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Empowerment Technologies 12: Internet As Credible Source of Information Background Information For Learners

This document provides guidance for students on using the internet as a credible source of information for research. It discusses the importance of research skills and outlines several tips for effective searching on Google, including using quotation marks, hyphens, wildcards, and keeping searches simple. Students are given activities to apply these tips by searching for specific terms and creating an acrostic about searching with the letters in GOOGLE. The goal is to help learners better understand how to efficiently search online and find reliable information for assignments.

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Empowerment Technologies 12: Internet As Credible Source of Information Background Information For Learners

This document provides guidance for students on using the internet as a credible source of information for research. It discusses the importance of research skills and outlines several tips for effective searching on Google, including using quotation marks, hyphens, wildcards, and keeping searches simple. Students are given activities to apply these tips by searching for specific terms and creating an acrostic about searching with the letters in GOOGLE. The goal is to help learners better understand how to efficiently search online and find reliable information for assignments.

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Empowerment Technologies 12

Name of Learner: ________________________________ Grade Level: _________________________


Section: _________________________________________ Date: _______________________
LEARNING ACTIVITY SHEET

Internet as Credible source of Information Background Information for


Learners
Researching is a tedious activity if the researcher doesn’t possess necessary skills. Almost all information can be
found in the internet. However, to find it, one must use necessary researching skills. Internet is the first option when
it comes to finding information. The birth of internet has made books and other references obsolete. Books are still
part of the system but others find internet as the easiest to use. We research based on certain situation. For example,
your research teacher asked you to find related literature for a research topic or you have an assignment which is due
the next day. Others research to satisfy curiosity. No matter that the purpose is, one must have research skills.

Learning Competency with Code


- use the Internet as a tool for credible research and information gathering to best achieve specific class objectives or
address situational (CS_ICT11/12-ICTPT-Ia-b-3)
Key Concepts:
20 Google Search Tips to Use Google More Efficiently (Hindy, J., n.d.)
(use google as search engine)
1. Use the tabs
The first tip is to use the tabs in Google search. On the top of every search are a number of tabs.
Usually you’ll see Web, Image, News, and More. Using these tabs, you can help define what kind of
search you need to do.

2. Use quotes
When searching for something specific, try using quotes to minimize the guesswork for Google
search. When you put your search parameters in quotes, it tells the search engine to search for the whole
phrase.

3. Use a hyphen to exclude words


Sometimes you may find yourself searching for a word with an ambiguous meaning. An example is
cars. When you Google search for car, you may get results for all cars around the world. If you want to cut
one out, use the hyphen to tell the engine to ignore content with one of the other. See the example below.
Cars-Toyota
4. Use the asterisk wildcard
When you use an asterisk in a search term on Google search, it will leave a placeholder that may be
automatically filled by the search engine later. This is a brilliant way to find song lyrics if you don’t know all
the words. Let’s look at the syntax:
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“Come * right now * me”
To you or me, that may look like nonsense. However, Google search will search for that phrase
knowing that the asterisks can be any word.
More often than not, you’ll find they are lyrics to The Beatles song “Come Together” and that’s what
the search will tell you.
5. Use Google search to do math
Google search can actually do math for you. This is a rather complex one to describe because it can be
used in so many ways. You can ask it basic questions or some more difficult ones. It will also show a
calculator that you can use to find answers to more questions.
6. Search for multiple words at once
Google search is flexible. It knows you may not find what you want by searching only a single word or
phrase. Thus, it lets you search for multiples.
By using this trick, you can search for one word or phrase along with a second word or phrase. This
can help narrow down your search to help you find exactly what you’re looking for.
7. Keep it simple
Now we’re getting into the general tips. Google search knows how to search for a lot of things. What this
means is you don’t need to be too specific. If you need a place to stay nearby, use this to search.

Hotels nearby
Google search will grab your location and deliver a variety of results about hotels that are near you.
8. Gradually add search terms
There will come a time when Google search doesn’t shovel out the results you expect. In this
instance, keeping it simple may not be the best option.
As Google itself suggests, the best method is to start with something simple then gradually get
more complicated. See the example below:
First try: job interviews
Second try: prepare for job interviews
Third try: how to prepare for a job interview

9. Use important words only


The way Google search works is to take what you search for and match it with keywords in online
content.

When you search for too many words, it may limit your results. That means it may actually take you
longer to find what you’re looking for. Thus, it is apropos to use only the important words when searching
for something. Let’s see an example:

Don’t use: Where can I find a Fast food restaurant that delivers.
Instead try: Fast food restaurants nearby. Or: Fast foods restaurants
near me.

10. Spelling doesn’t necessarily matter

Google search has gotten a lot smarter over the years. These days, you don’t even need to spell words
correctly.

As long as it’s pretty close, Google can usually figure out what it means.
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Activity 1: What Matters in a query

Direction: On the next opportunity that you have an Internet connection, do the following
“What Matters in a Query” search tips. To validate the results of your search, get a screenshot of your activity then
send it your teacher via Facebook messenger.
1 Every word matters.
Try searching for [who], [the who], and [a who]
2 Order matters.
Try searching for [blue sky] and [sky blue]
3 Capitalization does not matter.
Try searching for [barack obama] and [Barack Obama]
4 Punctuation does not matter.
Try searching for [red, delicious% apple&] and [red delicious apple]

Activity 2: Short answers


Direction: Write your best answer to the question below.

1. What is a search engine? Give 3 examples.


_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
2. What keyword would you type if you are looking for related literatures about “Why students fail?” Type your
keywords in google search and capture a screenshot of your search. Send it to your teacher.
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
3. Which will yield better search result: correct spelling of incorrect spelling of keywords? Explain your answer.
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________

Activity 3: Acrostics
Direction: Create an acrostic of GOOGLE in relation to searching. Your work will be evaluated by the criteria given
below.
Creativity-10 Uniqueness-5 Impact-5 Sample Acrostic

G-_________________________________________
O-_________________________________________
O-_________________________________________
O-_________________________________________
G-_________________________________________
L-_________________________________________
E-_________________________________________

3
Closure/Reflection
To make searching an easy task, I will……
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________

Answer key:

Answers may vary in all activities

References for Learners


Google. (n.d.). Retrieved 7 20, 2020, from Search Education:
https://www.google.com/insidesearch/searcheducation/lessons.html
Hindy, J. (n.d.). Life Hacks. Retrieved from 20 Google Search Tips to Use Google More Efficiently:
https://www.lifehack.org/articles/technology/20-tips-use-google-searchefficiently.html

PREPARED BY:

JOHN KIER M. CORBITA


Teacher II

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