Need proof that adults search and evaluate better than youth? These charts show how students in middle school and high school compare to teachers and librarians. The assessment is the pretest from a course we call "Investigative Searching 20/10."
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eT@lking: "Betcha" don't know all this about Google Search! « The #australias... - 17 views
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In this webinar we will look at some of the useful techniques and skills for searching effectively using Google. We will also be looking at some of Google's other useful services, including Images, Books, Scholar, Maps and Translate.
SearchReSearch: Clever trick to make YouTube videos fill up the browser for classroom use - 36 views
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"Nice technique to use when creating links on educational materials to YouTube videos!" - Dan Russell
(Blue Sky) Attending Classes in Google Earth? - 74 views
Hello All, I'm a noob to Diigo and this group, so I thought I would post an idea that I'm interested in and try to get the noob thing over with asap. I use Google Earth, SketchUp, and YouTube to...
Internet Search Challenge: Adults Do Better - 0 views
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To date, 449 middle schoolers, 414 high schoolers and 28 adults have taken the 10-item pretest that measures the ability to find critical information and evaluate its credibility. There are several differences that really stand out.
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Are these the results you would expect? Do you think they are artificially low or about right? That's hard to say without seeing the pretest. Without disclosing specific items (in case you want to take the test), the 10 items focus on skills that have been described in previous posts, requiring the application of appropriate techniques to find the author of articles, the name of the publisher, the date of publication, other instances of the content on the Internet and references to web pages.
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