The Lamppost» evaluating resources http://thelamppost.ca Resources for High School English Tue, 23 Nov 2010 03:53:50 +0000 en hourly 1 Presentations: Digital Citizenship and Online Research http://thelamppost.ca/2010/02/08/presentations-digital-citizenship-and-online-research/ http://thelamppost.ca/2010/02/08/presentations-digital-citizenship-and-online-research/#comments Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:04:15 +0000 Brad W http://thelamppost.ca/?p=1400 I begin almost every course that I teach with a brief media unit on 21st century skills and media literacy. Because much of what students are doing today is online, I like to think that we are doing our best to mold quality digital citizens.

Here are two presentations I share with my students near the beginning of each semester: Digital Citizenship and Smart Research, complete with an embedded assignment.

These presentations ask and attempt to answer two fundamental questions:  (1) In our wired world, can our students protect themselves while positively contributing to the information highway?  And (2), with millions of websites at their fingertips, can our students effectively evaluate websites?

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