Teaching Internet Research Skills: Myths & Misconceptions

Teaching Internet Research Skills
a seminar presented by Genie Tyburski

COURSE SECTIONS

Introduction

Myths & Misconceptions

Research Starting Points

Evaluative Skills

Hypothetical Research Exercises

Fact-Finding Exercises

NAVIGATION

Home

Search This Web

Site Map

Google Is THE BEST Search Engine

"[I]f one could call a search engine 'sexy,' then Google would be the pinup power search of the World Wide Web." -- "Going Google," The Sacramento Bee, 3/1/2002

"Google is usually too accurate to bother going elsewhere." -- "Your Search for an Engine Stops with Google," Washtech.com, 1/18/2002

"Google has lately changed my life." -- "A Simple Thanks to Mother of All Search Engines," Chicago Tribute, 11/22/2001

Best Practices for Instructors

Explain why Google receives such high praise.
Demonstrate where Google and other engines fail.
Illustrate that no single solution exists for finding all the answers all the time.

Teaching Ideas

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