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Technological Applications in Information Literacy

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Focus of Presentation

Effectively navigate the Internet

Storing information in the Cloud

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Navigate the Internet

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Search Engines

http://www.google.com http://www.bing.com

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Search Engines

http://www.yahoo.com www.ask.com

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Efficient Internet Search

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Use unique specific terms

Use the (-) operator to narrow the

search

Use quotation marks for

exact phrases

Use terms that are specific to the subject you are researching.

Use the minus - symbol to narrow search. The use of the minus - symbol indicates that in your search you do NOT want information related to what you have typed.

Using the quotation marks will return only those phrases you have placed in the search box..

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Common words and punctuation marks should be used when searching for a specific phrase inside quotes.

•The plus (+) operator tells the search engine to include those words in the result set. •The tilde (~) operator in front of a word return results that include synonyms.•The wildcard (*) operator is a fill in the blank operator. •The OR operator (OR) (I) to return results with either of two terms.

Search engines do not distinguish between uppercase and lowercase, even with quotation marks.

Don't use common words

and punctuation

Customize your searches

Capitalization

See the document http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/10-things/10-tips-for-smarter-more-efficient-internet-searching/ for further information.

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Specific Websites

http://jis.gov.jm

http://www.moe.gov.jm

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Storage of Information

Offline Storage

• Hard drive• Jump drive/USB drive

Online Storage

• Email e.g. gmail• Google drive• Drop box• One drive (Microsoft)

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Features of Google Drive

Store any fileStore any fileSee your files

anywhereSee your files

anywhere

Share your files and folders

Share your files and folders

https://drive.google.com/drive/my-drive

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Features of Dropbox

Take your docs anywhere you goTake your docs

anywhere you goSend videos

quicklySend videos

quickly

Keep photos safeKeep photos safe

https://www.dropbox.com/

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Features of OneDrive

Access files from any device

Access files from any device

Work together and share documents

Work together and share documents

Keep documents safe

Keep documents safe

https://onedrive.live.com/about/en-us/

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Additional Information

http://www.gcflearnfree.org/technology

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