Course goals
The following are the goals that I have for students in the course:
- Search the Web efficiently and effectively using a variety of search engines
- Usefully compare and contrast the features of Web search engines
- Reliably assess and discuss the quality of an information resource
- Choose an appropriate search engine based on a specific information need
- Use a variety of search engines to efficiently and effectively search RSS feeds
- Use a variety of search engines and a variety of delivery mechanisms to keep up with news and current events related to a specific topic
- Use page monitors to track changes and updates related to specific pieces of information
- Use a wiki to organize and present information
- Write an informative, well-structured blog
- Use tags to describe information with the goal of building a useful personal information document database
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