A Google A Day is a game made by Google to teach people to safely and efficiently find information by providing a broad question and as the game went on, the questions got harder and harder. On http://www.agoogleaday.com/#game=started , each member of our group was able to use their devices to put together the puzzle that would lead to the answer of the question. Personally, I think A Google A Day is something every high school student should use at least once to see the proper ways to do research on a broad topic. In my class, each group was put against each other to see who could find the most correct answers withing the time given to us, which gave us an extra push to find the answers fairly and time efficiently. Though some answers were tough to crack which did lead to frustration, it taught me that when researching a specific topic you should search broader questions so you et a wider set of information to choose from.
Also during class, we were told to make our own definitions to the 3 things to look for when finding a good source: accuracy, authenticity, and reliability. Accurate information is precise, which means that it is true. Authentic information is real and genuine, meaning the source in which the information came from has to be valid. Reliability means that the source is of trusted and good quality. When looking for information, it's preferable that it be from someone who's specialty is the topic of discussion. We were told to look at http://zapatopi.net/treeoctopus/ , which is a link to a website about Pacific Northwest Tree Octopi. This website lacks accuracy, authenticity and reliability, since the information is not true nor genuine, and the source is not of good quality.
"Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus"
http://zapatopi.net/treeoctopus/
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