Tuesday, February 13, 2007

(Workshop) Searching the Internet







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The internet is a remarkable tool that you can readily use to sort through and retrieve information from around the globe. Websites today come with all sizes and types of files, and many of the more popular sites--like YouTube and MySpace--are updated hundreds of times daily. These means that when you logon to these sites, you are likely to find up-to-date information; however, when you don't know exactly where to go, the fact that these sites are updated so regularly can be a problem for someone trying to search through what's out there right now.

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Here are some questions we will ask ourselves today:
  1. How do we search the internet for information?
  2. When we look online, do we rely only on one site like Yahoo! or Google to find information on the web?
  3. Do we use special functions or symbols to help with our searching? What are the special functions/symbols we can use?
  4. What other tools are out there?

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