Resources for Web User Effectiveness
Foundations for An Internet Curriculum
- Computer Skills for Information Problem-Solving
- Johnson-Eisenberg paper on an effective approach to using the
Internet for research.
- Problem Based Learning
- Problem Based
Learning is easily personalized to the needs of individual students, who
are better able to learn at their own pace. It is especially suitable for
an information-rich curriculum
- Information
Literacy and the Net
- Jamieson MacKenzie's online course from Bellingham Schools
(Washington) "emphasizes student investigations as vehicles to explore
the information available over the Internet. The course engages
participants in learning the Research Cycle, several types of literacy,
Gardner's Seven Intelligences and much more."
- Curriculum &
Lesson Plans for Information Literacy
- The Washington Library Media Association has gatehred together a
collection of approaches and lessons that support the teaching of
Information literacy skills.
- The Building Blocks of Research: An Overview of Design, Process and
Outcomes
- This document, created by Debbie Abilock, tries to
tease out the relationships among information literacy, problem solving,
curriculum design and teaching.
- Media Literacy
- Huge collection of links related to the understanding of the mass
media. Special sections on Commercial Media-Television, General and
Multimedia, Media Literacy, Media and Children, and Media History.
- Using
Primary Sources
- Suggestions for using primary sources were compiled from the National
Digital Library's Educators' Forum held in July, 1995 and from the
Library staff. History comes alive for students who are plugged into
primary sources.
- Online
School Museums and Projects
- Many students at K-12 schools create online exhibitions, known as
"museums". This site, created by the noted online educator Jamie McKenzie
(FromNowOn), offers how-to-do-it information, as well as links to student
creations.
An Internet Curriculum With Children In
Mind
- Child Safety on the Information Highway
- Parent-oriented information regarding safe, effective use of the
Internet by children. Discusses risks and benefits.
- Filtering
the Internet in K-12 Schools and Libraries
- "Provided here is information on software products and other
technologies that allow schools to control access by children to
objectionable sites on the Internet."
- Platform for Internet
Content Selection
- PICS is an infrastructure for associating labels (metadata) with
Internet content. It was originally designed to help parents and teachers
control what children access on the Internet, but it also facilitates
other uses for labels, including code signing, privacy, and intellectual
property rights management.
Evaluating the Quality of Internet Sources
- A
Modular Approach to Teaching the World Wide Web
- These materials
were designed by Mike Powell, Marsha Tate, and Jan Alexander, Reference
Librarians at the Wolfgram Memorial Library, Widener University. The
teaching pyramid and the eight modules provide the basis for a President's
Showcase of Ideas poster session at the June, 1997 American Library
Association Conference in San Francisco.
- Kathy Schrock's
Collection of Critical Evaluation Surveys
- Three useful evaluation
surveys (for elementary, middle and secondary schools), plus links to
related resources for the critical evaluation of Internet resources.
- How to
Critically Analyze Information Sources
- Nice, simple set of criteria for evaluating general information
sources. Has a link to a following section on developing a research
strategy.
- Critical Evaluation of Resources on the Internet
- From the University of Alberta (Canada), a simple, straightforward
set of five key points by which a Web/Internet information resource
may be evaluated.
- Internet
Source Validation Project
- The purpose of this Action Research
project was to develop a set of guidelines for students and teachers who
want to use the Internet as a source of information for research papers.
- Teaching
Critical Evaluation Skills for World Wide Web Resources
- An
unusually thorough presentation on the evaluation of Web resources,
including both text and powerpoint versions, plus checklists for
evaluating particular types of information sources: Advocacy,
Business/Marketing, Informational, News, and Personal sites.
-
Thinking Critically About WWW Resources
- This succinct UCLA checklist offers content, structural and
source-date criteria for Web resource evaluation.
- Evaluating World Wide Web Information
- The Purdue University Library offers a simple, visual approach to
evaluation through an examination of several key Web page elements.
- Evaluating
Quality On the Net
- Hope Tillman offers an in-depth analysis and overview of criteria for
evaluation of Web resources. Includes an interesting overview of resource
types, with links to example pages; plus excellent sections on Search
Engines, Guides, and a nice summary of criteria at the end of the document.
- Web Page Evaluation
Worksheet
- This worksheet for Web site evalustion was created by Dr. Nancy
Everhart for use in her classes at St. John's University - Division of
Library and Information Science.
Workshops Online: All About The Internet
- The Internet As
Curriculum
- Jamieson MacKenzie's article in his online magazine, From Now On,
examines the nature of curriculum, and offers strategies for its use with
the vast and chaotic resources of the Internet. His concept of
"prospecting" for information offers effective strategies for both
students and teachers.
- Workshop:
Teaching Uses of the Web
- The purpose of this page is to provide quick reference links for a
workshop to learn how to integrate the Internet into classroom teaching
and design Web pages.
- Internet Basics Elective
- Online high school elective course on using the Internet.
- InterNIC 15 Minute Series
- A series of lessons on using the Web, provided by InterNIC, the
Network Information Center.
- MCTP Workshop Handouts
- Collection of handouts from various Internet trainers at
organizations,
schools and colleges.
- Sites to See- Internet Trainer Handouts
- Collection of handouts and links to plaves to visit during a workshop
on the Internet. Created by a librarian whose participants had little or
no previous Internet experience.
- Roadmap for the Information Superhighway
- Roadmap is an Internet training workshop designed by Patrick Crispen
to teach new "Net travellers" how to travel around the rapidly expanding
(and often times confusing) "Information Superhighway".
- US
EPA Region 2 Library: Internet Training
- Tips for effective use of the Internet, from a librarian's
perspective, including basic and advanced searching techniques.
-
Collins Web Genre Categories
- Classification system as a way to group or better understand (and
make use of) the various kinds of Web resources available, provided by
the InfoFilter Project.
All About Internet Search Engines
- Comparison of search engine user interface
capabilities
- From Australia: "The following is a table showing the search tool
features different robot-driven search engines offer. I have split the
table in half for easy viewing. This can assist as a quick reference
guide when using the different robot-driven search engines."
- The Major Search
Engines
- Excellent overview and explanation of many features and
characteristics of Web search engines, illustrated with helpful charts
and graphics. Includes sections on: How They Work, Major Players
(searchers), Features (of each), Tips for Use, etc.
- How to Search
the Web: A Guide To Search Tools
- Handy guide to effective use of the major search engines. Each is
explained and evaluated in terms of its strengths and weaknesses, and
recommended searching strategies. Nice summary of search engine features
near the end of the page, followed by a summary of general search tips.
- Understanding and Comparing Search Engines
- A collection of articles and handouts on using Internet search engines.
- Guide to Searching the 'Net
- This series of pages is designed to help students and teachers think
about using the Internet for research in K-12 schools. "Surfing" the
Internet can be as overwhelming and time-consuming as browsing a large
library
without a card catalog.
- Search the Net: Top Ten (and Twenty) Searching
Resources Reviewed
- Internet trainer Tracy Marks rates and describes the twenty most
effective search engines search resources on the Web.
- A
Collection of Search-Engines
- A well organized, comprehensive collection of search engines (dozens)
gathered by a Network Information Center in The Netherlands.
Reference Resources on the Internet
News Sources, Databases and Internet Guides
- The Argus Internet Guides
Clearinghouse
- The Internet is as much about collaboration and
cooperation as anything else. Individuals and organizations make their
information resources available, and Guide authors search for, describe,
evaluate, repackage, and include them in their guides. The Clearinghouse
does much the same thing for the guides--they find, describe, evaluate,
and make available these guides via a central location.
- Return to Ramon Garza's Web Links Page..