Wading through the web student handout
- 1. Wading Through the Web Student Handout Complete the worksheet below as you move through the PowerPoint Presentation. 1. Can you think of any other ways the Internet and other texts are different? The same? _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ 2. After looking at the first two to three sites on Google, how helpful do you think the information is? _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ How is the information in Yahoo! different from the information you found in Google? _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ 3. How might a metasearch engine like CactiSearch be more helpful than a regular search engine? _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ 4. List the categories from Dogpile that you might use to write a report about the life and accomplishments of Vasco da Gama. _______________________ ______________________ _______________________ ______________________ _______________________ ______________________ 5. How does the information you get from Ask.com differ from the information you got on other search engines? _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ 6. How would you explain the benefits of using an Advanced Search to someone who had never tried it before? _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________
- 2. 7. What would you type into the search box if you wanted to find out about the Vasco da Gama Church? _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ What would you type into the search box if you wanted to find out about Vasco da Gama or any other Portuguese explorers? _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ What would you type into the search box if you wanted to find out about Vasco da Gama’s voyages and also find a map of the countries where he landed? _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ 8. Fill in the following information for the website linked on the PowerPoint (Historic Figures: Vasco da Gama: http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/gama_vasco_da.shtml) Author: _____________________________________________ Title: ______________________________________________ Web address: ________________________________________ Copyright date: _______________________________________ Date found: __________________________________________ What format would you use to cite this source in a bibliography? _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ Copyright 2006 IRA/NCTE. All rights reserved. ReadWriteThink materials may be reproduced for educational purposes.