Monday, June 9, 2008
Day 7: Teaching Information Literacy: Tips and Resources
It is truly amazing to see how many different kinds of search engines are out there. It's even crazier to think that 90% of the people that use these search engines don't use them correctly. Unfortunately, I am one of them. As a teacher, I wish that there were workshops that could train teachers how to correctly use, nit only search engines, but different workshops for all of the things that we use incorrectly. Teaching Information Literacy is a great online article that provides teachers and students with a working definition of information literacy, but it also provide readers with a list of useful search engines that are designed to search in different ways. The Spider’s Apprentice is an interesting guide to web engines that I found myself searching through for somewhat of an hour. Perhaps because of its name, The Spider’s Apprentice drew me in with the “What Spidap Offers” section. Spidap is a six-step list of frequently asked questions regarding search engines and how to use them. They vary from strategies, web search wizards, basic searches and historical information. It was really useful for a novice like myself.
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I am also guilty of not using search engines "the right way." I guess it is hard to teach an old dog new tricks. I am used to searching they way I do and have been comfortable with the results I get. I should take the time and effort to learn "the best way."
I also think that there should be workshops for teachers on how to use the search engines but in reality I think teachers just won't go because they think they "know" how to search. It is sad that until we take classes like this we find out that we were wrong all along.
Imagine how our students feel when we show them that they may have been doing it wrong all along as well. I guess we have to be willing to learn right along with our students.
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