Digital Literacy -- What Students Should Know

Digital Literacy

Kathy Kraemer and Becky Beck

What is Digital literacy?

Why do we care?

How do we know

if we have a good source?

Where do we start?

URL

Anatomy of a URL

Http://doepud.co.uk/blog/anatomy-of-a-url.php

http://www.startribune.com/sports/twins/188619681.html

Domain name extensions

.gov

.com

.net

.org

.govt

.co

Location codes

.au

.cn

.tx

.jp

.es

.ca

Whitehouse.COM

MartinLutherKing.org

Http://martinlutherking.org

Is the author trustworthy?

Teaching Zack

to Think

http://pubweb.acns.nwu.edu/~abutz/index.html

Now, we can cheat.

Is the author trustworthy?•Look for a biography of the author.

•See if you can contact the author.

•Look to see what sites are linked to the author.

What sites are linked to this site?

Use this trick…

Is the organization trustworthy?

• Check the URL.

• See who is linked to their site.

• See if you can contact the organization.

• Use multiple sources.

Hurricane Sandy Slideshow

90,ooo

70,000

What photos don’t belong in

this Hurricane Sandy slideshow?

Authentic Hurricane Sandy?

Is the author trustworthy?

The Old Guard’s response

Authentic Hurricane Sandy?

French Art Installation

Fact or opinion?

When was the site updated?

Is the site free of spelling

and grammatical errors?

Are sources

given for statistics?

Can you tell the difference

between ads and content?

Who sponsors the site?

Name 3 things that aren’t trustworthy…

Wikipedia as a springboard

Google as a place

for an appetizer

ELM as a place for a meal

Café ELM (elm4you.org)

DESTINY

Global Issues in Context

Global Issues in Context

http://goo.gl/PSDPp

Use multiple resources.

Use multiple resources.

Use multiple resources.

Use your tricks

• Examine the URL.

• Verify that the author and organization are

trustworthy.

• Confirm sites are linked to your resource.

• Determine opinion from fact.

• Utilize reputable sites.

• Use multiple resources.

Thank you!

Kathy Kraemer and Becky BeckFridley IB World Schools