Well, I have to say that this week in ETEC has been an enlightening one! Before I started this lesson, I thought I was fairly competent out there on the internet and surfing the web. That Information Literacy Quiz gave me a Moderately Savvy score, but as far as I was concerned, it showed me just how much I DIDN'T know! I searched like a lot of people seem to search: get on google.com or yahoo.com and see what you get. Since I've been in college, I have been learning to use the school's library sites and databases. That has added to my searching repertoire, and I knew that .org and .edu and such were more credible, but if I worried about whether something was true or fake, I just did another search asking that.
Now that I've gone through all these MAPping activities, I am kind of relieved to know that there are places to go to learn more about a particular website -- places like easywhois.com and altavista.com, and the Wayback Machine at archive.org is amazing! I don't think I will change just light searching, but if I am concerned about the truthfulness of a site, or if I am going to base an argument on proof I have found online, or once I am teaching, if I want to give a site to my students, then I will definitely search it out first.
Everything I have learned in this lesson will absolutely have a positive effect on my teaching AND my future students. It's just too easy to give a wrong website these days. I certainly don't want to be guilty of giving out false information to students or sending them to an inappropriate site that is similar to what I am intending. If I have tools like these at my disposal, I can doublecheck online when I am preparing for my class and be confident in the information that I am opening up to them. And since this has been a concern to me in putting together papers of my own as well as a concern for future teaching, this is a weight lifted! I feel much more confidant in filtering and finding the information that I need.
3 comments:
*Kevin Wolfe*
Hey Lei Ann!
The college's online databases are a lifesaver! =) Cool blog!
Lei Ann you said you are still learning. Sounds to me like you are doing really good. This Mapping exercise had me really confused at times. I am still learning also. I was researching the felines reaction to bearded men, and I am still confuzed on whether or not it was for real. Good luck in the class.
I'm glad to see that other students in the class were on the same level of understanding that I was on involving information literacy. I had no idea how to check the credibility of sites but I really enjoyed the site I chose. I looked into the Dihydrogen Monoxide (the scientific formula for water for us science enthusiasts) and I was really surprised to see all of the negative information it! I will definately pay closer attention to wat I believe is factual. I agree with you about checking out sources before asking my students to use them and giving them false information. I'm glad to see that you are doing well in this course! keep up the hard work! I hope to hear from you in the future!
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