Web Searching - Assignment 1

In this first assignment, we were required to use any search engine to find 5 sites related to Telecommunications in Education and write a review of the sites. We also use a search engine designed to find people and organizations to located information about 2 of our classmates, an author, and a professional organization. Lastly, we used a software search tool to find 2 pieces of software and description of the software.

I am guilty of defaulting to using Google most of the time when trying to find information about something, which often gives me the results that I need, but not all of the time. It was good to get the exposure to different types of search engines that are available to find different types of information. This assignment also helped remind how important it is to evaluate the information that I find to make sure that it is quality information. Just because it is in print on the Web does not mean that the information is correct, which is sometimes easy to forget, especially when trying to find information in a hurry.

This was a good assignment to help remind you of the wealth of searching tools that are available on the Web and good practice in using them.

Link to Assignment: http://ocean.otr.usm.edu/~w305519/Assignment1.doc