Category: Internet Life


If a website is published as a book, is it then more reliable?

Nothing will ever be the same. Every assumption we have about what is reliable information  is now challenged.  We tell our students not to believe everything on the web just because it’s in print.  And this is correct.  Why? They ask. Because anyone can write on the web, we say. True, again. It will take […]

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How to get rid of ads

During the past three years I spent a lot of time in classrooms with teachers and students using Choosito to help them find good resources for their projects. As you know, Choosito displays no ads.  There are many websites, however, including sites you can find in Choosito’s Library that have tons of ads. This is because […]

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Site evaluation criteria for students in elementary grades

This is the first of a series of posts on teaching research skills on the internet.  Let me give some background, first, to give you the context of these posts.  Choosito! has been extensively piloted in K-12 classrooms. This is because we wanted to develop a set of search tools that best fit real needs […]

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To ban or not to ban websites in schools?

The American Association of School Libraries (AASL) designated September 28th  “Banned Websistes Awareness Day” generating a lot of  praise and heat all at once.  AASL aims at bringing awareness to a number of different banning mentalities that can be identified in schools today. The two most discussed categories of commonly banned websites are gay&lesbian and […]

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If content is king, then let’s ban SEO

Have you ever tried to do a research project on, for example, “Mother’s Day” trying to find historical information about the origins of the day? Even worse, have you ever tried to verify information you found on the web by cross-checking with other sites? I have. Let’s see what we get.  Here’s a piece of […]

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What are twitter hashtags and how to use them

Compiled By: OnlineCollegeCourses.com Do you see these weird hashtags everywhere and have no idea what they are or how to use them? This post is for you. When you post on twitter you can add a hashtag at the end of your post, e.g., #commoncore. What this will do is to make your post accessible […]

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