Mr. D’Agostino

Welcome to the 14th Class of Research & Technology!

04/27/2011

Objective: BTEOTC  YWL what to look for when evaluating a website.

 

Agenda:

DO NOW: Complete the following

http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/EvalForm.pdf (5 min)

1. Review: truncation.

2. The Good, the Bad, and The UGLY. http://www.vts.intute.ac.uk/detective/theugly.html

3. Activity: Are you for Real? Website Evaluation

4. Online tutorial.

Homework: TBD

Exit Slip: What should you look for when evaluating a website?

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Welcome to the 13th Class of Research & Technology!

04/06/2011

Objective: BTEOTC  YWL tips and tricks for searching the internet more effectively.

 

Agenda:

DO NOW: Log on to Student Portal and check your grades. Reflect on the last ten weeks and write your thoughts down. Is there anything you could improve on? If yes, why didn’t you do it and how will you get it done for the next ten weeks? If no, what will you continue doing and why?

1. Distribution of Chicago Public Library cards.

2. Review: Identifying internet search terms.

3. Truncation Tutorial

Homework: TBD

Exit Slip:

3-2-1-:

Provide three instances where you would use truncation?

Provide two instances where using truncation would not be helpful?

Write down one question you may have about today’s lesson.

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Welcome to the 12th Class of Research & Technology!

03/23/2011

Objective: BTEOTC  YWL tips and tricks for navigating the internet more effectively.

 

Agenda:

DO NOW: Log on to Student Portal and check your grades. Write down a goal you have for maintaining or improving a grade from a specific class (list the class/subject). You will have 5 minutes to complete the DO NOW.

1. Retrieving more precise results during a search.

2. Identifying internet search terms.

3. Website evaluation tools.

Homework: TBD

Exit Slip: Which websites (i.e. see extensions) should you be especially careful with when it comes to academic-type information?

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Welcome to the 11th Class of Research & Technology!

03/09/2011

Objective: BTEOTC  YW  take the “My Voice, My School” Survey.

 

Agenda: DO NOW: Follow the instructions provided below.

To complete the survey, students should take the following steps:

1. Go to cps-students.nisurvey.com

2. Select the language in which you would like to take the survey (English or Spanish)

3. Enter your Student ID (8 digits) and birthdate. Birthdates must be entered in the MMDDYY format. For example, May 3, 1995 should be entered as 050395.

4. Click “Submit”.

5. Complete the survey.

6. Click “Submit survey”.

 

Homework: TBD

Exit Slip: What does it mean to be “safe” on the Internet? Please provide at least three examples.

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Welcome to the 10th Class of Research & Technology!

02/23/2011

Objective: BTEOTC  YW  learn the following terms “free web” & “invisible web” and their fundamental differences.

Agenda: DO NOW: Look at the Glog (see below for link) and write a couple of sentences about what you think it is trying to say/portray.

 1. Intro to Glogs. Glogster

2. Difference between the various search tools on the internet.

3. Search Engine Activity.To Search or Not to Search? That is the question

4. Google Vs. Yahoo Video

Homework: TBD

Exit Slip:What are the three search tools we learned about today? Which one is more likely to provide you with more reliable results?______________________________________________________________________________________________

Welcome to the 9th Class of Research & Technology!

02/09/2011

Objective: BTEOTC  YW  learn about Information Overload and review answers to the Information Literacy Quiz.

Agenda: DO NOW: Answer the following question on a blank sheet of paper…

What is information overload?

1. Information overload video.

2. Review answers to Information Literacy Quiz.

3. Search Engine Activity.

To Search or Not to Search? That is the question

4. Google Vs. Yahoo Video

Homework: TBD

Exit Slip:After having viewed the “Information Overload” video , answer the question “What is Information Overload?” Write your answer on the back of your Do Now response.

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Welcome to the 8th Class of Research & Technology!

01/19/2011

Objective: BTEOTC  YW  take a pre-assesment quiz and check out books for SSR.

Agenda: DO NOW: Have  a seat at the table area and take out a writing utensil.

1. Information Literacy Quiz

2. Seating Assignments

3. Check out books for SSR.

Homework: TBD

Exit Slip:E-mail me the following.

1. The title of the book you checked out.
2. The author of the book you checked out.
3. Provide a brief summary of what the book is about?

Welcome to the 7th Class of Research & Technology!

Happy New Year!

01/05/2011

 

Objective: BTEOTC  YW  learn some cool Online Catalog Features.

Agenda: DO NOW: Log onto my website and go to the Online Catalog .

1. Placing Requests on items using the Online Catalog.

2.  Saving Searches using the Online Catalog.

3.  Creating Lists using the Online Catalog.

4.  Writing book reviews using the Online Catalog.

Homework: TBD

Exit Slip:Print out your completed work and turn in by the end of the class. Place in the basket located on the circulation desk.

Click on the following links for today’s activities

Placing Requests On Items Using Our Online Catalog

Saving Searches Using Our Online Catalog

Creating Lists using our Online Catalog