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Lanelle Hilling, VAASL 2016

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Efficiently locating material online is first major step….

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Google. "Training Center: Fundamentals Training." Boost Student Research Skills. Google for Education, Oct. 2016. Web. 19 Oct. 2016.

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The second major step is deciding on the validity of the material found

Google. "Training Center: Fundamentals Training." Boost Student Research Skills. Google for Education, Oct. 2016. Web. 19 Oct. 2016.

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Part I Determine origin, ownership (and intent) of the domain-site where information is housed.

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Google. "Training Center: Fundamentals Training." Boost Student Research Skills. Google for Education, Oct. 2016. Web. 19 Oct. 2016.

Assessing validity can be broken into two parts…

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Detecting Lies and Staying True

https://youtu.be/fXFbQKz3anw?list=PL4855954D29B5F475

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Google. "Training Center: Fundamentals Training." Boost Student Research Skills. Google for Education, Oct. 2016. Web. 19 Oct. 2016.

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Part I- Understand the definitions of domain and site��Domain

a distinct subset of the Internet with addresses sharing a common suffix or under the control of a particular organization or individual.

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Google. "Training Center: Fundamentals Training." Boost Student Research Skills. Google for Education, Oct. 2016. Web. 19 Oct. 2016.

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Part I- Understand the definitions of domain and site���http://www.raytheon.com/news/feature/undersea.html-

Google. "Training Center: Fundamentals Training." Boost Student Research Skills. Google for Education, Oct. 2016. Web. 19 Oct. 2016.

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Part I- Understand the definitions of domain and site���example.com/ - A domain (because it doesn't include a protocol prefix)

http://example.com/ - A site (because it includes the http:// prefix)

Google. "Training Center: Fundamentals Training." Boost Student Research Skills. Google for Education, Oct. 2016. Web. 19 Oct. 2016.

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Part I- Understand the definitions of domain and site��puppies.example.com/ - A subdomain of example.com�http://example.com/petstore/ - A subdirectory of http://example.com site

Google. "Training Center: Fundamentals Training." Boost Student Research Skills. Google for Education, Oct. 2016. Web. 19 Oct. 2016.

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Part I- Find Owner of domain

ICANN WHOIS

“WHO Registered That?�ICANN's WHOIS Lookup gives you the ability to lookup any generic domains, such as "icann.org" to find out the registered domain owner. Help us continue to improve WHOIS and share your thoughts!”

"About ICANN WHOIS." ICANN WHOIS. ICANN, Oct. 2016. Web. 21 Oct. 2016.

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Part I- Find Owner of domain

ICANN WHOIS

Who owns the domain for this site -

http://www.xbox.com/en-US/

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Part I- Understand Top Level Domain Extensions �.com commercial sites�.net commonly used by Internet service providers, web-hosting�companies or businesses�.org primarily used by, but not limited to, non-profit organizations�.gov government sites

Google. "Training Center: Fundamentals Training." Boost Student Research Skills. Google for Education, Oct. 2016. Web. 19 Oct. 2016.

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Part I- Understand Top Level Domain Extensions �.mil military sites�.edu educational sites�.biz small business site�.info used to signify a credible resource site

Google. "Training Center: Fundamentals Training." Boost Student Research Skills. Google for Education, Oct. 2016. Web. 19 Oct. 2016.

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Part I - Discuss Owner of Domain vs. Author/Creator of Site

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Google. "Training Center: Fundamentals Training." Boost Student Research Skills. Google for Education, Oct. 2016. Web. 19 Oct. 2016.

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Assess the credibility of information presented on site

Google. "Training Center: Fundamentals Training." Boost Student Research Skills. Google for Education, Oct. 2016. Web. 19 Oct. 2016.

Part II

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Assess the credibility of information presented on site

“An easy rule that can be applied when searching online is the ‘Rule of 3’. Encourage all students to compare three sources of information before coming to a conclusion on any given topic. A common misconception is that if a search result comes up first that it must be reliable, rather than simply containing the keywords from your search more than the results beneath it.”

Google. "Training Center: Fundamentals Training." Boost Student Research Skills. Google for Education, Oct. 2016. Web. 19 Oct. 2016.

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Assessing the

Validity and Reliability of Information Part II- Assessing Site content

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Scavenger Hunt

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Assessing the

Validity and Reliability of Information Part II- Assessing Site content

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Avoid Plagiarism and Copyright Infringements��“Once you and your students have found some reliable content, you need to know if you can use it and what you can use it for. The first step is to teach students to cite things properly.”

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Google. "Training Center: Fundamentals Training." Boost Student Research Skills. Google for Education, Oct. 2016. Web. 19 Oct. 2016.

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Third Major Step for Students is ….

Avoid Plagiarism and Copyright Infringements��“Once you and your students have found some reliable content, you need to know if you can use it and what you can use it for. The first step is to teach students to cite things properly.”

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Google. "Training Center: Fundamentals Training." Boost Student Research Skills. Google for Education, Oct. 2016. Web. 19 Oct. 2016.

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Avoid Plagiarism and Copyright Infringements

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Citation Tools… too many to list here (I like Citation Machine)

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Google. "Training Center: Fundamentals Training." Boost Student Research Skills. Google for Education, Oct. 2016. Web. 19 Oct. 2016.

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Avoid Plagiarism and Copyright Infringements

�Creative Commons, has a system of licenses and tools that help creators to retain copyright, while still allowing others to copy, distribute, and sometimes repurpose the work.

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Google. "Training Center: Fundamentals Training." Boost Student Research Skills. Google for Education, Oct. 2016. Web. 19 Oct. 2016.

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Avoid Plagiarism and Copyright Infringements

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Usage Rights tool built into Google Advanced Search

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Google. "Training Center: Fundamentals Training." Boost Student Research Skills. Google for Education, Oct. 2016. Web. 19 Oct. 2016.

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Avoid Plagiarism and Copyright Infringements

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Usage Rights tool built into Google Image Search

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Google. "Training Center: Fundamentals Training." Boost Student Research Skills. Google for Education, Oct. 2016. Web. 19 Oct. 2016.

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Avoid Plagiarism and Copyright Infringements

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Usage Rights tool built into Google Advanced Search

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Google. "Training Center: Fundamentals Training." Boost Student Research Skills. Google for Education, Oct. 2016. Web. 19 Oct. 2016.

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Thank you for attending the VAASL 2016 Session

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Google. "Training Center: Fundamentals Training." Boost Student Research Skills. Google for Education, Oct. 2016. Web. 19 Oct. 2016.