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Web Browsers |
Web browsers are computer programs that are used to view the resources on the Internet
Firefox
Internet Explorer
Safari
Other Associated Terms
* ISP (Internet Service Provider) - AOL, Roadrunner, etc.; telecommunication service used to access the Internet.
* URL (Uniform Resource Locators) - the address of a web site |
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Search Engines |
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Evaluating Websites |
It is important to be able to evaluate whether a web site provides authentic and appropriate information.
4 Step Process Guide - projects.edtech.sandi.net/staffdev/tpss99/processguides/evaluating_student.html
Evaluation Criteria - www.lib.vt.edu/help/instruct/evaluate/evaluating.html
UC Berkeley - www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/Evaluate.html
Blue Web'n - www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn/rubric.html
Note: You must preview the sites from school to confirm that they are not blocked by our proxy (Bess). Some categories of sites that will be blocked are:
* free pages
* alcohol, drug, gambling, tobacco content
* adult only, sex, pornography, nudity, profanity content
* murder/suicide, violence, weapons content
* games and recreation/entertainment
* free mail, auction
Web Hoaxes - www.infotoday.com/searcher/sep00/piper.htm |
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Citations |
Webliography
Author's name (last name first). Document title. Date of Internet publication. Date of access
Example:
Michael Engle, Olin and Uris Libraries, Cornell University, Evaluating Web Sites: Criteria and Tools, October 28, 2005, June 9, 2008, www.library.cornell.edu/olinuris/ref/research/webeval.html |
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Copyright and Licensing |
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