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SUBJECT CODE ICT GRADE 11

SUBJECT TITLE EMPOWERMENT
TECHNOLOGIES
LESSO 004 LESSO Contextualized Online Search and Research Skills
N N
NUMB TITLE
ER

Apply online safety, security, ethics, and etiquette standards and practice in the use of ICTs as it would relate to their
specific professional tracks

Objectives: At the end of this activity, the students are expected to be able to:
1. Browse the internet efficiently and properly through proper referencing.
2. Determine how to avoid copyright infringement.

Requirements:
1. Microsoft office (MS word)
2. Smart Phone / Laptop / Desktop Pc
3. Internet

Resources/Reference
1. Empowerment Technologies First Edition by Rex Book Store.
2. Online Published Articles. (Internet)
3. PowerPoint Presentation.

Procedure

1. Read lesson Rules of Netiquette Page 17 and 25.

2. *For modular: Use pen and activity sheet to answer the questions and/or exercises. Do not forget to write your
name, Subject and Lesson number.
*For online: Create a document Lesson (Number)_name _lastname. Answer the question and/or exercise and
send to the LMS using your account.
3. Keep the project files for record as they may be requested by the instructor.

Discussion
The information that we need is more likely already in the Internet. It is just a matter of how to look for it and how to use
information from the most credible source. Here are some tips in conducting online research:
1. Have a question in mind. Focus on a question you want answered. If it is a series of questions, start with one.
Never search everything on one go.
2. Narrow it down. Search engines like Google, Bing, or Yahoo use several filters to determine the most appropriate
result for you. These search engines use your previous search history and your geographical location, and send
you the result which is the most related to you. Try to search "weather" and most search engines would return the
weather conditions of where you are. But if all of these filters fail, you should remember to narrow down what you
are searching for. For example, if you were to look for Tom Sawyer, the animation series, you would better use the
keywords "Tom Sawyer animation" rather than just "Tom Sawyer." Another example is if you were to look for
science research experiments, it would be better to include what branch of science it is or what type of study it is.
3. Advanced Search. The best way to filter information you get from search engines is by using the advanced
search. This will allow you to filter out information you do not need.
 Page 2 of 3 MODULE: Week 2 Lesson 4
SUBJECT CODE ICT GRADE 11
SUBJECT TITLE EMPOWERMENT
TECHNOLOGIES
LESSO 004 LESSO Contextualized Online Search and Research Skills
N N
NUMB TITLE
ER

Symbol Function

+ Finds web pages that contain all the terms that are preceded by the +
symbol; allows you to include terms that are usually ignored

„„ Finds the exact words in a phrase

() Finds or excludes web pages that contain a group of words

AND or & Finds web pages that contain all the terms or phrases

NOT or- Excludes web pages that contain a term or phrase

OR or | Finds web pages that contain either of the terms or phrases

 By default, all searches are AND searches.

 You must capitalize the NOT and OR functions. Otherwise, Bing will ignore them as stop words, which are
commonly occurring words and numbers that are omitted to speed a full-text search.
 Stop words and all punctuation marks, except for the symbols noted in this topic, are ignored unless they
are surrounded by quotation marks or preceded by the + symbol.
 Only the first ten terms are used to get search results.
 Similar to the MDAS, whenever you solve an arithmetic problem (where multiplication is computed first
over division, addition, and subtraction), term grouping and Boolean functions are supported in the
following preferred order:
1. Parentheses ( )
2. quotation marks" "
3. NOT + -
4. AND &
5. OR |
 Because OR is the function with the lowest precedence, enclose OR terms in parentheses when combined
with other operators in a search.

4. Look for a credible source. Some wikis, though filled with updated information, are not a credible source. This is
due to the fact that anyone can edit its content. When using wikis, check out the link of the cited text (indicated by
superscript number) to be navigated to the footnote where the list of sources is located. Click the source of the
information and see if it is credible.

The more credible sources are scientific journals, established news and magazine websites, online encyclopedias,
and scholarly databases.
You can also check the URL of a website if it ends with a .org, .gov, and .edu. A website that ends with .com is
intended to be a commercial website and may be slanted to promoting a product or service. You should consider
the intent of the information on the web page. In most cases, .edu websites are best for research as government
and organization websites may have a tendency to make information favorable for them.
Unfortunately, not all websites follow the standards in domain name conventions. Some sites use the suffixes
like .com loosely; some sites are not credible even though they use a .edu suffix.
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SUBJECT CODE ICT GRADE 11
SUBJECT TITLE EMPOWERMENT
TECHNOLOGIES
LESSO 004 LESSO Contextualized Online Search and Research Skills
N N
NUMB TITLE
ER

Another tip to validate if the information is correct is to have multiple sources of information. Having two or more
websites will tell you whether the information is reliable or not.

5. Give credit. If you are going to use the information from a source for educational purposes, give credit to the
original author of the page or information. To properly cite a reference, you may use the format below:

Name of the person or organization (the author of the information). Title of the home page in italics
(title is shown in title bar but is sometimes missing or unrelated). URL. Date last seen.

Example
Lapiz, Adrian Harold L. "Oleander's Fun Facts about Bananas." http://oleander.
penz.com/random/bananalove.htm. Viewed on September 7,2015.

"Accounting: What you should know." Jargon Online Network. http://www.

iaraononline.com/accountina101.html. Viewed on April 13,2015.