Colbert Report: Wikiality

http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/72347/july-31-2006/the-word---wikiality

4:10

Absolute classic from the Colbert report.  Great way to introduce students to the nature of wikipedia and its possible shortcomings, all with a dose of Colbert sarcasm!  You have to sit through a brief commercial before this video starts.

 

 

 

 

Heavy Metal Umlaut: the movie

http://weblog.infoworld.com/udell/2005/01/22.html

8:29

Jon Udell created and narrates this video in which he tracks the creation and evolution of a Wikipedia entry over the course of twenty-one months.

 

 

Wikipedia: London Bombings Timelapse

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8O-hv3w-MU

5:57

Great for teaching about how Wikipedia entries grow and evolve.  Too long to show the whole thing.  About 1 minute's worth makes the point.

 

How to Search the Web

http://lib.colostate.edu/tutorials/websearch.html

This animated cartoon from the Colorado State Libraries gives a decent overview of some tips for searching the web.  Pretty basic content most suitable for pre-college students, but entertaining nonetheless!

 

 

 

Criteria for evaluating websites (from Slideshare)

http://www.slideshare.net/scilit/criteria-for-web-site-evaluation

A nice PowerPoint that provides an overview of what to look for when evaluating the credibility of websites. 

 

Mission: Possible- online research

http://www.answers.com/main/mp.jsp

16 minutes

This longish movie from Answers.com promotes student awareness about Internet research, plagiarism, and Internet safety.  Mission Possible is ideal for a classroom setting and includes both a lesson plan and student worksheet.  Written for students in grades 5-12.  Good video to use as a "take-home" assignment on this topic.

 

 

 

Ms. Dewey

http://www.msdewey.com/

A search engine with an attitude!  Ms. Dewey is an attractive and eccentric interface for MSN's Live Search. Using this site is a great way to introduce the topic of web searching.  Be sure to check out the gems under the "Best of Dewey" link!

 

 

 

Web Search Strategies in Plain English

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWHPf00Jkqg

2:51

Basic overview of web searching from CommonCraft.  Good visuals.

 

Simple Boolean Searching Tutorial

http://lib.colostate.edu/tutorials/boolean.html

Flash-based tutorial on the basic principles of boolean searching. 

 

Web Page Evaluation Checklist

http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/evaluation_checklist_2008_spring.pdf

Nice pdf checklist of things to look for when determining credibility of a website.