Thursday, October 6, 2016

Announcements and Reminders:                           Turn in your Playing Safe and Playing Nice worksheet! When you turn something in, put it in the top wire basket for your class period. Now pull out your books and start reading!

Targets for Today: I can identify the author, publisher, and date of publication for most websites. I can identify which types of online sources rely heavily on recency and which do not.

Today’s  Agenda: Silent Reading! Remember to fill out your reading log when we are finished. # Date B N M O Title -- Use ditto marks (“)  when continuing the same material.  Material read/Explanation/Read from page__ to page __ Minutes Read Total Hours Read Ex 10/6/16 x The Fourth Stall  p. 46-55 15 Double field trip day!! We will go down to the Media Center to listen to a presentation that will help us evaluate websites more critically. There will be a quiz on it next time, so pay close attention and take good notes. When we're finished, we'll go to the computer lab (Lab 224) and start practicing our new skills!

If You Were Absent: Read about the CRAAP test that helps us evaluate websites and sources.  Pick up the CRAAP Practice sheet and fill that out. Make up your silent reading by picking up a pink sheet and reading for 20 minutes at home.

Vocabulary: Current/ Currency:  up to date Relevant/Relevancy:  Is it really what you need? Authority:  the power or right to do something Accuracy:  the power or state of being correct or right Purpose: why something is being done URL:  an acronym for Universal Resource Locator, a reference (address) to a resource on the Internet. You'll find the URL in the address bar on your browser. Finding when something was published or last updated: Try this:  http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865664111/4-reasons-you-shouldnt-freak-out-over-the-creepy-clowns.html?pg=all Look at the top of the article.  On this one you will see a "published" date and an "updated" date. Now try this one:  http://www.biography.com/people/alexander-hamilton-9326481 Look at the bottom of the article and look for "Last Updated."  If you can't find a "published" or "updated" date, use the copyright date -- usually near the bottom of the page -- in a "footer." For a copyright date, look for this symbol: Finally, try this one: http://alpineschools.org/ Look for the copyright date at the bottom of the page.