Journal Post #5

What do students need to know about Internet Searching? Students have a lot to learn about Internet searching. One big thing about internet searching is that not all websites are legit. Anyone can make a website as long as they pay for it. Make sure you know where the information is coming from. Check the author and see if he/she is reliable. Also try to find a date to see if that specific page is updated accordingly. Not everything on the web is exactly true. So choose wisely when trying to find information. Also when searching, the top 10 results on a topic aren’t always reliable sources. All that means is it has been searched the most.

Flickr is a photo sharing website. You can post pictures, you can take pictures from other people that are copyright friendly. You can post pictures through flickr and share them through facebook or twitter. Also, you can make calendars, cards, photo books and postage stamps. I like flickr because of the easy access, you can easily access your photos through flickr's app.

Chapter 5 talks about web searching, search engines and website accuracy. I can see it's important your using accurate information on the internet. As a teacher i can see thee importance of educating my students about the internet because there is so many inaccuracies, you have to teach students how to properly search the web.