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Section
G. RESEARCHING Activities Page
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Activities for Section
G.
1. STARTING TO RESEARCH: What is your favorite subject to talk or think about, or what
imaginary subject would you most like to choose right now? What are
several different people, places, written material, or other resources--real or
imaginary--from which you might be able to find useful information on this
subject? Write down these resources and what you would hope to find in
each.
2. EVALUATING WEB SOURCES: A. In a computer
lab, using the web, find examples of three different types of websites:
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A site that is a very legitimate academic or
professional research source
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A site that is completely bad for serious research
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A site that is inbetween, or useful only in certain
situations or explanations
B. What are your reasons for choosing these sites?
That is, what qualifications must a website meet to be highly legitimate, not
legitimate at all, or somewhere inbetween?
C. Share your results from "A"--and several good
reasons for them from "B"--with the entire class or in a small group. If
you do it in a small group, the group should develop a report that includes its
best website for each of the three different types, above, along with the best
reasons in general for making good choices, and then report the results to the
entire class.
D. After finishing "C," repeat "A" and "B" again and
see if you can find even better results.
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Find more activities for groups and classes in the
Home Page section's
General Activities for Groups.
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