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EMSB Leading & Learning in the 21st Century Conference
                            April 12th, 2013




                Digital Literacy:
Learning How to Search and Evaluate Information

                 Rafael Scapin, Ph.D.
         Coordinator of Educational Technology
                   Dawson College
Content


Digital Literacy is the ability to effectively
and critically navigate, evaluate and create
information using a range of digital
technologies.

This practical 2-hour workshop will present
techniques on how to effectively search,
gather and evaluate online information.
Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nZkq31J-GY
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Source: Go-Globe.com
Source: Go-Globe.com
InfoWhelm




Source: http://youtu.be/7ECAVxbfsfc
Survey



     Go to:

http://Pollev.com
Survey

Google:      19627

Bing:        19630

Yahoo!           19676

Other:           83342
 Digital Literacy:  Learning How to Search and Evaluate Information
There is also Bing!




   Source: http://bing.com
Bing vs Google




Source: http://www.bing-vs-google.com/
Digital Literacy




Source: http://21cif.com/resources/difcore/index.html
Locating Information


Locating Information Efficiently

What Information Am I Looking For?

Where Will I Find the Information?

How Will I Get There?


            Source: http://21cif.com/resources/difcore/index.html
Searching on the Web
Google Search by Language




 Source: http://data-arts.appspot.com/globe-search
How Google Search Works




   Source: http://youtu.be/BNHR6IQJGZs
How Google Search Works




Source: http://www.google.com/insidesearch/howsearchworks/thestory/
Searching on the Web
Infotopia: Student-Friendly Search Engine




       Source: http://www.infotopia.info/
Google Search: Tricks




Source: http://mashable.com/2011/11/24/google-search-infographic/
Google Search: Tricks




                                                                      Source: http://easilymused.com/2012/03/google-search-results-too-good-to-be-true-heres-why/
   Source: http://www.google.ca/insidesearch/tipstricks/all.html


http://www.powersearchingwithgoogle.com/course/ps/assets/PowerSearc
hingQuickReference.pdf
Searching Strategies
                      Identify Keywords

Ignore the “small” words (what, are, the, etc.), words
connected to time (sometimes, always, perhaps, often, etc.)
and words that show relation (effects, lead to, increases,
etc.)

Example:
What are the effects of media on bullying among children?


                                 Main concepts
            Source: http://www.unlockingresearch.com/search-strategies/identify-keywords/
Searching Strategies
            Now find some synonyms
Different authors will use different words to write about
their topics.




                                     http://www.synonym.com/

                Source: http://www.unlockingresearch.com/search-strategies/identify-keywords/
Searching Strategies
 Fill in a Keyword Chart




Source: http://www.unlockingresearch.com/search-strategies/identify-keywords/
Searching Strategies
       Combine Keywords (or, and not)

OR combines your synonyms and related terms to find
documents that contain any or all of the words. It broadens
your search and produces more results.



   Example: Car OR vehicle




                              http://www.unlockingresearch.com/search-strategies/combine-keywords/
Searching Strategies
      Combine Keywords (or, and not)

AND combines your different concepts to find only the
documents that contain all of the keywords. It narrows
your search and produces fewer results.



   Example: Car AND fuel




                            http://www.unlockingresearch.com/search-strategies/combine-keywords/
Searching Strategies
      Combine Keywords (or, and not)

NOT followed by a keyword will exclude all the
documents that contain that particular word. It is a
way of avoiding unrelated articles. Use it with caution
as you may miss out on potentially useful material.


Example: Drugs NOT heroin




                            http://www.unlockingresearch.com/search-strategies/combine-keywords/
Example of Keyword Chart




Source: http://www.unlockingresearch.com/search-strategies/identify-keywords/
More Tips
                   Truncation (*, ?)
Truncation will find all the variants of a word.

For example child* will find child, children, and
childhood.

This saves you time. If your research is looking at how
poverty affects children, the search statement would
be:
                  poverty AND child*

Always check the help page of the database to know
the correct symbol to use.
More Tips
                   Grouping
Grouping will create a more focused search.

                 Quotations “ ”

Quotations allow you to search for an exact
phrase. The search will only bring back results
that contain that phrase.

Example:
street kids 1,025,026 results
“street kids”   6,416 results
Too Many Results?
Your search come up with 1,760 results?

Make your topic more specific by asking questions:

Who? Who is involved, who is affected? If you’re
interested in poverty be more specific: poverty in
single-parent families.

Where? Are you interested in data from Canada?

When? Are you researching the last 5 years or
during the 1960s?
             http://www.unlockingresearch.com/search-strategies/too-many-results/
Too Many Results?
Modify your search by adding, removing or changing your
keywords:

Add in your other concepts using the AND Boolean
operator when necessary.

Remember that AND will narrow your search by making it
more specific.

Example: drug abuse AND sports

Use a different keyword from your list of synonyms
Example: substance abuse instead of drug abuse

Enter fewer synonyms or try a narrower term
Example: teenagers instead of youth
Too Few Results?
Modify your search by adding, removing or changing your
keywords:

Add in your other concepts using the AND Boolean
operator when necessary.

Remember that AND will narrow your search by making it
more specific.

Example: drug abuse AND sports

Use a different keyword from your list of synonyms
Example: substance abuse instead of drug abuse

Enter fewer synonyms or try a narrower term
Example: teenagers instead of youth
Too Few Results?

Add in more synonyms or related terms.

The more related terms you have the broader your search
will be. These are words connected by the OR Boolean
operator.

Use the truncation symbol to get all the variants of a word.
Example: aggress* will get you aggressive, aggression,
aggressiveness.



                http://www.unlockingresearch.com/search-strategies/too-few-results/
Google Power Searching Courses
Improve your Google search skills with our Power Searching
and Advanced Power Searching online courses.




           Source: http://www.powersearchingwithgoogle.com/
Specialized Search Engines
Google Images:       is a search service that allows users to search
the Web for image content.




                          http://images.google.com
Specialized Search Engines
Google Scholar: Provides a search of scholarly literature across many
disciplines and sources, including theses, books, abstracts and articles.




                         http://scholar.google.com
Specialized Search Engines
Google News:       A news aggregator selecting most up-to-date
information from thousands of publications by an automatic aggregation
algorithm.




                        http://news.google.com
Specialized Search Engines
Google Books:          searches the full text of books and magazines that
Google has scanned, converted to text using optical character recognition,
and stored in its digital database




                           http://books.google.com
Specialized Search Engines
Google Blog Search: specialized service of Google which
is used to search blogs.




                http://www.google.ca/blogsearch
Specialized Search Engines
Youtube:   a video sharing website




                               http://youtube.com
Specialized Search Engines
Slideshare: a slide hosting website




                   http://slideshare.com
Specialized Search Engines
Find Sounds: a free site where you can search the Web for sound
effects.




                     http://www.findsounds.com/
Specialized Search Engines
IMDb:    online database of information related to films, actors, television
programs, and video games.




                            http://www.imdb.com
Specialized Search Engines
Wikipedia:     a collaboratively edited, multilingual, free Internet
encyclopedia supported by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation.


                                             26 million articles in 286 languages

                                             A 2005 investigation
                                             in Nature showed that the science
                                             articles they compared came close to
                                             the level of accuracy of Encyclopædia
                                             Britannica and had a similar rate of
                                             "serious errors“.

                                             Source:
                                             http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v438/n7070/full
                                             /438900a.html




    http://www.wikipedia.org
Evaluating Information




Source: http://www.theonion.com/articles/apple-announces-plans-for-new-ipad-with-extra-stor,31067/
Evaluating Information: 6 Criteria for Websites
1. AUTHORITY

Authority reveals that the person, institution or agency responsible for a
site has the qualifications and knowledge to do so. Evaluating a web site for
authority:

Authorship: It should be clear who developed the site.

Contact information should be clearly provided: e-mail address, snail mail
address, phone number, and fax number.

Credentials: the author should state qualifications, credentials, or personal
background that gives them authority to present information.

Check to see if the site supported by an organization or a commercial body

         http://libraries.dal.ca/using_the_library/tutorials/evaluating_web_resources/6_criteria_for_websites.html
Evaluating Information: 6 Criteria for Websites
2. PURPOSE

The purpose of the information presented in the site should be
clear. Some sites are meant to inform, persuade, state an opinion,
entertain, or parody something or someone. Evaluating a web site
for purpose:

• Does the content support the purpose of the site?
• Is the information geared to a specific audience (students,
  scholars, general reader)?
• Is the site organized and focused?
• Are the outside links appropriate for the site?
• Does the site evaluate the links?

       http://libraries.dal.ca/using_the_library/tutorials/evaluating_web_resources/6_criteria_for_websites.html
Evaluating Information: 6 Criteria for Websites
3. COVERAGE

It is difficult to assess the extent of coverage since depth in a site,
through the use of links, can be infinite. One author may claim
comprehensive coverage of a topic while another may cover just
one aspect of a topic. Evaluating a web site for coverage:

• Does the site claim to be selective or comprehensive?
• Are the topics explored in depth?
• Compare the value of the site’s information compared to other
  similar sites.
• Do the links go to outside sites rather than its own?
• Does the site provide information with no relevant outside
  links?
       http://libraries.dal.ca/using_the_library/tutorials/evaluating_web_resources/6_criteria_for_websites.html
Evaluating Information: 6 Criteria for Websites
4. CURRENCY

Currency of the site refers to:

1) how current the information presented is, and

2) how often the site is updated or maintained. It is important to
know when a site was created, when it was last updated, and if all
of the links are current.




       http://libraries.dal.ca/using_the_library/tutorials/evaluating_web_resources/6_criteria_for_websites.html
Evaluating Information: 6 Criteria for Websites
5. OBJECTIVITY

Objectivity of the site should be clear.

Beware of sites that contain bias or do not admit its bias freely.
Objective sites present information with a minimum of bias.
Evaluating a web site for objectivity:

•   Is the information presented with a particular bias?
•   Does the information try to sway the audience?
•   Does site advertising conflict with the content?
•   Is the site trying to explain, inform, persuade, or sell
    something?

        http://libraries.dal.ca/using_the_library/tutorials/evaluating_web_resources/6_criteria_for_websites.html
Evaluating Information: 6 Criteria for Websites
6. ACCURACY

Evaluating a web site for accuracy:

• Reliability: Is the author affiliated with a known, respectable
  institution?
• References: do statistics and other factual information receive
  proper references as to their origin?
• Does the reading you have already done on the subject make
  the information seem accurate?
• Is the information comparable to other sites on the same
  topic?
• Does the text follow basic rules of grammar, spelling and
  composition?
• Is a bibliography or reference list included?
      http://libraries.dal.ca/using_the_library/tutorials/evaluating_web_resources/6_criteria_for_websites.html
Sharing Files




Source: http://drive.google.com/start
Social Bookmarking




                               Browser widget
Source: http://delicious.com
Content Curation




  Source: http://www.scoop.it
Content Curation




Source: http://www.livebinders.com
Digital Literacy




Source: http://www.medialiteracyweek.ca/en/press_articles10_digitalliteracycanada.htm
Practical Example: Learning Situation
                    Multicultural Potluck Festival
Your class is composed by students from different countries. They will
organize an annual potluck, with typical foods from their countries.

• You will make a list of all the countries.

• Students cannot select their own country, so they can learn other
  countries’ foods and culture.

• A draw will define which country will be assigned to each student.

• The students will: research the most popular foods of each country,
  learn how to prepare them and how to pronounce them on the
  original language, prepare a poster with info on the selected country,
  like flag, map, languages spoken, etc.

     Adapted from: http://www.mels.gouv.qc.ca/sections/formationBase/pdf/doc/41-6014-A_EnglishLI.pdf
Practical Example: Learning Situation
                Multicultural Potluck Festival

                      Algeria                                                Australia


                         Brazil                                               Haiti




                               India
 Adapted from: http://www.mels.gouv.qc.ca/sections/formationBase/pdf/doc/41-6014-A_EnglishLI.pdf
Using Google Translate to Order Food




        Source: http://youtu.be/wxDRburxwz8
Searching on the Web: Google Nose




           Source: http://youtu.be/9-P6jEMtixY
Resources

21st Century Information Fluency: http://21cif.com/index.html

Unlocking Research: http://www.unlockingresearch.com/search-strategies/

Google’s Digital Literacy Tour: http://www.google.com/edu/resources/digital-literacy.html

Evaluating
http://www.googleguide.com/evaluating_results.html


Google Power Searching Course:

http://www.powersearchingwithgoogle.com/


Google Search Quick Reference
http://www.powersearchingwithgoogle.com/course/ps/assets/PowerSearchingQuickRefere
nce.pdf
Questions
Contact Me

      Rafael Scapin, Ph.D.

rscapin@dawsoncollege.qc.ca

rscapin

          DawsonITE Blog

 http://dawsonite.dawsoncollege.qc.ca
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  • 1. EMSB Leading & Learning in the 21st Century Conference April 12th, 2013 Digital Literacy: Learning How to Search and Evaluate Information Rafael Scapin, Ph.D. Coordinator of Educational Technology Dawson College
  • 2. Content Digital Literacy is the ability to effectively and critically navigate, evaluate and create information using a range of digital technologies. This practical 2-hour workshop will present techniques on how to effectively search, gather and evaluate online information.
  • 12. Survey Go to: http://Pollev.com
  • 13. Survey Google: 19627 Bing: 19630 Yahoo! 19676 Other: 83342
  • 15. There is also Bing! Source: http://bing.com
  • 16. Bing vs Google Source: http://www.bing-vs-google.com/
  • 18. Locating Information Locating Information Efficiently What Information Am I Looking For? Where Will I Find the Information? How Will I Get There? Source: http://21cif.com/resources/difcore/index.html
  • 20. Google Search by Language Source: http://data-arts.appspot.com/globe-search
  • 21. How Google Search Works Source: http://youtu.be/BNHR6IQJGZs
  • 22. How Google Search Works Source: http://www.google.com/insidesearch/howsearchworks/thestory/
  • 23. Searching on the Web Infotopia: Student-Friendly Search Engine Source: http://www.infotopia.info/
  • 24. Google Search: Tricks Source: http://mashable.com/2011/11/24/google-search-infographic/
  • 25. Google Search: Tricks Source: http://easilymused.com/2012/03/google-search-results-too-good-to-be-true-heres-why/ Source: http://www.google.ca/insidesearch/tipstricks/all.html http://www.powersearchingwithgoogle.com/course/ps/assets/PowerSearc hingQuickReference.pdf
  • 26. Searching Strategies Identify Keywords Ignore the “small” words (what, are, the, etc.), words connected to time (sometimes, always, perhaps, often, etc.) and words that show relation (effects, lead to, increases, etc.) Example: What are the effects of media on bullying among children? Main concepts Source: http://www.unlockingresearch.com/search-strategies/identify-keywords/
  • 27. Searching Strategies Now find some synonyms Different authors will use different words to write about their topics. http://www.synonym.com/ Source: http://www.unlockingresearch.com/search-strategies/identify-keywords/
  • 28. Searching Strategies Fill in a Keyword Chart Source: http://www.unlockingresearch.com/search-strategies/identify-keywords/
  • 29. Searching Strategies Combine Keywords (or, and not) OR combines your synonyms and related terms to find documents that contain any or all of the words. It broadens your search and produces more results. Example: Car OR vehicle http://www.unlockingresearch.com/search-strategies/combine-keywords/
  • 30. Searching Strategies Combine Keywords (or, and not) AND combines your different concepts to find only the documents that contain all of the keywords. It narrows your search and produces fewer results. Example: Car AND fuel http://www.unlockingresearch.com/search-strategies/combine-keywords/
  • 31. Searching Strategies Combine Keywords (or, and not) NOT followed by a keyword will exclude all the documents that contain that particular word. It is a way of avoiding unrelated articles. Use it with caution as you may miss out on potentially useful material. Example: Drugs NOT heroin http://www.unlockingresearch.com/search-strategies/combine-keywords/
  • 32. Example of Keyword Chart Source: http://www.unlockingresearch.com/search-strategies/identify-keywords/
  • 33. More Tips Truncation (*, ?) Truncation will find all the variants of a word. For example child* will find child, children, and childhood. This saves you time. If your research is looking at how poverty affects children, the search statement would be: poverty AND child* Always check the help page of the database to know the correct symbol to use.
  • 34. More Tips Grouping Grouping will create a more focused search. Quotations “ ” Quotations allow you to search for an exact phrase. The search will only bring back results that contain that phrase. Example: street kids 1,025,026 results “street kids” 6,416 results
  • 35. Too Many Results? Your search come up with 1,760 results? Make your topic more specific by asking questions: Who? Who is involved, who is affected? If you’re interested in poverty be more specific: poverty in single-parent families. Where? Are you interested in data from Canada? When? Are you researching the last 5 years or during the 1960s? http://www.unlockingresearch.com/search-strategies/too-many-results/
  • 36. Too Many Results? Modify your search by adding, removing or changing your keywords: Add in your other concepts using the AND Boolean operator when necessary. Remember that AND will narrow your search by making it more specific. Example: drug abuse AND sports Use a different keyword from your list of synonyms Example: substance abuse instead of drug abuse Enter fewer synonyms or try a narrower term Example: teenagers instead of youth
  • 37. Too Few Results? Modify your search by adding, removing or changing your keywords: Add in your other concepts using the AND Boolean operator when necessary. Remember that AND will narrow your search by making it more specific. Example: drug abuse AND sports Use a different keyword from your list of synonyms Example: substance abuse instead of drug abuse Enter fewer synonyms or try a narrower term Example: teenagers instead of youth
  • 38. Too Few Results? Add in more synonyms or related terms. The more related terms you have the broader your search will be. These are words connected by the OR Boolean operator. Use the truncation symbol to get all the variants of a word. Example: aggress* will get you aggressive, aggression, aggressiveness. http://www.unlockingresearch.com/search-strategies/too-few-results/
  • 39. Google Power Searching Courses Improve your Google search skills with our Power Searching and Advanced Power Searching online courses. Source: http://www.powersearchingwithgoogle.com/
  • 40. Specialized Search Engines Google Images: is a search service that allows users to search the Web for image content. http://images.google.com
  • 41. Specialized Search Engines Google Scholar: Provides a search of scholarly literature across many disciplines and sources, including theses, books, abstracts and articles. http://scholar.google.com
  • 42. Specialized Search Engines Google News: A news aggregator selecting most up-to-date information from thousands of publications by an automatic aggregation algorithm. http://news.google.com
  • 43. Specialized Search Engines Google Books: searches the full text of books and magazines that Google has scanned, converted to text using optical character recognition, and stored in its digital database http://books.google.com
  • 44. Specialized Search Engines Google Blog Search: specialized service of Google which is used to search blogs. http://www.google.ca/blogsearch
  • 45. Specialized Search Engines Youtube: a video sharing website http://youtube.com
  • 46. Specialized Search Engines Slideshare: a slide hosting website http://slideshare.com
  • 47. Specialized Search Engines Find Sounds: a free site where you can search the Web for sound effects. http://www.findsounds.com/
  • 48. Specialized Search Engines IMDb: online database of information related to films, actors, television programs, and video games. http://www.imdb.com
  • 49. Specialized Search Engines Wikipedia: a collaboratively edited, multilingual, free Internet encyclopedia supported by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation. 26 million articles in 286 languages A 2005 investigation in Nature showed that the science articles they compared came close to the level of accuracy of Encyclopædia Britannica and had a similar rate of "serious errors“. Source: http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v438/n7070/full /438900a.html http://www.wikipedia.org
  • 51. Evaluating Information: 6 Criteria for Websites 1. AUTHORITY Authority reveals that the person, institution or agency responsible for a site has the qualifications and knowledge to do so. Evaluating a web site for authority: Authorship: It should be clear who developed the site. Contact information should be clearly provided: e-mail address, snail mail address, phone number, and fax number. Credentials: the author should state qualifications, credentials, or personal background that gives them authority to present information. Check to see if the site supported by an organization or a commercial body http://libraries.dal.ca/using_the_library/tutorials/evaluating_web_resources/6_criteria_for_websites.html
  • 52. Evaluating Information: 6 Criteria for Websites 2. PURPOSE The purpose of the information presented in the site should be clear. Some sites are meant to inform, persuade, state an opinion, entertain, or parody something or someone. Evaluating a web site for purpose: • Does the content support the purpose of the site? • Is the information geared to a specific audience (students, scholars, general reader)? • Is the site organized and focused? • Are the outside links appropriate for the site? • Does the site evaluate the links? http://libraries.dal.ca/using_the_library/tutorials/evaluating_web_resources/6_criteria_for_websites.html
  • 53. Evaluating Information: 6 Criteria for Websites 3. COVERAGE It is difficult to assess the extent of coverage since depth in a site, through the use of links, can be infinite. One author may claim comprehensive coverage of a topic while another may cover just one aspect of a topic. Evaluating a web site for coverage: • Does the site claim to be selective or comprehensive? • Are the topics explored in depth? • Compare the value of the site’s information compared to other similar sites. • Do the links go to outside sites rather than its own? • Does the site provide information with no relevant outside links? http://libraries.dal.ca/using_the_library/tutorials/evaluating_web_resources/6_criteria_for_websites.html
  • 54. Evaluating Information: 6 Criteria for Websites 4. CURRENCY Currency of the site refers to: 1) how current the information presented is, and 2) how often the site is updated or maintained. It is important to know when a site was created, when it was last updated, and if all of the links are current. http://libraries.dal.ca/using_the_library/tutorials/evaluating_web_resources/6_criteria_for_websites.html
  • 55. Evaluating Information: 6 Criteria for Websites 5. OBJECTIVITY Objectivity of the site should be clear. Beware of sites that contain bias or do not admit its bias freely. Objective sites present information with a minimum of bias. Evaluating a web site for objectivity: • Is the information presented with a particular bias? • Does the information try to sway the audience? • Does site advertising conflict with the content? • Is the site trying to explain, inform, persuade, or sell something? http://libraries.dal.ca/using_the_library/tutorials/evaluating_web_resources/6_criteria_for_websites.html
  • 56. Evaluating Information: 6 Criteria for Websites 6. ACCURACY Evaluating a web site for accuracy: • Reliability: Is the author affiliated with a known, respectable institution? • References: do statistics and other factual information receive proper references as to their origin? • Does the reading you have already done on the subject make the information seem accurate? • Is the information comparable to other sites on the same topic? • Does the text follow basic rules of grammar, spelling and composition? • Is a bibliography or reference list included? http://libraries.dal.ca/using_the_library/tutorials/evaluating_web_resources/6_criteria_for_websites.html
  • 58. Social Bookmarking Browser widget Source: http://delicious.com
  • 59. Content Curation Source: http://www.scoop.it
  • 62. Practical Example: Learning Situation Multicultural Potluck Festival Your class is composed by students from different countries. They will organize an annual potluck, with typical foods from their countries. • You will make a list of all the countries. • Students cannot select their own country, so they can learn other countries’ foods and culture. • A draw will define which country will be assigned to each student. • The students will: research the most popular foods of each country, learn how to prepare them and how to pronounce them on the original language, prepare a poster with info on the selected country, like flag, map, languages spoken, etc. Adapted from: http://www.mels.gouv.qc.ca/sections/formationBase/pdf/doc/41-6014-A_EnglishLI.pdf
  • 63. Practical Example: Learning Situation Multicultural Potluck Festival Algeria Australia Brazil Haiti India Adapted from: http://www.mels.gouv.qc.ca/sections/formationBase/pdf/doc/41-6014-A_EnglishLI.pdf
  • 64. Using Google Translate to Order Food Source: http://youtu.be/wxDRburxwz8
  • 65. Searching on the Web: Google Nose Source: http://youtu.be/9-P6jEMtixY
  • 66. Resources 21st Century Information Fluency: http://21cif.com/index.html Unlocking Research: http://www.unlockingresearch.com/search-strategies/ Google’s Digital Literacy Tour: http://www.google.com/edu/resources/digital-literacy.html Evaluating http://www.googleguide.com/evaluating_results.html Google Power Searching Course: http://www.powersearchingwithgoogle.com/ Google Search Quick Reference http://www.powersearchingwithgoogle.com/course/ps/assets/PowerSearchingQuickRefere nce.pdf
  • 68. Contact Me Rafael Scapin, Ph.D. rscapin@dawsoncollege.qc.ca rscapin DawsonITE Blog http://dawsonite.dawsoncollege.qc.ca