Internet research tools

This is about Internet research tools that I got from my class in CALL. It is about how to make timeline and smart web search strategies. Just give you some information..

 

Search Engines:

In order to do an internet research we need reliable tools to search for abundant information in the Internet. The tool to do so is normally known as 'search engines'. The 'Search Engine' is a web-based software that is designed to search for information in the Internet. The following is a website that list many other websites that can be useful for internet research:

Top 15 Most Popular Search Engines

There are also two videos on YouTube explaining about startegies to use search engines:

1. Web search strategies for research
2. Smart web search strategies 1
3. Smart web search strategies 2
   

More detailed information about search engines can be found in section 5 of this course.

Having learned how to search effectively on the interenet using search engines. It is time for you now to research about' what CALL is?' and 'The History of CALL'. You begin the research by firstly visiting this link to get a picture how people see the history of CALL, before you contruct your own understanding about the history of CALL based on your research results

1. Warschauer : CALL an Introduction
2. The history of CALL

Having read the information in the two links it is time for you to further your research by exploring more the internet about the history of CALL and what CALL is? You can use

1. http://www.google.com
2. scholar.google.com
3. http://eric.ed.gov/
4. http://academic.research.microsoft.com

Evaluating information on the Interenet

Anyone can publish on the interent thus information relibaility and validity should be well considered when dealing with information found in the internet. Otherwise. we will be misinformed and end up with making wrong decision. The following sites gives some ideas of how to evaluate information found in the Internet.

• Evaluating information found on the internet (John Hopkin University)
• Evaluating information found on the Interent (Macquarie University)

When you have collected enough information, create a timeline presentation of the history of CALL using a web-based timelining tools below:

1. http://www.tiki-toki.com/
2. http://www.timetoast.com/
3. http://timeglider.com/
4. http://www.dipity.com/

  If you want to know how others make timeline  see some examples of Timeline that can be found here: 

http://www.timetoast.com/timelines/81365

http://www.tiki-toki.com/timeline/entry/55/The-Fight-for-Democracy-in-the-Middle-East/#vars!date=2010-12-24_21:05:01!

 

I have done my task and you can visit on my timeline:

http://www.tiki-toki.com/timeline/entry/267705/CALL-and-The-History/#vars!date=1990-11-21_21:56:25!