a Google a Day Keeps the False Information Away!

          

      

   

 

          During the first couple days of school we didn't talk much about History. We did activities to teach us more about web literacy, how to use online tools, and how to properly search things on the internet. We had to check if the authors of the websites we were looking at were reliable to make sure that the information we were trusting and using was accurate. These days were meant to help us to responsibly use the internet and all it has to offer.

          One day we used a website called "a Google a Day" http://agoogleaday.com/#game=started.  This is a website designed to help you learn and test your skills of properly using the popular search engine Google. They test your search skills with a set of three questions and you have to find the answer by using Google's tools or any other method you would like just don't search for spoilers. The website wants you to try and get the answers yourself not read it off some ones post spoiling the answers, so they have it programmed to have the game only use what was on the internet before the game started. That way there is no risk that you can accidently come across the answers. I enjoyed the a Google a Day challenge because it was fun and interactive. I loved that it timed you because it makes you want to find the answer that much quicker I got to learn that I am good at finding important but small clues that will help me get the answer quicker in the end.

        Another activity we did one day in class was visit a website about an octopus that lived in a tree. http://zapatopi.net/treeoctopus/media.html.  We had to test the Accuracy, correct in all details, Authenticity, genuine and is what it says it is, and Reliability, able to depend on and able to be trusted. The website seemed pretty convincing. When we went out of that website and cross checked the author and information all that came up was that the author and the info were completely unreliable. In the end we found that this website is all made up and every part of it is inaccurate. This would not be able to be used as a reliable source for information in a school project. 

A Google a Day. Digital image. Ms Dunn Online. N.p., 06 June 2011. Web. 7 Sept. 2014.