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Greetings, I want to thank you for a wonderful two days
of teaching and learning about the Internet.
Following are some web links and additional
information that might be useful to you in the future.
Thank you again!
-- dave --
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Searching the Internet Remember that searching the
Internet is a process and not a one step thing. The
following is only a model for beginning the
development of your search skills. Also, remember
the search tool that I have on the Internet at:
http://www.landmark-project.com/search/
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tart with a small
database search tool -- Yahoo |
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Conduct
this search to get a grasp on the types of
resources that a available on the Internet. Yahoo
will give you a very good representation. This
gives you a chance to identify both the good and
bad hits you will be getting and a chance to
identify the keywords that are common to both the
good and bad hits, both equally valuable. |
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dit search phrase as a result |
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Create
a boolean search expression from the common words discovered in
your Yahoo search. Ex:
(Earthquake OR seismology) NOT (engineer OR
prediction OR individual) |
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dvance into a large
database search engine -- Altavista or Excit |
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Use
your edited search expression on a large database
such as Alta Vista or Excite. |
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efine search phrase |
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Again,
examine the good and bad hits, identify more key
words and incorporte them in your search expression...refine your search phrase. |
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ycle back and Advance again |
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Pretty
clear! |
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arvest resources |
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Good Luck! |
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Evaluating Web Sites Remember
that we talked about evaluating web sites based on the
goals that you are your students have established for
their information products. There are a number of files
that are available to you for evaluating web resources in
just this way.
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Planning a Web Site
Establish
Goals
Audience
Behavioral
Objectives
Identify
Information & Processing Procedures
Set
Timeline
Get
to work
Design,
implement,
evaluate,
and
Refine
Elements
of Design
- Goals,
Goals, Goals
- Graphics,
White Space & Information Layout
- Balance
Content & Presentation
- Menu Size
- Page Size
- Facilitate
Review & Feedback
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