Group items tagged

Useful resources on varied topics of importance today. Computational thinking, data science, citizen science etc.

News stripped of site and authorship for critical viewing.

Everything you need to teach students about evaluating websites -- including websites to use as "examples"

Alice Keeler helps provide some guidance in what is/isn't acceptable use with images/content on the Web.

Does your research teaching embrace the 21st century learner? This blog post has great information/lessons on strategies for helping students curate (finding/evaluating/managing) information.

Model School Library Standards for CA - great resource for information literacy scaffolding.

Great informational text for students - discussion and literacy across the curriculum.

Google's library of lessons on searching and A Google A Day Challenge resources

"The Stripling Inquiry Model has six phases; however, it's not a linear process but rather a recursive one in which the learner might revisit a previous stage to ask additional questions or organize information, as the need arises. Each phase involves critical thinking skills that empower young people to learn on their own and develop the thinking skills to be independent, lifelong learners. The phases are as follows: Connect: observe, experience, connect a subject to self and previous knowledge Wonder: predict, develop questions and hypotheses Investigate: find and evaluate information to answer questions, test hypotheses Construct: draw conclusions, arrive at new understandings Express: apply understandings to a new context, share learning with others Reflect: examine one's own learning and ask new questions (Stripling 2003, 8). Technology and, in particular, Web 2.0 tools and services can be used throughout the inquiry process to support the appropriate thinking skills. The key is to focus on student learning, not the Web 2.0 technology. The focus is on the phase(s) of inquiry at which students are concentrating and deciding which technology tool can best support the thinking processes and instructional strategies of that phase of inquiry. This increases the effectiveness of both the learning experience and the use of technology. An outline of the inquiry phases aligned with Web 2.0 technology tools and instructional strategies can be seen in Figure 2."

Animation describing the drawbacks of relying exclusively on GOOGLE

collection of digital literacy links using the 21st. C. literacies model to organise them into categories e.g. visual literacy, critical literacy, tool literacy etc. 

a pile of fake websites to evaluate and use for media literacy

All subjects need to teach students how to search for, analyze and utilize digital information within the subject area. This is where students will be getting info until someone pulls the plug or locks them in a bookmobile.

"We're often told that young people tend to be the most tech-savvy among us. But just how savvy are they? ,,, High school and college students may be "digital natives," but they're wretched at searching."

A good site for exploring, sharing and creating stylish infographics. Get your class you make visually stunning displays and posters to explain their ideas. [Be aware - Site was in Beta last time I checked]

Visually is the largest data visualization showcase in the world. Create and share infographics. Site has own search engine for web based infographics, holds data from govt agencies, non-profits and other research and data-focused entities