Welcome to the WEB

Searching Online

Capability Two ResourceS

URL: http://www.w2tw.uk/5214.htm 

Suggested age group: Years 4-8

Welcome to the Web – Searching Online

Url: http://www.w2tw.uk/5214.htm

Age recommendation: Year 4 onwards

Cost: Free

Accessibility: Accessible through a web browser on all devices

Australian Curriculum Links: ICT general capabilities Level 3

"Students explain why located data or information was selected" (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority, 2014).

Description: This web-based interactive tutorial that teaches students the skills they need to conduct and evaluate their use of online search engines.

 

Rationale: Using Internet search engines effectively is a challenging skill that requires students to not only use correct search terms, but also be able to select appropriate results to follow up and then evaluate the information provided (Debowski, 2001). Welcome to the Web: Searching Online (Warner, 2015) is a highly effective web-based tool for use when teaching students how to select web results that are most useful to them when conducting searches using search engines. Students can complete the tutorial and then evaluate the quality of the search result examples provided for each search term.

 

References

Australian Curriculum and Assessment Reporting Authority. (2014). Information and Communication Technology Continuum. Retrieved from http://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/humanities-and-social-sciences/hass/curriculum/f-10?layout=1#page=2

 

Debowski, S. (2001). Wrong way: go back! An exploration of novice search behaviours while conducting an information search, The Electronic Library, Vol. 19(6), pp. 371 - 382. Retrieved from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/02640470110411991

 

Warner, M. (2015). Welcome to the Web: Searching Online. Retrieved from http://www.w2tw.uk/5214.htm