Module+6+-+Web+Literacy


 * Lead Instructor: Craig Magtutu (magtutu@yahoo.com )**

INTRODUCTION: How much can you trust the information you find? How can you authenticate your resources? Is literacy for web pages different from literacy for other written material? **
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ASSIGNMENT: ** 1) Read through the material on pages 9 through 19 of the Alan November Workshop Workbook . 2) Complete the activities and questions interspersed through pages 9 to 19 of the Alan November Workshop Workbook. 3) Take the Alan November quiz to gage your Information Literacy. 4) Read the Course Blog post and leave a comment reflecting your learning from the November materials above. 5) Become a web detective. Select a website of your own choosing and see what you can find out about it using tools (Wayback Machine, links to and from a site) mentioned in the November document and others listed below. 6) Post your selected site and a summary of the information collected on the Class Literacy page for this module. 7) Post your information from #6 to your own personal wiki page. 8) Post a reflection about literacy and your detective work (think implications for privacy) to your personal blog, this may be similar to your course blog comment for this module. REMINDERS: ** - Respond to the Course __**Blog Post**__ - Email the Lead Instructor once you have completed a module/topic, so we can review your work. - Use the Discussion Tab above if you get stuck or have questions that an instructor or fellow student in this class can help you answer - we are all part of your Personal Learning Community (PLC).
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Understanding how web addresses are put together is an essential part of November's REAL acronym. Watch this video from the Babson Library at Springfield College, Springfield, MA to see the parts of a web address, and the role they play in searching. @http://a10.video.blip.tv/1400002162242/BabsonLibrary-UsingSearchEngines745.swf ** [|November Learning » Information Literacy Resources]
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OTHER INFORMATION AND RESOURCES: ** Future Fundamentals by Howard Rheingold 6 minute Howard Rheingold video outlining 21st Century Literacy (blocked in DPS, requires use of YouTube override) [|Media Literacy | Overview] [|Fact or Folly - For Teachers | Introduction] [|Warlick's CoLearners | Main / RedefiningLiteracyForThe21stCentury browse] [|Warlick's CoLearners | Main / HomePage browse] [|My own collection of Web Authenticity resources]
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WEB DETECTIVE TOOLS ** Wayback machine - http://www.archive.org Domain Name Registrations - WHOIS search - @http://www.networksolutions.com/whois/index.jsp IP Lookup - @http://www.ip2location.com/free.asp Whitepages - @http://www.411.com/ Google Maps - @http://maps.google.com/ Cell phone tracker - @http://www.yougetsignal.com/tools/phone-location/ Public records property search - @http://www.netronline.com/public_records.htm
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