Esther's learning goals

These goals are for a Research in the Internet workshop I will be developing for a writing center. Values -Students should be able to recognize the academic value of finding and assessing credible sources in the Internet -Student should understand the value of building a repertoire of online tools to help them to conduct internet research Attitudes -Students should demonstrate an appreciation of the internet as a useful resource to find credible sources to use in their research and writing process. -Recognize social networks and online communities as important tools to facilitate research, collaboration and learning Knowledge -Demonstrate technological agility to use a variety of online tools in conducting their research. -Understand the affordances and disaffordances of the different online technologies they are using to conduct online research -Demonstrate an understanding of the intellectual, political and ethical dimensions/complexities/dynamics associated with participating in digital environments( citing sources correctly, etc) Skills -Students should use a variety of technologies to perform multiple tasks as they conduct their internet research -Students should be able to evaluate and choose what technologies will be useful in conducting different kinds of research and for particular genres