Internet Resources & Copyright
It is so easy and common for most of us to look for resources or answers to questions from the Internet. However, sometimes we have to carefully select or use those resources or the information from the Internet.
The followings references provide suggestions to help you evaluate Internet resources.
Evaluating Internet Sources
http://www.library.illinois.edu/ugl/howdoi/webeval.html
Internet Research Tips
http://homeworktips.about.com/od/researchandreference/a/internet.htm
● Activity One:
- Please find a partner first.
- In your group, each one of you will read one of the above listed references respectively. (You and your partner read different references fro 6-8 minutes.)
- Each one of you will take 5 minutes to orally summarize the main points from the reference you read. When your partner is summarizing, you take notes or remember them by heart.
● Activity Two:
- After activity one, please find another pair in your class.
- Exchange partners.
- Please reiterate your previous partner’s summary. This time you will only have 3 minutes to do the talking.
- When your partner is reiterating his/her previous partner’s summary, you take notes on a piece of paper.
- Check your notes with your partner to see whether you get the mains points correctly
● Activity Three:
Many on the Internet want to share their work with others and allow others to use or adopt their work to a certain extent. Please read the following reference before coming to class next time.
http://www.linorise.com/creative-commons-license/
The questions we will discuss in class next time is listed below.
- What is Creative Commons? Use 4 sentences to tell your peers.
- How many types of creative common licenses there are?
- If you want to share with others a piece of your work, which license you want to choose? Please explain why?
