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Start-Up Activity
Ask students to choose an interesting writing topic to research. (For help, refer them to this list of writing topics.) Then have them find and rank at least three Web pages that deal with the topic. The rankings should designate each site as good, bad, or ugly. Finally, have students write a summary of why they ranked the pages in the way they did.
Explain that this chapter will help them find and evaluate online sources of information.
Think About It
“Technology gives us power, but it does not and cannot tell us how to use that power. Thanks to technology, we can instantly communicate across the world, but it still doesn't help us know what to say.”
—Jonathan Sacks
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Start-Up Activity
Ask students to choose an interesting writing topic to research. (For help, refer them to this list of writing topics.) Then have them find and rank at least three Web pages that deal with the topic. The rankings should designate each site as good, bad, or ugly. Finally, have students write a summary of why they ranked the pages in the way they did.
Explain that this chapter will help them find and evaluate online sources of information.
Think About It
“Technology gives us power, but it does not and cannot tell us how to use that power. Thanks to technology, we can instantly communicate across the world, but it still doesn't help us know what to say.”
—Jonathan Sacks
