Being Digitally Literate requires:
Searching and navigating the Web safely and effectively
For 21st Century learners it also requires:
Acquiring new knowledge and skills
Connectincg new information with existing knowledge
Analyzing information
Developing habits of learning
Working with others to use information
Let's see....when we want to find something we go to Google!
Research the Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus
How to evaluate a website
Evaluation Criteria
Evaluate these sites for validity!
The Museum of Hoaxes
The Smoking Gun
Golf Cross
The Official Kresky Home Page
Eastern Active Technologies
Boilerplate
Internet Search Tools
Subject Guide: SailOn
Directory: Open Directory Project
Search Engine: Google
Meta-search Engines: Metacrawler
Sharpening Skills:
BE CAREFUL!
Researching Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Catching the misinformation:
Easy WHOIS
Wayback Machine
ResourcesWhoIs Search
Teaching Students to Effectively Use the Internet
Searching the World Wide Web Overview
Tips to Effective Internet Searches
Effective Internet Search Tips
5 Tips for Effective Internet Searches
7 Habits of Highly Effective Web Searchers
Don't forget .ppt, .pdf, etc. searches!
Lists of Hoax sites to use when teaching evaluation of websiteshttp://www.shsu.edu/~lis_mah/documents/TCEA/hoaxtable.html
http://www.philb.com/fakesites.htm
Searching and navigating the Web safely and effectively
For 21st Century learners it also requires:
Acquiring new knowledge and skills
Connectincg new information with existing knowledge
Analyzing information
Developing habits of learning
Working with others to use information
Let's see....when we want to find something we go to Google!
Research the Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus
How to evaluate a website
Evaluation Criteria
Evaluate these sites for validity!
The Museum of Hoaxes
The Smoking Gun
Golf Cross
The Official Kresky Home Page
Eastern Active Technologies
Boilerplate
Internet Search Tools
Subject Guide: SailOn
Directory: Open Directory Project
Search Engine: Google
Meta-search Engines: Metacrawler
Sharpening Skills:
BE CAREFUL!
Researching Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Catching the misinformation:
Easy WHOIS
Wayback Machine
ResourcesWhoIs Search
Teaching Students to Effectively Use the Internet
Searching the World Wide Web Overview
Tips to Effective Internet Searches
Effective Internet Search Tips
5 Tips for Effective Internet Searches
7 Habits of Highly Effective Web Searchers
Don't forget .ppt, .pdf, etc. searches!
Lists of Hoax sites to use when teaching evaluation of websiteshttp://www.shsu.edu/~lis_mah/documents/TCEA/hoaxtable.html
http://www.philb.com/fakesites.htm