The Pacific Northwest Lying Octopus

 Mark DiRocco

Media Literacy Post

Last week our class did a Google a Day activity. There were a couple of questions that we were asked and we have to search the questions to find the answer. We were not allowed to specifically look up the Google a Day answers. If we did then we would of been called out as a cheater. We were to be when searching and to type in queries that will lead us to the answer of the question.

A Google a Day was a scavenger hunt type game where you were giving a question and you had to find it by searching through Google. It was hard but yet rewarding when your group finally found the correct answer after looking for awhile. The only thing that was frustrating was the last question. It seemed almost impossible to find. The fun thing was that we were racing against the other groups in our class. It made it more competitive which means it was more fun. A Google a Day

Accuracy: How true the information is. The information has to be very accurate to be trusted.
Authenticity: How real the information is. Authentic information comes from very reliable sources. The people sharing the information has to be a real historian or professorial
Reliability: How reliable the information is. The source of the information has to come from a professional who knows what he/she is talking about. You never want unreliable information that came from a unreliable source. Like the website that says the information about the Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus. On the website it never says where they got the information or who wrote the information. So the website is a very unreliable source (if you ever want to study the Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus). Tree Octopus Site