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Lesson 2 Empowerment Tech

This document provides guidance on how to effectively conduct research using the internet. It discusses the importance of developing proper online research skills such as evaluating sources, asking focused questions, thinking critically, and respecting ownership. Useful online research tools mentioned include Google Search, Google Scholar, online journals, academic websites, the Internet Archive, EBSCOhost, and JSTOR. The document also stresses the importance of verifying sources, being patient, and following principles of internet safety, security, and netiquette.

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Lesson 2 Empowerment Tech

This document provides guidance on how to effectively conduct research using the internet. It discusses the importance of developing proper online research skills such as evaluating sources, asking focused questions, thinking critically, and respecting ownership. Useful online research tools mentioned include Google Search, Google Scholar, online journals, academic websites, the Internet Archive, EBSCOhost, and JSTOR. The document also stresses the importance of verifying sources, being patient, and following principles of internet safety, security, and netiquette.

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Lesson 2

HOW CAN I USE THE INTERNET AS A


TOOL FOR EFFECTIVE RESEARCH?

Prepared by: Billyjoe B. Agosto


Explore
• What is the proper way to do research?
• Where do you often get information for your
projects?

Research
Topic

Printed Online
References References
Examine
• Look for an artwork featuring
“Madonna”.
Contextualized Online Search
and Research Skills
• Skilled or optimized way of searching the
internet based on the context
• Narrowing down the results give back to you by
the search engine
• Increases the chances of receiving the most
appropriate reply to your query.
What is Research?
• Looking for something online.
• Research Skills for Students (Personal Research)
• Research we do at schools (Professional
Research)
• By definition is a systematic inquiry that attempts
to provide solutions to existing problems and
questions using facts and data.
Why is it Important?
• Original Research (Primary Source)
• Scientific Research (providing explanations about the
world)
• Humanities Research (historical and sociological)
• Artistic Research (practice-based research)
• To discover new information
• To interpret existing facts and revise accepted
knowledge
• To apply theories and laws into practice.
What are the Research Skills I
Need to Develop?
• Need to have proper skills
• To gather useful and credible information.

Online Research Skills:


Check Your Sources
Benchmarks for evaluating
Evaluate the information
books, online articles, websites
up to date, security, scope, authority.
Online Research Skills:

Ask Good Questions


• Be specific entering queries into the search
engines
• Proper context better search results.
• Special key in searching:
Online Research Skills:

Go Beyond Surface


• Persistent in looking for more information
• Try looking for other sources rather than sticking to one.

Be Patient
Think critically and synthesize the data you gathered
Until you can formulate your own conclusion.
Online Research Skills:

Respect Ownership
• All information in the net has its own respective
owner.
Use network
• Use different tools
ICT Tools Useful in Research
Google Search
Most popular and powerful search engine in the 21st
century.
Google Scholar
Scholarly Literature for research papers, articles,
books, court rulings and Content for the Related
Literatures.
Online Journals
• Periodical publication that contains scholarly
articles
• Published by academic or scientific institutions
• Researchers, professors, doctors and
professionals in their respective areas.
• Primary information sources for research.
• Online Journals
• scholarly publications released in a form accessible via
internet
• School library and libraries in the world are kept in the
cloud
• Digital Format
• Oxford University Press (Online Repository)
• Academic Websites
• Provides copies of papers, journals, books, videos, and audio
recording that may aid in the research process.

• Internet Archive
• Non profit electronic library
• Free digitized materials (websites, multimedia files and academic
materials )
• Large number of books including modern ones.
• EBSCOhost
• Premium fee-based access
• Materials not available for public use
• Full digital copy of book, medical references, and historical archives

• JSTOR
• Licensed to academic, scientific and research and educational intitutions.
• Part of ITHAKA, a non-profit organization.
• Promotes sustainable research and teaching academe via digital technologies.
ICT Safety, Security and
Netiquette
• Verification of Online Source Materials
• Cramming

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