characteristics to compare:
-Definition
-How does it work
-Way to access it
-Type of sources
-Sources reliability
-How does it order the search results
-How does it determine the relevance of a result

Web site Evalutation Rubric

Web site Evaluation Rubric

Select a science topic and find at least three pages with information about this topic and then apply the website evaluation rubric.

Which one has the best average?

Why?

What makes a good web site?

Create a list of good and bad web sites qualities?
send the google doc link to my email francisco@liceoingles.edu.co

Wikipedia

How do you know you are getting the best information?

Can I really trust wikipedias information?

Between the growing incidents of vandalism and the use of fraudulent credentials, how can anyone trust Wikipedia as a valid tool?


How can I persuade my teachers to allow me to use Wikipedia as a legitimate research source?


What drives people to contribute to Wikipedia? Altruism?

Google Docs Classwork

Create a document in google docs and invite me to collaborate( Copy and paste is not allowed) answer the following questions:

1.What is a web browser?


2.What web browser do you use? why?


3.Explain 5 google chrome features?


4.what is exactly google docs?

5. How does youtube make money?

Communication Tools

Google Docs

What is Google Docs ?

How to share documents ?

Youtube

The History of youtube

Create and share playlist


Google Earth and Maps

how google earth works

What's new in google earth?


Google Chrome

Why google created a web browser?

10 google chrome features


Wikipedia

How wikipedia works

Wikipedia Scanner