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?
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).
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?
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).
TUTORIALS:
Understanding how web addresses are put together is an essential part of November's REAL acronym <more info here>. 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 ยป Information Literacy Resources
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
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