Course: Tech Literacy for Teachers/Staff

Information Literacy

The point of this exercise is to illustrate the importance of teaching students how to use the Internet to find information. No matter what you teach, there is information on the Internet that can help your students. No one would deny that research skills are very important, but use of the Internet is rarely taught when students are conducting research. Teachers generally focus on library skills and (if they include the Internet) using a search engine. Generally speaking, there is very little time spent on how to determine the legitimacy of information found on a web page. To Illustrate this, look at the sites listed on the Internet Accuracy test below and consider what you should tell students about how to determine the credibility of information found on the web. Peruse all of the websites, then determine which ones contain accurate information and which ones do not.

Warning: The two links labeled "graphic" have content that may offend or disturb some individuals. They are there, specifically, to illustrate the ways that information can be manipulated or seem to be manipulated on the Internet. However if you are sensitive to graphic language or blood (like during surgery).

When you are done with the Internet Accuracy Test, watch the video below and complete the next assignment: Teaching Internet Literacy.