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Washington University in St. LouisR. Scott Granneman
scott@granneman.comwww.granneman.com
New Skills for the 21st CenturyInformation Literacy
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Technology in Our Changing SocietyTechnology for Managers
Web Site ManagementWeb Design & Advanced Web Design
From Blogs to Wikis:Building Community
in a Virtual EnvironmentTechnology & the Law
Practical Security4Tuesday, January 25, 2011
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1873 Electricity
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Technologies & Years Until Mass Use
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2005>50% of all information
used worldwideis in digital form
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Let’s look at a few websites
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http://descy.50megs.com/akcj3/bmd.html20Tuesday, January 25, 2011
http://descy.50megs.com/akcj3/bmd.html20Tuesday, January 25, 2011
http://www.dhmo.org/dihydrogen-monoxide/21Tuesday, January 25, 2011
http://www.dhmo.org/dihydrogen-monoxide/21Tuesday, January 25, 2011
http://web.fvdes.com/teacher_resources/Web_Eval_TLOKWine2/okawp.html
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http://web.fvdes.com/teacher_resources/Web_Eval_TLOKWine2/okawp.html
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What’s similar about all the sites?
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Beijing Evening News,June 2002: Congress will move out of D.C. unless a fancy new
Capitol is builtMust include
concession stands, retractable rotunda
for daytime sessions, a Dancing Waters
fountain, & 55 more luxury boxes
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Yu Bin,international news editor,
Beijing Evening News:“How can you prove it’s not correct?
Is it incorrectjust because you say it is?”
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The last millenniumhas changed communication
for everyone
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Common29Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Cheap
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Quick31Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Reliable
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… and unreliable
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“Bert Is Evil”Webmaster
Yesterday a lot of youalerted me to a picture
of a Taliban propaganda posterwith Bert!
Reality is imitating the Web!I am honestly freaked out!
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Validation
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When all research was conductedvia the library,
you knewthat the librarian played a key roleNow that more and more research
is done via the Net,there often is no mediator,
no guarantor of value
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Kids knowpornography, violence, & bad words
when they see itFilters do a great jobblocking the obvious
But what about ideas?Do kids know how to evaluate
what people write?How well do filters block ideas?
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To validate informationfound on the Net,
look at:! Purpose! Author
! Meta-Web InformationCheck it against
known sources of valid information
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Purpose
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Web sites have one or moreof the following purposes:
! Sell services and products! Present information
! Advocate ideas! Entertain
! Apps
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A web site’s purposewill not always be clear
! Amazon.com! Arthur Butz
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Author
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Many people, especially kids,will believe someone
if he sounds authoritativeResearch the author’s background
Who is the author?What are his credentials?
Is he knowledgeable?Who says so?
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Meta-Web Info
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URLUniform Resource Locator
Everything on the Webcan be identified through its URL
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http://www.hedyepstein.com/history/nuremberg/court.htm
http://pubweb.acns.nwu.edu/~abutz/http://www.granneman.com/stories/
storyReader$3http://www.google.com/search?
q=Arthur+Butzhttp://www.equipmentmanagers.com/
login.php?cookies=1
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All roughly follow this format:protocol://domain/path/to/file[.extension]
[?|$|&]databaseinfo
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Who owns the domain?Perform a “whois” query
about a domainResults tell you:
! Who “owns” the domain! Who administers the domain
! Contact information! Dates of
creation, renewal, & expiration
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http://whois.domaintools.com
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http://whois.domaintools.com
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http://whois.domaintools.com
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http://whois.domaintools.com
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Who linked to Arthur Butz?Hate monitors and hatemongers
Among the hate monitors,Butz was a shining example
of a Holocaust denierAmong the hatemongers,
Butz was a shining example
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Thank you!
Email: scott@granneman.comWeb: www.granneman.com
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© 1999-2011 R. Scott GrannemanLast updated 20110125
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Washington University in St. LouisR. Scott Granneman
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New Skills for the 21st CenturyInformation Literacy
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