Tools for Information Literacy
Task 01b
The newsletters will keep you informed about key ideas we will discuss this semester.
Sign up for at least two newsletters
Sign up for at least two newsletters and tell us which ones you subscribed to in your Canvas Assignments.
The newsletters will keep you informed about key ideas we will discuss this semester.
Required subscriptions
Sign up for these two newsletters
- Alertbox: Current Issues in Web Usability. Jakob Nielsen's biweekly column on how to design more usable websites
- Technology Review: a journal of links to articles about technology developments (in their technical, social, and policy aspects). Subscribe at least to The Download.
Other newsletters that may be useful.
Other possibilities
You may, depending on your interests, wish to sign up for one or more of these newsletters, but this is purely optional.
Search Engine Watch : tips about internet search engines & search engine submission
FirstMonday : a peer-reviewed scholarly journal from the University of Illinois, Chicago
Scout Report: a publication of the Internet Scout Research Group, published every Friday both on the Web and by email subscription, it provides a way to stay informed of valuable STEM and humanities resources on the Internet.
How To Geek : an online technology magazine ... How-To Geek has been used as a resource for everything from university textbooks to late-night TV ... an independent company that remains wholly owned by its founders ... built without any outside investment or corporate ownership.
MyOnlineTrainingHub : a particularly good source of professional advice about how to the the most out of MS Excel
Treehugger : a Canadian "modern sustainability site that offers advice, clarity, and inspiration for both the eco-savvy and the green-living novice"
Aeon Magazine : "Fine writing on philosophy, psychology, science, history and the arts" Click on the "newsletter" link
UNC offers all students free subscription to both the >New York Times
and to the Washington Post until they graduate.
This is a good deal to get dependable news about everything.
If you have others to recommend, add your recommendation to an Every 14 days discussion posting.