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Web Literacy Enriching Classroom Instruction

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Web LiteracyEnriching Classroom Instruction

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What are components of the Internet?• IP Addresses

• Domain Names

• URLs

• Web Browsers

• Home Pages

• Links

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How to read a URL

www.nike.com

World Wide Web

Company Name

Top Level Domain

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What are Top Level Domains?

• .com=commerical• .edu=education• .gov=government• .org=organization• .net=network

• mil=military• .sch=school• .k12=k-12 institutions• .ac=academic• Others listed on handout

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Dissecting Practice

• www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk

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Other Characters to Consider

• / (Slash)-Subdirectory indicator

• ~ (Tilde)-personal opinion

• www.pubweb.northwestern.edu/~abutz/intro

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Let’s Practice

• www.zapatopi.net/treeoctopus/

• bigredhair.com/robots/index.html

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Question

• What skills should all teachers have to be Web literate?

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Search Engines

• Roam the web and collect information

• Cookies and keyword searches ($$)

• Regular search tools– Google, Yahoo, etc.

• Specialty search tools– NoodleTools, Tek Mom’s Search Tools for

Students, Ivy’s Search Engine Resources for Kids

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Specialty Search Tools

• NoodleTools– www.noodletools.com/noodlequest/

• Tek Mom’s Search Tools for Students– www.tekmom.com/search/

• Ivy’s Search Engine Resources for Kids– www.ivyjoy.com/rayne/kidssearch.html

• Google Scholar– www.scholar.google.com

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Other Searches

• Blog Searches– Technorati: www.technorati.com– Google: blogsearch.google.com

• Podcast Searches– Podscope: www.podscope.com/– Blinkx: www.blinkx.com/– Everyzing: www.everyzing.com– Apple: www.apple.com/itunes/

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Question

• How can you use the sale of keywords in a lesson?

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Get REAL

• Web Material Validation

• 4-Step Process

–Read the URL

–Examine the Content

–Ask About the Author and Owner

–Look at the Links

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Read the URL

• Three Basic Questions– Do you recognize the domain name?– What is the extension in the domain name?– Are you on a personal page?

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Examine the Content

• Critical Thinking Exercises for Students– Let’s try one!– http://www.frogsonice.com/froggy/

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Ask About the Author and Owner

• .gov and .edu are fairly reliable

• .org, .net and .com can belong to anyone

• Use student question and activity sheet

• easyWhois: www.easywhois.com/ or www.domaintools.com (advanced)

• The Wayback Machine: www.archive.org

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Look at the Links

• Two types of links– Forward Links– Back Links

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Forward Links

• Links on a website directing visitor to other pages

• Ask two questions:– What are the URLs of the forward links?– Do the domain names change?

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Back Links• Links to a site from external sources

• Ask three questions:– Who is linked to the Web site?– Why are they linked? What is the purpose?– What do other sites say about the material on

the site?

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Back Link Tips/Tools• Use link command on AltaVista-reveals

back links– link:http://www.dhmo.org

• Use host command in conjunction with link command– link:http://www.dhmo.org + host:edu

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Practicing Back Link Tool

• Using AltaVista and the link tool, find how many back links there are to your school.

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Other Internet/Technology Tools

• Podcasts– Self created– www.apple.com/iTunes

• RSS– Real Simple Syndication– Collection of real-time, up-to-date resources

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Other Internet/Technology Tools

• Wikis– Living encyclopedia

• Blogs– Web Log…online conversation/discussion

forum

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Question

• Which of the Internet tools will I use in my classroom next week and how will I use it?

• What 21st Century skills will be infused in the activity?

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Question

• Last Question…I promise!

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Are These Your Students?