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3. These are only a few of the search engines.

4. So many choices
means so many
answers…
…right?

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With such an abundance of search
engines, there is an increasing
number of people who use the
Internet to not only find information
but also add their own.

7. “Information Overload IS a term
coined by American technological
writer and futurist Alvin Toffler, and
refers to an excess amount of
information being provided, making
the processing and absorbing of
tasks very difficult for the individual
because sometimes we can't see the
validity behind the information”
(Benjamin, 2009).
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8. With so many
search
engines, there
is now a
plethora of
information
available.
Google
Yahoo!Bing
ChaCha
YouTube
Askmenow
WebMD
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Mapquest
DeeperWeb
Funnelbac
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Dogpile
Monster

9. Information
Information
Information
Information
Information
Information
Information
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“Instead of being starved for information, we find
ourselves overloaded” (Borchers, Herlocker,
Konstan, Riedl).

10. As time went by it became clear that instead of
people losing their sanity with the availability of
so much information…
…people adapted.

12. “We do not worry about losing our
minds so much as not being able
to find the information we need”
(Weinberger, 2010).

15. “The Gatekeeper allows
one to connect IP
networks between an
organization (the internal
networks) and the
Internet or any other
network (the external
networks). It allows one
to do this interconnection
with respect to the users’
needs and to the security
policy which has been
defined” (Schauer,
Wolfhugel).
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IP Address
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19. Parents try to use gatekeepers in order to restrict
access to certain websites that they deem
unacceptable to their children.
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20. The government may use gatekeepers in order to restrict access to
information deemed unacceptable for the public such as information
about wars. Information like this would have a gatekeeper to prevent
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Although they seem helpful,
children are now able to get
past them by figuring out their
parents password or even just
by knowing how to turn them
off.
In regards to the
government, there are
hackers that sit at their
computers for hours in
order to break into the
governments secrets.

24. Top 15 Social Bookmarking Websites
(EbizMBA, 2010)

25. BOOKMARKING?
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26. …BOOKMARKIN
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27. “Social bookmarking is the practice of
saving bookmarks to a public Web site
and “tagging” them with keywords.
Bookmarking, on the other hand, is the
practice of saving the address of a Web
site you wish to visit in the future on
your computer” (Educause Learning
Initiative, 2005).

30. “Activities like social bookmarking give users the opportunity to express
differing perspectives on information and resources through informal
organizational structures” (Educause Learning Initiative, 2005).

32. “A folksonomy is a type of distributed classification system. It is usually created
by a group of individuals, typically the resource users. Users add tags to online
items, such as images, videos, bookmarks and text. These tags are then
shared and sometimes refined” (Guy, Tonkin, 2006).

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35. Flaws in Tags
No rhyme or reason to how
Everything is organized, or tagged
Tagged by individuals making it
Difficult to know How
Others classify things.
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36. This leads to…
Sloppy tagging or some cases highly personalised
community tagging that only the community
would understand the classification system.

37. How do we fix this?
In order to make tagging universal
there would need to be a set of rules
put in effect that everyone would have
to agree upon.

38. Problem with
this is…
…that it would
be extremely
difficult to get
everyone to
agree upon a set
of rules for
tagging.
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“Wikis combine features of websites and
word processors to create a new kind of
application that allows multiple authors
to write and edit content” (Flierl, Fowler,
2007).

41. The most well known,
and best example of a
wiki, is Wikipedia.

42. WIKI
Wikis use the
collaborative knowledge
and information from a
multitude of people in
order to enhance the
wiki. Because so many
people are allowed to
access different wikis
they continue to grow.

44. Advantages to Wikis
• People can contribute their own thoughts and ideas to share with
others
• Editing is easily available and accessible
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content/2009/02/wiki.gif

45. Disadvantage to Wikis
Because they are so
easily accessible to
everyone they are
very prone to being
vandalised. There are
many IP addresses
that are blocked from
different wikis such as
Wikipedia.

46. References
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EDUCAUSE. Retrieved October 29, 2010, from
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•Benjamin, D. C. (2009). Overloaded. Intheblack, 79(11), 22-26.
•Borchers, A., Herlocker, J., Konstan, J., & Riedl, J. (n.d.). Ganging Up on Information
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knowledge building with wikis. International Society of the Learning Sciences, Inc., 10,
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47. Schauer, H., & Wolfhugel, C. (n.d.). An Internet Gatekeeper. Hervé
Schauer Consultants. Retrieved October 29, 2010, from
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•Weinberger, D. (2010, February). Bringing on the info overload.
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