Initially I took the technology literacy quiz on http://novemberlearning.com/resources/information-literacy-resources/i-information-literacy-quiz/. I thought I’d rate somewhere in the median range. Let’s just say I was WRONG I only scored three points. There is so much I don’t know and so MUCH I need to learn. Good thing I am a devoted life learner!
Our next activity was a MAPping exercise; basically I had to choose one of several what may be considered questionable web sites, and then dissect it. The goal is to determine the author, the purpose, and essentially the validity. I chose http://zapatopi.net/treeoctopus/. When looking in different search engines altavista, excite and google. I didn’t notice many advertisements; there were only two on altavista. The author’s name is Lyle Zapatopi. The extension and the author’s name in the URL indicate that the site is a personal page. It actually states that openly states that it was developed for paranoid conspirators which doesn’t really support validity. The content on the website doesn’t prove to be very useful. Neither was I able to find any links that would serve as real true resources, but I did find it to be quite comical. What is most surprising that it has been active since 1997 and is still thriving today!
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