21 st Century Information Fluency 21 st Century Information FluencyWorkshop April 27, 2007 CESA 10...

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WorkshopWorkshop

April 27, 2007

CESA 10

Jan Adams and Diane Plantz

Think of something you had to search Think of something you had to search for using the Internet.for using the Internet.

Did you find what you were looking Did you find what you were looking for?for?

What is the proper way to cite Creative Commons material?What is the proper way to cite Creative Commons material?

Digital information trends

In 2002 about 5 exabytes of new information was created.

Magnetic Media0.9222

Paper/Print0.0003

Film, Optical & Other0.0775

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bytes

What “digital natives” don’t do particularly well

What they tend to do instead

Turn a question into a queryRush ahead toward an answer, either grabbing the whole question “as is” or

missing an important part of it

Choose the right database Enter words or phrases into Google

Recognize relevant information when they find it

Rush past important information and clues, continue to browse

Find better keywords as they search

Stick with their original words and browse

Verify the credibility of information

Accept what they find at face value, hoping somewhere in the information

there is an answer

Digital natives

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What “digital natives” don’t do particularly well

What they tend to do instead

Turn a question into a query

Rush ahead toward an answer, either grabbing the whole

question “as is” or missing an important part of it

Choose the right databaseEnter words or phrases into

Google

Recognize relevant information when they find it

Rush past important information and clues, continue to browse

Find better keywords as they search

Stick with their original words and browse

Verify the credibility of information

Accept what they find at face value, hoping somewhere in the information there is an answer

Digital natives

The goal is to build the capacity of librarians, educators and students in Illinois to Locate Evaluate Ethically use digital information resources

Funded by the US Department of Education

3-5 year project to work with 1200 schools

Create a national model

21st Century Information

Fluency Project http://21cif.imsa.edu/

21st Century Information Fluency

Traditional Library Skills

Technology Skills

21st Century Information Fluency is a sub-set of Information Literacy and Technology Literacy

“Fluency” rather than “literacy” to emphasize that the abilities involved are more than basic abilities

Translating a question into a query

Selecting the best database

Finding better keywords

Recognizing information that’s relevant

Verifying the credibility of information

Digital information fluency – Big 6

Locate

Evaluate

Use ethically

Search strategies

Subject Directory

Search Engine

Browsing

Browser tip: page searching

Use the Find Command to locate a term you are looking for on a web page.

Ctlr+F

Today’s agenda

Translating question to query Activity

Selecting an adequate database Activity

Recognizing relevant information Activity

Finding better keywords Activity

Using operators effectively Activity

Evaluating credibility Activity

Today’s agenda

Explore Full Circle Resource kit Login as educator Activity

Create a personalized search engine Create an account Activity

Lunch

Afternoon activities

Explore Full Circle Resource kits

We will be working as students No login required Let’s get started by bookmarking!

36% recognized the optimal query from a list of three queries

31% understand that search engines perform literal matching

17% regularly use natural language queries

12% misinterpreted the research question

Research Findings from IMSA


Start with a question or a problem

Task: Translate natural language into language that is understood by a search engine.

Search engines differ, but what works on one tends to work on others.

Search engines perform a variety of literal matching functions with Boolean and special operators.


Question to query checklist

How many important ideas are in the question? How many key concepts will I search for? What keywords are effective “as is?” Which concepts require hyponyms or

professional language? Are there words that have multiple meanings? Are stop words or clutter words included? Are words spelled correctly? Are the most important words first?

Which is the most effective query for 'find the top speed of earth's fastest animal'?

speed fastest animal

what is earth’s fastest animal

top speed earth’s fastest animal


Who first claimed that China’s Great Wall can be identified from space?

Go to: Public Index

Find the Great Wall keyword challenge

Search challenge: Great Wall

Search challenge: continue Try other Keyword Challenges

Failures occurs before submitting the first query.

Task: Predict where expert information may be found.

No search engine performs a live Internet search when you submit a query. (Otherwise, how could they come back with a page that’s not found?)

Select appropriate database/search engine (Deep Web)


90% search with Google more than half of the time.

32% use Google exclusively.



Selecting the best database Who would know the answer I am looking

for? Where would I find that expert? Use Google/Yahoo to get there and then

use the proprietary search engine to go farther.

Find a relevant database by using keywords in combination with subject key words

Database Archive Repository

Strategies for deep web searching

Invisible Web Video http://21cif.imsa.edu/tutorials/micro/mm/invisible/video/invisible_web.htm

Database challenge tutorial

Go to Index Play “Can Google google it?”

Try another Database Challenge!


How many movies has John Williams, the classical guitarist, scored?

Search the SWICKI for WilliamsSelect John Williams Movie Challenge

Keywords: ?? + database

What airplane finished the Sport Qualifying race in second place at the Reno Air Races, September 11, 2002?

Go to Index Reno Air Race Challenge

Keywords: ?? + database


Recognizing information that’s relevant

This failure occurs when a student looks at the results returned by a search engine.

Task: Match findings with expectations and evaluate relevance.

Computers are made for speed, which encourages haste.

Hyperlinks and graphics can be distracting.

Recognizing relevant information

Practice effective scanning. Use one of the Gold Rush activities (access through Index)

Read snippets carefully. Use Snippet Sleuth (access through Index)

Recognizing relevant information


This failure occurs throughout the search process: before the initial query is submitted and as students look at the results returned by a search engine.

Task: Select and try increasingly specific keywords.

Effective keywords go unnoticed in snippets.

Effective searching is dependent on keyword selection (as important as reading).

Finding more keywords in snippets: Use Snowsport II (access through Index)

Try the Kermit the Frog Challenge (access through Index)


Using operators effectively

This failure occurs while building a query.

Task: Increase the effectiveness of keywords with Boolean and special operators

Students generally do not use operators, but when they do, they tend to use them inappropriately.


36% used AND incorrectly (by including stop words and typing in AND)

54% misused the “ ” operator (using it with only one word or with words that would be more effective with AND or OR)

60% misused the OR operator (using it with only one word or with words that would be more effective with AND)



Practice with operators: Use Pirates and Piranhas (access through Index)

Use Operators Tutorial (access through Index)

Verifying the credibility of information

Evaluating credibility This failure occurs after information has been

located.

Task: Check the credibility of the information and its source

Students often forego this decision and uncritically accept whatever information they find

Depending on database information may be unedited, unendorsed and inaccurate.

Evaluating credibility

Should I keep searching? (Revision Decision)

Evaluate the Source Author Publisher Bias Links From

Evaluate the Content Evidence Accuracy Date Links To


Use the Evaluation Wizard (access through Index)

Use Flash MicroModule Companions: you may want to also look at the review information (access through Index) Author Publisher Links to (who links to this page?) Bias

Try a Use it or Lose it Evaluation Challenge (access through Index)

Evaluate Golf Cross or another Bad Apple, using a techniques covered this morning.

(author, date, links to, etc.)


Ethical use

Ethical Use

Try Citation Challenges (access through Index)

Try several of the Tutorial MicroModules Flash MicroModule Companions: Copyright Flash MicroModule Companions: Citation Flash MicroModule Companions: Plagiarism 1 Flash MicroModule Companions: Plagiarism 2

(access through Index)

Explore Full Circle Resource kit

As an educator – login Check out EVENTS (past) for

agendas and event materials.

Create a personalized search engine

Use Google Coop

http://google.com/coop/cse/Google coop

What practical strategy or information did you learn today that you can share?

Source: 21st Century Information Fluency ProjectIllinois Mathematics and ScienceApril 2007

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