As technology savvy as many believe me to be, I still have many of the concerns that Vesey professed in his article The Internet-only Research Approach: Does the Web Really Have All There Is to Say?. Students too often feel that the internet should be the beginning and the end of all information gathering. When I gather texts, encyclopedias and books for science research, often students are heard to ask, “How old is this book?”, “Is this still good?”. I try to use these opportunities as teachable moments and explain that sometimes our take on information may change but that it is beneficial to read “old” books as well as updated information on topics. Yes, science theories change so it is especially important for students to see the development of theories over time. I like the idea of a library quest and have heard the term used before but when I tried to go to Vesey’s webpage, it was expired and I couldn’t find him as a faculty member at Lovett anymore either. Ah well we all must move on sometime.
Vesey, K. (2002) The Internet-only Research Approach: Does the Web Really Have All There Is to Say? From Now On The Educational Technology Journal. Retrieved May 31, 2005 from http://www.fno.org/sept02/internetonly.html
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isn't it always frustrating when you think you have arrived at a cutting edge web site and then the links are dead....I agree with you, when people are done with projects and don't keep up their sites, they should eliminate the dead links.
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