ResearchSkillsICS17MaroM

Read Understanding Computer Search and Research Answer the following questions 1. What is the internet? 2. How does a computer search work? 3. What makes an effective research? 4. How do you turn search into research? What is CARS? How does remembering CARS help to find information to use? 5. How do you turn research into results?
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 * Answers: **
 * 1) The internet is a place where you can find information and search for things. The internet is also a network of computers that covers the whole world. It is made up of different kinds of computers and the connections between them. It sends virtual communications from one computer to another.
 * 2) A computer search works by using a search-engine. Searching specifically is the act of gathering any information you can find a topic. They work by using the search engine to find relative information to a word or phrase.
 * 3) An effective research works with what words are put in. Use carefully chosen words to let the computer produce useful information. It is also important to use multiple search engines to get the best results.
 * 4) You can turn search into research by dividing the information up into important/useful and not important/ not useful categories. CARS is a checklist which is a great way to identify whether or not a website contains good, valid information. CARS stands for //credibility, accuracy, reasonableness, and support.//
 * 5) In order to turn research into results, organize all the information that you gathered, maybe into sections or questions. Remember during this step to cite where all your information is from as well as to avoid plagiarism. Some final things to do is to make your writing more interesting by adding pictures or other things of that sort. Also, make sure to check all your facts for the last time to ensure that all information is valid and that where you got it from was a good source.

Written Quiz; VOCABULARY
 * blog
 * content
 * hard drive
 * hyperlink
 * index
 * intellectual property
 * link
 * meta tag
 * microblog
 * search engine
 * server
 * software robot
 * source
 * spider on the Internet
 * urban myth