Digital Literacy
Spotting misinformation & disinformation
Spotting misinformation & disinformation
May 2021 blog post
May 2021 blog post
Top 10 sites to help students check their facts
Top 10 sites to help students check their facts
Copyright
Copyright
The kids love Frank! I could never find On the Case 1, so if anyone tracks it down and let's me know, I'd really appreciate it!
The kids love Frank! I could never find On the Case 1, so if anyone tracks it down and let's me know, I'd really appreciate it!
Resources
Resources
Media Literacy Series
Media Literacy Series
From Apple: "A Day in the Life of Your Data" document that details how third-party companies can track user data across websites and apps
From Apple: "A Day in the Life of Your Data" document that details how third-party companies can track user data across websites and apps
SIFT - Stop, Investigate the source, Find better coverage, Trace claims, quotes and media to the original context
SIFT - Stop, Investigate the source, Find better coverage, Trace claims, quotes and media to the original context
Mike Caulfield, Washington State University Vancouver, 2017
Mike Caulfield, Washington State University Vancouver, 2017
Ohio State University Libraries, 2016
Ohio State University Libraries, 2016
Assessing websites
Assessing websites
Teen Fact-Checking Network
Teen Fact-Checking Network
SIFT: evaluating information
SIFT: evaluating information
Emma Silvia: Wentworth Point PS
Emma Silvia: Wentworth Point PS
Drop Bear
Drop Bear
Scientific name: Thylarctos plummetus
Please assess the suitability of this site before using it!
Please assess the suitability of this site before using it!
Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus
Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus
All About Explorers
All About Explorers
Since this site was developed as a teaching tool for educating students about how to search better on the Internet (see About This Site for more details), we have published on this page a list of the lessons, handouts, and other tools that we have used with our own students.
A kid's guide to how the internet works [UK site]
A kid's guide to how the internet works [UK site]
We are the internet’s go-to source for discerning what is true and what is total nonsense.
We are the internet’s go-to source for discerning what is true and what is total nonsense.
TruthOrFiction.com is a non-partisan website where Internet users can quickly and easily get information about eRumors, fake news, disinformation, warnings, offers, requests for help, myths, hoaxes, virus warnings, and humorous or inspirational stories that are circulated by email.
TruthOrFiction.com is a non-partisan website where Internet users can quickly and easily get information about eRumors, fake news, disinformation, warnings, offers, requests for help, myths, hoaxes, virus warnings, and humorous or inspirational stories that are circulated by email.
We work to empower people with knowledge and tools to build resilience against harmful, false, and misleading information.
We work to empower people with knowledge and tools to build resilience against harmful, false, and misleading information.
The goal of the Hoax-Slayer Website is to help make the Internet a safer, more pleasant and more productive environment.
The goal of the Hoax-Slayer Website is to help make the Internet a safer, more pleasant and more productive environment.
Do you know if Niagara Falls can freeze or whether sewer monsters really exist? Can you tell a photoshopped image from the original? Debunk urban legends, fake news sites, and internet hoaxes here.
Do you know if Niagara Falls can freeze or whether sewer monsters really exist? Can you tell a photoshopped image from the original? Debunk urban legends, fake news sites, and internet hoaxes here.
Identifying Hoaxes and Urban Legends
Identifying Hoaxes and Urban Legends
[US Govt site]
[US Govt site]
Reverse Image Search
Reverse Image Search
Search by image and find where that image appears online
Search by image and find where that image appears online
Critical Evaluation
Critical Evaluation
One of the most important information literacy skills for students is learning how to critically evaluate information found on the Web. This page includes forms for teaching the process, articles for learning about the aspect of literacy, and a list of bogus sites to use to showcase that all things on the Web are not real.
One of the most important information literacy skills for students is learning how to critically evaluate information found on the Web. This page includes forms for teaching the process, articles for learning about the aspect of literacy, and a list of bogus sites to use to showcase that all things on the Web are not real.
2020 article showing the best WHOIS tools, their features and how you can use them
2020 article showing the best WHOIS tools, their features and how you can use them
Targeted at students from the ages of 13 to 18, this toolkit provides educators with the resources to equip students with the core skills they need to think critically about today's media.
Targeted at students from the ages of 13 to 18, this toolkit provides educators with the resources to equip students with the core skills they need to think critically about today's media.
[Singapore Govt site]
This is a university site but it has lots of useful information that can be adapted for your library lessons.
This is a university site but it has lots of useful information that can be adapted for your library lessons.
[US site]
Includes a 3 minute video discussing fact and opinion
Includes a 3 minute video discussing fact and opinion
Includes a 3 minute video explaining disinformation
Includes a 3 minute video explaining disinformation
Today’s Students Can’t Identify Fake News, Says Study
Today’s Students Can’t Identify Fake News, Says Study
Here are seven ideas to help you teach them!
Register for free to download new resources [UK site]
Register for free to download new resources [UK site]
Website Evaluation Quiz Questions!
Website Evaluation Quiz Questions!
Updated March 2022
Updated March 2022
Do I just Google that?
Do I just Google that?
This site has links to more very useful DL sites. Check them out!
This site has links to more very useful DL sites. Check them out!
