DO NOT e-mail me and ask me for the answers to these questions. You have the information. If you do not, look at the blog or talk to a classmate.
- Define "information" and "information technology."
- Draw or describe the information cycle. Be sure to include various sources of information and the timeframes for when they become available following an event.
- From "Signs of the Times" Video:
- List at least one important historical development related to the dissemination of information.
- Discuss at least one prediction that an "expert" made that did in fact become true (or did not come true)?
- Library Lingo (You do not need to know the trivia facts about Randall Library. Focus on the "lingo" only).
- What is the difference between "misinformation" and "disinformation"?
- Describe "media literacy."
- Discuss why instructors are concerned with students using Wikipedia.
- Use the CRITIC model to evaluate a website or article.
- Have a basic understanding of the Internet and search engines:
- Is the World Wide Web the same as the Internet?
- What is the "Deep Web"?
- How do search engines work?
- When you are searching Google, what exactly are you searching?
- Why is it useful to search multiple search engines?
- Describe one Google tool that you or a classmate presented in class.
