Name: COMS 1003
Internet Activity
The goal of this activity is that you become more effective at finding things on the Internet. You will learn about various Internet search strategies, as well as finding and critiquing sources to ensure they are credible. Anyone can Google something, but that doesn’t mean what is found is correct or credible.
Part #1: Watch video
List and describe the tips mentioned on the video from this web url: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWAzpLY4xyA
Part #2: Find article
Find an article on the web that discusses effective Internet searching. List the tips that were repeated from the video you watched.
Discuss any new tips that were shared.
Give a bibliography in APA style for the article you found. Use http://www.bibme.org to generate your bibliography and then copy/paste it below.
Part #3: Credible sources
An important fact to keep in mind is that ANYONE can post ANYTHING on the Internet at ANY time. How do you know what’s credible and what’s not? Although there are many articles written on this subject, here is a good one: http://www.whoishostingthis.com/resources/credible-sources/
Read the article and give at least 5 tips for determining if a source is credible.
Part #4: Practice what you learned
In courses such as this one, students are usually asked to learn something about the history of computers. For example, it is common to learn who invented the personal computer (PC)? There is some conflicting information out there regarding that! Find at least websites that give this information. Then discuss the credibility of each site you used.
Website #1:
Answer found:
Main website name:
Webpage URL where found answer:
Discuss credibility:
Website #2:
Answer found:
Main website name:
Webpage URL where found answer:
Discuss credibility:
Website #3:
Answer found:
Main website name:
Webpage URL where found answer:
Discuss credibility:
Which of the websites that you used do you feel was the most credible?
Another question that has conflicting information is what material was the first computer mouse made out of? See if you can find the answer to that one! Again, find at least 3 websites and discuss the credibility of each site you used.
Website #1:
Answer found:
Main website name:
Webpage URL where found answer:
Discuss credibility:
Website #2:
Answer found:
Main website name:
Webpage URL where found answer:
Discuss credibility:
Website #3:
Answer found:
Main website name:
Webpage URL where found answer:
Discuss credibility:
Which of the websites that you used do you feel was the most credible?
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