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Wading Through The Web -

As a team or as an individual, "wade" through the powerpoint presentation and complete the survey that was based on the handout made available for educational purposes at: http://www.readwritethink.org/lesson_images/lesson983/presentation.ppt A free pass for those in my class may be earned by those completing the survey and answering well.
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  1. 1. Can you think of any other ways the Internet and other texts are different? The same?


  1. 2. After looking at that the first two to three sites on Google, how helpful do you think the information is?


  1. 3. How is the information in Yahoo different from the information you found in Google?


  1. 4. How might a metasearch engine like CactiSearch be more helpful than a regular search engine?


  1. 5. List the categories from Vivisimo that you might use to write a report about the life and accomplishments of Vasco da Gama.


  1. 6. How does the information you get from Brainboost differ from the information you got on other search engines?


  1. 7. What do you notice on the left hand side of Brainboost compared to other search engines?


  1. 8. How might KartOO be more helpful than other sites?


  1. 9. How is KartOO unique (unusual) compared to other sites?


  1. 10. How would you explain the benefits of using an "Advanced Search" to someone who had never tried it before?


  1. 11. What would you type into the search box if you wanted to find out about the Vasco da Gama Church?


  1. 12. What would you type into the search box if you wanted to find out about Vasco da Gama or any other Portuguese explorers?


  1. 13. What would you type into the search box if you wanted to find out about Vasco da Gama's voyages and also find a map of the countries where he landed?


  1. 14. Fill in the following information for the website linked on the PowerPoint at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/gama_vasco_da.shtml Author:


  1. 15. Fill in the following information for the website linked on the PowerPoint at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/gama_vasco_da.shtml Title:


  1. 16. Fill in the following information for the website linked on the PowerPoint at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/gama_vasco_da.shtml Web Address:


  1. 17. Fill in the following information for the website linked on the PowerPoint at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/gama_vasco_da.shtml Copyright date:


  1. 18. Fill in the following information for the website linked on the PowerPoint at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/gama_vasco_da.shtml Date found:


  1. 19. What format would you use to cite this source in a bibliography?


  1. 20. Complete this statement... "techies surf with __________!