Before, I had never used anything besides Google’s search
engine on the World Wide Web. It wasn't because I did not know any other search
engines like Bing and Yahoo. It was just that Google always gave me what I was
looking for. Reading over this week’s assignment I had already learned some of
the material in my IPC Class in High School and form the Computer Science Class
I had to take for my Associates Degree. In my IPC class the teacher taught us
all the abbreviations that we could use for narrow are search to find what we
were looking for. Another great tool I was taught, was how to tell if a website
was a reliable site or if it was all made up stuff. For instants, Wikipedia is
a site that anyone can change and add to the material on that webpage.
After reading the material, I believe
that I will start not only using Google but also Bing and Yahoo. Going through
and look at all the search engines that were listed they were by far the most
reliable ones. Knowing what search engines have the right material that I am
look for, I will be able to help my student on research projects, and also find
tools that can help them in reading, math, science, and history. In my
classroom, I plan to have a listed posted by the computers that show all the
abbreviations that will help better and narrow their search. I believe that my
future student will be affected by this to help them throughout their school
career.
In conclusion, I want to be able to
teach my student these tools, so that they may be able to use them throughout
their life. Also, I would like to read more about the different abbreviations
that are out there, because I blows my mind on how typing in two or three
letters can narrow a search compared to two or three words, and find reliable
webpages. I want to teach my students about the different search engines out
there, and also the different ways your can find exactly what you are looking
for on the World Wide Web. This activity has helped me better my skills so that
I will be able to help my students succeed at whatever they set their minds
too.
I totally agree with goggle, bing, and yahoo being some of the most reliable search engines. I feel as future educators we must make sure all the information wed are giving to are students is correct and from a credible source. Also as you stated it is important that the students also know how to find accurate information on the world wide web, we must teach them the dangers of Wikipedia along with the correct way to find information on the web.
ReplyDeleteI have Google as my default search engine - mostly because I'm not a fan of cluttered sites. Seldom have I ventured off to other sites for that reason, but after this exercise - I agree with you that not all sites are as reliable as Google or Bing or Yahoo. I am also skeptical of wikipedia since it's free form editing, which is most likely the reason I wasn't allowed to use it while working on my bachelor's degree. This was a good exercise :)
ReplyDeleteI agree that it is important for us as teachers to teach all of these tools in this activity to our students one day. I also agree with you about the abbreviations and how cool it is that they narrow down the search. I really like your idea to post the abbreviations beside the computers in order to help the students.
ReplyDelete-Bethany Boyd