Dig it al L ite ra cy

Aims:
1. Understanding the rewards and risks of using internet-based articles.

2. Practise skills for judging an article’s reliability.

Starter - Discussion
How we get our news…

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digital literacy

practical skills

thinking skills

social skills
Digital Literacy – Rate Yourself

e) SIFT AND SUPPLY – using the

information your own writing in a way that:

• doesn’t leave you overloaded

a) SEARCH ENGINES – taking
• doesn’t lead to plagiarism a topic and thinking of key words
5 to quickly get the information you
need…
• respects the author 4
3
2
1

d) SUITABILITY – rating
the relevance and
reliability information
according to:

• date written? b) SITES – having a ‘go to

list’ of trusted information
• author background? websites…
• fact / opinion balance?

• evidence?
1 = beginner
• primary or secondary
source c) SOURCES – knowing how 2 = novice
to find out who has written 3 = intermediate
the article... 4 = advanced
5 = expert
 True or False?

 1. The word ‘google’ has been added to official English dictionaries as a verb.

2. There are now more books and pieces of information available online than there
 is in any library.

3. Each day there are 1 million searches on Google.


4. A teacher can make a million dollars by sharing their worksheets.

5. The founder of Wikipedia is a billionaire.

6. The internet is an Australian invention.
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7. It now takes just four years for new-born baby to leave a ‘digital footprint’.
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8. Wikipedia is the largest encyclopaedia in the history of humankind.

 9. In the past 5 years, poor behaviour online has become one of the top 3 reasons
for politicians being sacked or forced to resign.
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10. ‘Wikiwashing’ is a term for people who edit wikipedia pages related to their
personal or professional lives.
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 Why does the internet
sometimes provide incorrect
information?
Focus on Wikipedia…

We need articles
on the
following….

OK, this can go This needs

in… changing…
No, this is
not good How does a traditional
enough… encyclopaedia work?
Focus on Wikipedia…
I’m not
I’m going to sure it’s
write an relevant?
article on…. Yes OK, it’s This needs
a good adding….
I agree, we topic…
need a page
on this…

This bit is
unfair….

I agree,
remove it…

I disagree,
I’m going to it’s a good
spoil this…. point…

This topic How does

needs
locking… wikipedia
work?
Focus on Wikipedia…

Is Wikipedia a Credible Source?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHrGsxSpM5E
Focus on Wikipedia…
Write down as many positives and negatives as you can for
using Wikipedia as a study tool.

Positive Negative
How can the internet help
with complex topics?
‘Your Socks’ by Raiah Harnik

Your socks are in the drawer

Your clothes are in the closet, folded
Your fatigues, too
And your clock ticks next to me
Waking me every morning for nothing
At four-thirty sharp.

Where did you rush to at four-thirty

To which oblivion, to what end
At four-thirty in the month of June
Why did you hurry what was so urgent
again...

And your clothes are in the closet The poem is by an Israeli,

Dress uniform, fatigues,
A parka with epaulets, next to the curtain.
And a clock which wakes me every night
At four-thirty sharp.
written in 1983. The poem
mourns the death of loved one
in the on-going conflict in the
land of Israel, Palestine and
Lebanon.
Essay – Explain the context for Raiah Harnik’s poem…

Sources:

An interview with Mosab

A BBC report on the Hassan Yousef, son of a
A Lonely Planet tourist
Camp David peace talks Palestinian militant
guide to Jerusalem.
in 2000. leader who turned out to
be an Israeli spy.

A 2011 commentary piece A July 2014 newspaper

The Wikipedia article
by Jenny Tongue, a article from BBC war
on the Israel-Palestine
British Liberal Democrat correspondent, Jeremy
conflict.
politician. Bowen.

An blog post by Abdel

A July 2014 editorial
A Fox news TV report on Bari Atwan, former
from the Jerusalem
the July 2014 conflict. editor of Al-Quds Al-
Post.
Arabi newspaper.
Most Useful

Factors
• Known website?
• Recently updated?
Least Useful • Identifiable author?
• Author’s background?
• Bias?
Is the internet an easy
shortcut?
What is plagiarism?
• Plagiarism means copying someone else’s words, ideas or pictures then
using them within your own work as if they were your own, without recording
where you found the information.

• Plagiarism is copying from ANYWHERE: from books or newspapers, from

another student’s work AND from the internet.

• Plagiarism includes both

direct copying and
paraphrasing information –
which means using some
information you’ve found but
putting it in your own words.
Plenary

Three Golden Rules for Internet Research:

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