Online Navigation

The manner of collectively searching for and saving requested information through the computer from databanks that are online is known as Online Navigation. Years ago, the traditional way of obtaining certain information is through books, which is very different from the online search on the internet. Online navigation is an attempt to be more precise in providing information based on a certain word.

Text Online navigation becomes a great match to the prevailing use and popularity of the smartphone age. Search engines also provide a system of giving the best and most appropriate results. Mobile phone application has been added to smartphones for quick, handy research and quicker school assignments. In this lesson, you are expected to use the Internet as a tool to gather specific information and depending on a given situation

Search engines are software systems that are designed to search for information on the World Wide Web. The search results are generally presented in a line of results often referred to as search engine results pages. Examples of Search Engines are Baidu, Bing, Yahoo, DuckDuckGo and the most recognized engine Google. Google is the most known and most used search engine in the world. According to Net Market Share, 74. 54 percent of the Search Engine Market has been acquired by Google. In this lesson, you are expected to online navigate and search for specific information using the Google Search Engine.

Below are the steps on how to navigate on Google Advanced Search:

Step 1. In your desktop, laptop or smartphones, open the browser and search Google and type the word, phrase or thought you want to search

Step 2. On the right part of the window, click Tools and the google search settings pop-up list will appear.

Step 3. Proceed to Advanced Search

Step 4. Type the keywords that you would like to search and click the Advanced Search button. You can search through all the words that you’ve typed, or you can narrow it down to specific words

Research Skills

In order to achieve or access what you are looking for, you need to improve yourself. As the old saying goes, “Practice Makes Perfect”. Good research is a product of multiple and continuous searches, here are some skills you can improve or adapt to:

1. Critical Thinking – As you search through the web, you must think very carefully about the information that you have gathered. Critical thinking involves the ability to reflect on the information presented to you.

2. Data Organizing – A good researcher can organize his/her collected data. As you collect those data, be sure to track where specific information is gathered.

3. Research Presenting – Part of your research is the actual writing, be creative and reflective in writing your search, explain every detail and step into achieving your objective.

Remember that not all searches are good ones, some are considered as satirical or untrue. Here are some tips in identifying good searches from satirical searches.

1. If the contents of the source are too impossible to happen, or too good to be true, then there must be something wrong.

2. If the site started as a false site for public figures such as TV personalities or political figures, then uploaded stories from different sources, it is a satirical one.

3. If the site is unfamiliar and continuously popping ads, then it is satirical.

Examples of Satirical News

a. The 2 years in K-12 Curriculum for Senior High School has been removed.

b. President Duterte resigned as the leader of the Philippine nation.

c. You can win 1 million pesos just by answering a given survey form.

d. A certain actress/actor is alleged as pregnant being in another country for a long time.