Mapping Activity

The way I conduct, I would use google.com and Wikipedia to see if the information matches to help me if I was unclear of the topic that is giving to me. I have heard of some of the websites, but never intend on using them. A lot of the search engines I learned, I had never heard. For the search techniques, this is the first for me as well because when you search through a website it has links where you can click to get more information.  I did not know anything about mapping information. I just thought you can find everything about a website by just going to google.com.

My habits would change over time, because if I start to use something over and over it becomes a part of my routine. With all the new information, I better understand a lot more stuff like how to find an author or publisher.  I also learn how to analyze a search by looking for any advertisements, images, and the organization. The knowledge will affect my teaching because there a lot of ways to retain information besides using the internet. I think my students will be affected by this because there are too many search engines and they would probably believe anything they read on the internet.

 In conclusion, I found out that mapping the internet is not enough to analyze and learn about the information provided. I notice that if you use any search engine, the information is the same. Some of the search engines have advertisements and the organization of the browser is plain and do not stand out. I will not rely on Wikipedia, Google, and yahoo when I do research. I also learn whether if a website is real or fake by using easywhois.com, by suggesting other domain names that are available.  I am confident that in the future, I will use what I had learned on my students to teach them about how to properly use the search engine correctly.