1. What was discussed today in class that you knew already? Well I was not able to find the room, so I cannot answer this very well, but by looking at the URL sheet, I knew URL stood for Uniform Resource Locator and what .edu, .com, .gov, .net, .mil, .org stood for.
2. What was discussed today in class that was new to you? Well one thing that was discussed that was new to me is that http stood for Hyper text transfer protocol and that html was hypertext markup language.
3. If you were given an assignment to do research and you chose the web as one strategy for your search, what three important elements do you need to consider?
1. Good Keywords, be able to optimize your searches
2. Try multiple searches with different phrases
3. What is your best search engine
4. What other ideas and thoughts do you have about exploring the web? In order to be efficient in exploring the web, you must be confident, and know good starting points, like google or wikipedia. Once you have good starting stone, you can start to branch out into other things on the web.
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Good points in item three. In terms of your "best search engine," how would you determine that? I think that's where the criteria of the authority of the creator of the site, the audience level, and the relevance of the site to the question come into play.
Good starting points may well be google and wikipedia, but in the case of wikipedia, it's critical to verify information elsewhere as anyone can change wikipedia entries anytime they like and in any way they like.
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