6th+Grade+Tech+TIme

**Information Literacy **

**RSS Feeds**
There are 3 ways to collect content from RSS feeds: 1) use a website designed for collecting feeds, e.g. Bloglines or Google Reader 2) use the RSS feed feature in your browser, e.g. Internet Explorer or Firefox (Outlook also has a RSS feed option but I don't recommend it) 3) use software designed for collecting RSS feeds (like the Mail application) You will need to choose one of the above methods. You are welcome to try either mode. Alan November describes the first option with Bloglines. Google fans like using Google Reader and posting the feeds in iGoogle. Personally, I find I keep up with RSS feeds more when using my browser (Firefox) as opposed to using a RSS reader website. Below are the instructions for setting up Internet Explorer (if you are a Firefox user, I recommend the add-on Sage). Here are the RSS sites I would like everyone to start with: [] [] || [] || [] [] || Now go to these news websites and add the RSS feeds on your own: Fox News, CNN, Rapid City Journal (this one is tougher--you have to find the link to RSS feeds on the page) or Argus Leader.
 * Education news || []
 * Education Blogs || [|http://www.weblogg-ed.com]
 * Miscellaneous || []


===**Now You Chose:** === Find a website that has an RSS feed. Many sites have the automatic RSS notifier that turns orange. Many do not have the automatic RSS notification (e.g. Rapid City Journal). On those sites you must look on their home website page for RSS or XML. Click on that link and click __Subscribe to This Feed.__ **Information Literacy - Searching the Web **
 * If you wish to use Bloglines as described in the book, a handout from the author's website is <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; url(http: //www.tie2.wikispaces.net/i/a.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; color: #ad0000; padding-right: 10px;">[|here].
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; url(http: //www.tie2.wikispaces.net/i/a.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; color: #ad0000; padding-right: 10px;">[|Google Reader] (Google account required)
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Firefox and <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; url(http: //www.tie2.wikispaces.net/i/a.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; color: #ad0000; padding-right: 10px;">[|Sage]

<span style="font-size: 1.1em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">**Types of Search Engines**
Compare some search results with different search engine types. Choose one search tool from each type and compare it with tools from the other types: Search Engine: <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; color: #ad0000; padding-right: 10px;">[|Lycos] [|Google] or <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; color: #ad0000; padding-right: 10px;">[|Altavista] Meta Search Engine: <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; color: #ad0000; padding-right: 10px;">[|Dogpile] or <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; color: #ad0000; padding-right: 10px;">[|WebCrawler] Directory Search Engine: <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; color: #ad0000; padding-right: 10px;">[|Yahoo Directory] [|Open Directory Project] or <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; color: #ad0000; padding-right: 10px;">[|Education World] Multimedia Search: <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; color: #ad0000; padding-right: 10px;">[|Podscope] or <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; color: #ad0000; padding-right: 10px;">[|Creative Commons] [|Qwiki]

<span style="font-size: 1.1em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">**Search Engines & Sponsored Links**
Compare how sponsored links are displayed on these five search engines: <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; color: #ad0000; padding-right: 10px;">[|Lycos], <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; color: #ad0000; padding-right: 10px;">[|Google] , <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; color: #ad0000; padding-right: 10px;">[|Altavista] , <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; color: #ad0000; padding-right: 10px;">[|Ask] , and <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; color: #ad0000; padding-right: 10px;">[|Bing] Now compare the sponsored links for three meta search engines: <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; color: #ad0000; padding-right: 10px;">[|Dogpile] or <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; color: #ad0000; padding-right: 10px;">[|WebCrawler]

<span style="font-size: 1.1em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">**Specialty Search Engines**
There are a variety of search engines out there. Here is one list of a variety of search tools: <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; color: #ad0000; padding-right: 10px;">[|http://usd.edu/~lsymes/websites/Searchtools.htm] Take a look at some of the search engines in the Subject Directory, Mega, Multiple, and Specialty sections. (Some of the links may not be valid, but keep trying others). <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 22px; line-height: 33px;">**<span style="color: #00ff00; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 22px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 33px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #00ff00; display: inline !important; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 22px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 33px; text-align: left;">Information Literacy <span style="color: #00ff00; display: inline !important; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 22px; line-height: 33px; text-align: left;">- <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 22px; line-height: 33px;"> Web Essentials ** Domain Names: Component One: Owner Component Two: TLD Country Codes Component Three: Subdomain Each / represents a deeper level - like a folder within a folder. Truncating a URL Activity Activity 2  Decide whether these two sites are related: The Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus Bureau of Sasquatch Affairs  If you believe that all students should be Web literate, what is the best strategy for us to prepare students with this skill? What skills should all teachers have to be Web literate? Do you believe the Internet is as big a transformer of culture as the printing press? If yes, what parts of our culture do you believe will be most affected? This lesson was created using //Web Literacy for Educators//, by Alan November. <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 22px; line-height: 33px;">**<span style="color: #00ff00; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 22px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 33px; text-align: left;">Information Literacy ****<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; color: #00ff00; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 22px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 33px; padding-right: 10px; text-align: left;">November Learning Information Literacy Resources ** <span style="color: #00ff00; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 22px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 33px; text-align: left;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; padding-right: 10px;">Boolean Searching 

<span style="color: #00ff00; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 22px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 33px; text-align: left;">Sites to Check out <span style="color: #00ff00; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 22px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 33px; text-align: left;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; color: #000000; cursor: pointer; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; padding-right: 10px;">@http://impossible2possible.com/home @http://jc-schools.net/tutorials/

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