MAPping Information

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Search engines on the internet are extremely important. They help us to find information on a certain subject very quickly. I am the most familiar with the google.com and yahoo.com search engines. Before completing this activity, I was very familiar with the search engines. I have used almost all of the search engines that were provided in the activity. Even though I have used the search engines multiple times, I wasn’t truly aware of how they are sorted. I also have never really paid attention to who the author is on the website that I am looking at. The author is very important to look at because the internet can lie. If the author is not credible, you may be given false information.

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Even though I haven’t been very aware of what the search engines do overall, I will now pay more attention. I will definitely pay attention to the author when looking for information because I want to have credible and reliable information given to me. I will also see what order the articles are placed because the most popular or most viewed is normally first, so it also might be the most credible. Finding the right information will also be easier now because I have found and learned ways to narrow the results of my searches. This makes it easier and faster for me to find the information I am actually looking for.

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Concluding this activity, I have learned many new and effective ways to use the search engines. This will help me with teaching my future students in so many ways. I will be able to find useful information so much faster and also tell them credible and useful websites. I also now know about other search engines that I had not heard of that can be useful and give me a bigger variety when conducting my searches. This activity has been extremely helpful and increased my knowledge with the internet. I hope to learn a lot more about it.

Citations:

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