Web Search Strategies in Plain English

Thank you Common Craft!

Make your own Mobile Apps? Use a 'Curated Search Field' for better results

Here are articles tagged 'app making' found on the Scoop.it curation system.   

http://www.scoop.it/search?q=app+making&x=8&y=10

Using Scoop.it as your search field is a handy way to search a large number of curated articles.  Since the articles are selected by individual 'experts' you tend to get a better set of initial results than you might find with a Google or Bing search. ~ Dennis

Joyce Valenza: MentorMob tutorial on Credibility

Create your own Playlist on MentorMob!

For more on Joyce's thinking about MentorMob see:

MentorMob and me

Posted by joycevalenza on July 15th, 2012


(Learning hint of of the month:  When Joyce Valenza talks, LISTEN!)


~ Dennis

Digital Forensics: Seeing and Critical Thinking.

Here is a link to a number of articles on Digital Forensics:  http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-information-fluency?tag=Digital%20Forensics  You'll find more than enough material here to create a terrific unit of instruction!

This is a fascinating field and a high interest concept that captures the attention.  Help your students develop a skeptical mindset!

Fake or Real? (Answer)

Detecting Plagiarism: A MentorMob E-Learning Unit

Create your own Playlist on MentorMob!

I learned about MentorMob when I spoke with Joyce Valenza at ISTE 2012.  When Joyce speaks, I listen.  This experimental lesson is my first use of MentorMob.   Give it a try!

~ Dennis

Search Process: Tutorial Links

Information filters lead to knowledge (for some).

I've been seeking a way to explain why I introduce Diigo along with Information fluency skills in the E-Learning for Educators Course. 

This article quickly draws the big picture. Folks seeking to become online teachers are pursuing a specialized teaching skill that requires an information filtering strategy as well as what Rheingold calls "a mental cognitive and social strategy for how you're going to deploy your attention."


Five Forms of Filtering « Innovation Leadership Network | 21st Century Information Fluency

The Next Generation Digital Book

Many Information Fluency enabled educators have an affinity for the feel of paper and the tactile delight of paging through print books. While I still love the printed form, I'm also engaged by more easy to read interactive work as well. Here's a glimpse into the near future of Digital books, a demonstration of It's Our Choice by Al Gore.
 

Baloney Detection Kit

The first video from RDF TV! With a sea of information coming at us from all directions, how do we sift out the misinformation and bogus claims, and get to the truth? Michael Shermer of Skeptic Magazine lays out a "Baloney Detection Kit," ten questions we should ask when encountering a claim

 

Why Kid's Can’t Search

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  Why Kids Can't Search: Clive Thompson / Wired
  
  Why Johnny Can't Search: A response by Peter Pappas
  Response to this month's piece in Wired Magazine titled:  Why Johnny Can't Search.  
  
  Tags: thompson
  • - Saved By Donna Evans

Posted from Diigo. The rest of E-Learning for Educators group favorite links are here.

Can We Teach Creative and Critical Thinking?

• Can We Teach Creative and Critical Thinking? - Education - GOOD
  Tags: critical thinking, thinking, 21cif
  • how is creative or critical thought defined and taught? And by what assessment can we measure it, if at all?

Posted from Diigo. The rest of Info Fluency group favorite links are here.

Zero to Eight: Children's Media Use In America

• Zero to Eight: Children's Media Use in America | Common Sense Media
  Tags: media, research, children
  
  
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    Zero to Eight is a nationally representative survey of parents of U.S. children ages zero to eight, conducted to understand the patterns of media use among young American children. Covering TV, other video, reading, music, computers, video games, and mobile digital devices, we examine time spent and frequency of use; differences in children’s media use by gender, race, or socio-economic status; the home media environment; educational media use; and access to the newest mobile media platforms like smart phones and tablets.