year 6 note taking presentation
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Searching the Internet, Key Words And Note Taking
Can’t always get what we want
Too much informationToo much wrong informationAnyone can publish a page/s
on the Internet
Problems…
How Can We Solve the
Problems?
Phrase Searching“Australians all let us rejoice”
Advanced Search OptionRemove languages
Remove commercial sitesLimit the date of
‘publication’
Internet Searching Tips…
Boolean Logic – “OR”, “AND” and “NOT”
Example: How are children affected by television?
Boolean Logic
Option One: “children or television”
Option Two: “children and television”
Option Three: “television not children”
Searching Tips…
TruncationUsing a * in a search phraseExpands the searchE.g. searching for colo*r gives
you responses with color and colour
E.g. searching for sight* will give you responses with sight, sights, sighting, sighted
Searching Tips…
Check the source (who wrote it?) Examine the sites objectivity When was it published? Verify the information with
another source
Remember: ANYONE can publish a site on the Internet!
Evaluate the Sites…
BEWARE !!!!
How Do We Note
Take?
Look for the main idea/s in a paragraph.
Rewrite them in your own words.
HINT:Look at the topic sentence of the
paragraph and use key words
