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04/15/2011
Objective: BTEOTC YWL what to look for when evaluating a website.
Agenda:
DO NOW: Log on to Student Portal and check your grades. (5 min)
1. Distribute Chicago Public Library Cards
2. Activity: Are you for Real? Website Evaluation
4.The Good, the Bad, and The UGLY. http://www.vts.intute.ac.uk/detective/theugly.html
Homework: TBD
Exit Slip: What should you look for when evaluating a website?
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03/18/2011
Objective: BTEOTC YWL three internet search tools and their differences.
Agenda: DO NOW: Log on to student portal and check your grades. If you are failing any classes write down a goal you are going to set for yourself to improve your grade. Choose one class only. (5 minutes)
1. Google vs. Yahoo video
2. Glogster
3. Livebinder.
Homework: TBD
Exit Slip: What are the three ways to search for information on the internet? Which one is going to provide you with better results for school related work?
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03/04/2011
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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02/18/2011
Objective: BTEOTC YW learn about Information Overload and the following terms “free web” & “invisible web” and their differences.
Agenda: DO NOW: Take out a blank sheet of paper and put your name, date, & class period towards the top.
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01/07/11
Objective: BTEOTC YWL some cool First Class features.
Agenda: DO NOW: Log on as yourself then go to my website.
- First Class Bookmarking.
- First Class Document/File Storage.
Homework: TBD
Exit Slip: Check out book for SSR.
Click on the following links for today’s activities
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12/17/10
Objective: BTEOTC YWBAT search for a book using Solorio’s Online Catalog and learn how to use the Excerpt feature.
Agenda: DO NOW: Log onto my website
- Searching for books based on my interests and reading abilities.
Homework: TBD
Exit Slip: Check out a book
- Information overload video.
- Information Literacy Quiz.
- Intro to Glogs. Glogster
- Difference between the various search tools on the internet.
- 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 (i.e. better ) results for school assignments and why?
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