So Google has a great new search feature - DeeperWeb. This plug in allows you to see results categorized and organized in new and useful ways. You still see you basic search results, but along the right side of the page there are special categories such as DeeperCloud (find and use the meaningful terms hidden beneath the pile of search results), resources search (articles, white papers, and research), blogs search, and even more. Try DeeperWeb today.
Today I completed the second day of Internet Safety Lessons with the current 9th grade Life Prep classes. It's always a really interesting lesson. I learn just as much as the students do every time. I call our lesson "Don't Do Stupid Things Online". After I tell the students that in fact the biggest threat to them online is not ax murderers or sexual predators but themselves and their own behavior, we look at lots of examples of stupid things people have already done online.
It's always disturbing to realize how much of what we consider to be private actually isn't when it comes to social networking. In fact, when I returned to the library I saw that on the front page of the NY Times today is an article titled "How Privacy Can Vanish Online, a Bit at a Time". It is all about how researchers were able to comb through Facebook pages for example and glean tons of personal information about people, more than you would expect even with privacy settings. Definitely read the article here. The bottom line is that the internet is public - no matter what website you are on. The article ends with a quote from Cornell University computer science professor John Kleinberg, "When you're doing stuff online, you should behave as if you're doing it in public - because increasingly, it is." Well said. |
AuthorMs. Arkans is the library media specialist at New Paltz High School. LinksArchives
October 2010
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