Information Searching

We learned today there are many more ways to find information online than just google.com or other search engines. Some of the other options we thought of were

• google maps
• wikipedia
• ask.com
• imdb (movie databas)
• youtube.com
• facebook
• Howstuffworks.com
• waybackmachine.com
• dictionary.com
• local library websites
• etc.

We also tried out a few fun and useful web2.0 technologies. In groups we studied how to use wordle.net, delicious.com, stumbleupon.com, and rememberthemilk.com.

We ended the lesson on Wednesday by evaluating a biased site about Martinlutherking.org and we realized not every website is valid or reliable or even truthful. We learned to evaluate websites for validity using this form: Website Evaluation Form