My Identity, Your Identity

We are joining the project

My Identity, our Identity,

Our link http://foro.iearn.org/webx/.1eb07854

You will get in and introduce briefly your culture.

Who you are?
Where you come from?
Some of your traditions?

Welcome

WELCOME TO TRIMESTER 2

The projects were very good and we saw how ethics plays a role as we handle information.

We also addreesed the issues of our enviroments while we learnt how to present our information on line.

This trimester we shall cover publishing on the website.

Our AOI will be Community and Service as we want to present the evolution of our cultures. Our AK strand will be cultures. Approaches to learning will be
• Informational Technology Skills
• Higher Order Thinking Skills
• Presentation Skills
• Research Skills
• Cooperative Learning
• Intercultural Awareness
• Independent & Personal Responsibility

Learning experineces will involve
Introduction to publishing on the Web
Reviewing what is needed when creating a website.
Creating web pages using HTML
Creating web Using Microsoft Word
Using FrontPage
Creating Website using a wizard
Creating a Cultural website
Creating a Feedback form and table of content for the cultural project
Checking and publishing the website
Evaluating the website



Congratulation for completing Trimester one.



Our first task is to understand what is CULTURE.

Design a poster to explain what is culture.
The poster will be judged on
Design
Layout
Information
Colours.

Time One Lesson.
Print it out and submit.

WikiSpaces Design

You have made up your Plan.

Now you are at the creat point.

Go to Wikispaces.com
Sign up with a user name

Let the Wiki Name be your Project.

Start the Wiki.

Use your design specification to come up with your desings.

Do not forget the theme of the challenge Our enviroment promote, conserve and sustain"

Using Key Words and Boolean operators for searching

A warning on Plagiarism

A) If you have copied a piece of work from the internet it is possible for your teacher to do a search using an exact phrase from the piece of work.

Explain how the teacher might do a search using a sentence from an essay to see if the essay come from the material on the internet.

B)This cooperation requires trust and mutual respect, which are only possible in an environment governed by the principles of academic honesty. As an institution devoted to teaching, learning, and intellectual inquiry, Holy Cross expects all
members of the College community to abide by the highest standards of academic integrity. Any violation of academic honesty undermines the student-teacher relationship, thereby wounding the whole community. Th e principal violations of academic honesty are plagiarism, cheating, and collusion
The Above information was presented by James.

Find out the source of information.

Print out the link

Worksheet: Searching for information

Information needed
The environmental campaigner in the coastline of Kenya,

The exact query you would type into the search engine
Answer

Notes on how you would narrow down your search
Answer

Information needed
The distant between your home and School

The exact query you would type into the search engine
Answer

Notes on how you would narrow down your search
Answer

Information needed
Information about keeping a tank of marine fish in the home

The exact query you would type into the search engine
Answer

Notes on how you would narrow down your search
Answer

Information needed
How to make your school eco friendly

The exact query you would type into the search engine
Answer
Notes on how you would narrow down your search
Answer

Information needed
Dangers of air conditioning

The exact query you would type into the search engine
Answer

Notes on how you would narrow down your search
Answer

Information needed
How to desalinate sea water for use domestically

The exact query you would type into the search engine
Answer

Notes on how you would narrow down your search
Answer

Information needed
The potential of solar energy in Kenya

The exact query you would type into the search engine
Answer

Notes on how you would narrow down your search
Answer

Information needed
Do we have enough bio-energy in Kenya?

The exact query you would type into the search engine
Answer

Notes on how you would narrow down your search
Answer

Find out

1. A synonym is a word which has the same or similar meaning to another word. Write as many synonyms as you can for each of the following words
a) Soccer
b) Computer games
c) make-up
d) animation
e) Graphics
2. Perform searches against the clock and get the required information as quickly as possible for the following:
You are going for a short break with your parents and you want the website for the Travel Inn ( A good place to stay)
Write down the web address of the site on which you can find a list of Travel Inn Locations and can book rooms.

What is the date for the next solar eclipse in Kenya?
Write down the date of the next eclipse and also the website you got the information from.

Can you find a table of the latest premiership football results? Write down the website address where this can be found.

I want to go fishing. I need a website which tells me where the best places for sea fishing are in Kenya.
Write down the web address of a suitable site.

I would like to attend the African cup of nation’s championship I need to know where it is.
Write down the web address of the page where this information can be found.

I would like to know the Ministry in charge of environment in Kenya. Write down the Website address.

I want to know what the Forest coverage of Kenya is today and what the world recommended percentage is.
Write down the answers and the websites you got the answers from.

Using Searches

When you want to get information from the net how do you do it?


What is a search engine?

List some of the search engines used.

What is a query?

End of Session 1

Self Rating

Rate yourself before and after the Session
Use the following criteria Not at all/some knowledge/good knowledge
Before the Session
I understand what is meant by the terms reliability, validity and base.
Answer
I can distinguish between fact and opinion
Answer
I can spot bogus information
Answer
I know how to check information accuracy
Answer
I am able to spot bias in information
Answer

After the Session
I understand what is meant by the terms reliability, validity and base.
Answer
I can distinguish between fact and opinion
Answer
I can spot bogus information
Answer
I know how to check information accuracy
Answer
I am able to spot bias in information
Answer

Thank you.
Where you said NOT AT ALL you need to revise or see me for guidance.

Where you said SOME KNOWLEDGE please read more and be more knowledgeable.

Validity of information

We usually come across information. The information is required to be accurate. Although the information might be accurate it also needs to be relevant to the task.

James wanted to know about weather. He was searching information to find out about weather.
How Does the Thermometer Work?


A thermometer is a device that measures the temperature of things. The name is made up of two smaller words: "Thermo" means heat and "meter" means to measure. You can use a thermometer to tell the temperature outside or inside your house, inside your oven, even the temperature of your body if you're sick.

One of the earliest inventors of a thermometer was probably Galileo. We know him more for his studies about the solar system and his "revolutionary" theory (back then) that the earth and planets rotated around the sun. Galileo is said to have used a device called a "thermoscope" around 1600 - that's 400 years ago!!

Is this information Accurate?

Is it valid?

What advice will you give to James?

Share your responses.

Biased Information

How do you tell that a piece of information is biased. Briefly explain how you would evaluate information to check if it is biased.

Using your explaination above identify some piece of information, review it and explain if the information is biased or not. Explain in details your answers.

Write your reflection on the process.