Last week in class we learned about a Google a Day and how to search more effectively by typing in key terms instead of a whole question. This blog post is going to explain what a Google a Day is and how to determine if a site is reliable or not.
A Google a Day is a game from google where google asks you questions that you have to search for. Google limits what you can search so you have to search for specific keywords to find the answer. A Google a Day was very frustrating because you would find a word that seems like it would be the right answer to the question but it would be wrong. Also since you were limited to what you could search it was hard to find the key words in the question and it won’t give you the full page from the particular website you were trying to look for the answer on. I learned how to search for the answers to questions in a more efficient way.
Here is a link to a Google a Day: http://www.agoogleaday.com/#game=started
Accuracy means that the document is correct, Authenticity means that it is real and genuine, and Reliability means that the document is is trustworthy and there is some way to prove that it is real. In class we looked at a website site called the Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus. This website is all about saving the Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus and many different facts about this animal. This website could not be used in school as a source because it is not accurate, there is no such thing as a Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus. Also it is not reliable because the university that is supposedly sponsoring this website doesn’t even exist.
Here is a link to the Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus website: http://zapatopi.net/treeoctopus/
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