The first session I attended at NECC2008 was Web Site Investigator: An Introduction to Information Forensics, presented by Carl Heine and Dennis O'Connor. It was abolutely wonderful!
Here are some of my notes on the presentation:
Their website: 21cif.imsa.edu (has Full Circle Resource kit)
Podcast of session and PPT is on the ISTE NECC site
Three goals:
Locate information
Evaluate information
Use information ethically
Five steps to a websearch:
Speculative Searching aspects
1 - What am I looking for? (keywords)
2 - Where will I find the information? (datbases, live pages)
3 - How will I get there? (search engines, subject directory)
Investigative Searching aspects
4 - How good is the information? (verify data)
5 - How will I ethically use the information?
To verify data, use:
keywords/clues in information
specialized database or strategic browsing
investigative techniques
WSI – WebSite Investigator
courtroom metaphor – will it stand up in court?
Websites to Use in Training:
Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus – zapatopi.net/treeoctopus
Shrine to Cary Grant – Jenny Curtis (author) search and find she has published books on CG
Marin Luther King Jr. – martinlutherking.org – StormFront author (white supremacy group)
1 – Look for author of site
whois database – godaddy.com (search URL)
link search – Yahoo “link:URL”
2 – Information check
search terms from site to get 3rd party confirmation
triangulation = 3 different sites agree
Don’t treat all sites as hoaxes – think: “What is the purpose of the site?”
male pregnancy site = online portfolio for web designer of medical webpages
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