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Hook, Line &

Sinker?

How to help your students avoid swallowing their websites whole

Hook graphic from Microsoft Word 2010 clipart

Digital Citizenship

We are not alone!

Teaching our students how to be engaged and responsible members of our connected world is possibly our biggest and most important task.

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What a big mouth you have! All the

better to swallow with

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Keep your eyes peeled for some of the following tricks

…

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Beware of the

SHARKS

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The WWWDOT Website Evaluation Model

Who wrote this and what credentials do they have?

Why was it written?

When was it written?

Does it help meet my needs?

Organisation of the site?

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Other website evaluation tools that can

help light

the way

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So, how will we know when our students aren’t

When they are thoughtfully navigating the depths, shallows and shoals of the

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Discussion Points

What is your own practice when using websites in the classroom?

What are the ‘website traps’ that you see your students falling into?

Would you be open to adopting a school-wide

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Recommended ReadingMeriam Library, California State University, Chico. (2010). Evaluating information - applying the CRAAP test. Retrieved from http://www.csuchico.edu/lins/handouts/eval_websites.pdf

Ribble, M. (2009). Passport to digital citizenship. Learning & Leading with Technology, 36(4), 14-17.

Sharkey, J., & Brandt, D. S. (2008). Integrating technology literacy and information literacy. In P. C. Rivoltella (Ed.), Digital literacy: tools and methodologies for information society (pp. 85-97). Hershey, Pa.: IGI Publishing.

Tan, T. (2011). Educating digital citizens. Leadership, 41(1), 30-32.

Walker, A., Huddlestone, B., & Pullen, D. L. (2010). An overview of technology in society: an introduction to technoliteracy. In D. L. Pullen, C. Gitsaki & M. Baguley (Eds.), Technoliteracy, discourse and social practice: frameworks in the digital age (pp. 1-19). Hershey, Pa.: Information Science Reference.

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