Week 3:

Overview • Objectives • Lectures • Readings • Labs • Assignments

Overview

This week we learn how Web pages are organized in a Web site, learn how to use Web search engines and directories, and determine how to search more effectively, and how to evaluate the Web sites in the search results. We look at the indicators of an authoritative Web site.

We look deeper into HTML markup for Web pages and how to debug the code on a Web page.

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Objectives

The objectives for this week are:

Analyze how Web site information is organized
Explain how a Web search engine works
Find information by using a search engine
Decide whether Web information is truth or fiction
Explain the advantages and disadvantages of online research
Explain the advantages and disadvantages of primary and secondary sources in research
Expand and narrow an online search as needed
Locate primary and secondary sources
Assess the authority of sources
Explain how ordinary precision differs from precision required in IT
Describe the six-step strategy for debugging
Apply the six-step strategy for debugging the HTML code for a Web page