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NAVIGATING & SEARCHING FOR INFORMATION allows participants to carry out search tasks and analyse information online.
This activity is included in the EXECUTE module, along with CONTENT CREATION and COMMUNICATION & INTERACTION.
Please browse below for more information (objectives, time, materials, briefing, and step-by-step).
Objetives
Objetives
To evaluate whether a website is trustworthy or not.
To identify which information is more objective and reliable.
To evaluate different search procedures.
Time
Time
45 minutes
Materials
Materials
PDF: "Navigation & searching for information"
Paper, pencil/pen
Computer, tablet or mobile phone
Navigation & searching for information.pdfNavigation & searching for information
Navigation & searching for information
(please select in the image to download pdf)
Briefing
Briefing
This activity should be conducted with small groups (until 3 participants).
Each groups should have at least one mobile phone, tablet or computer for searching information.
Step by step
Step by step
1. Introduce the activity
Greta Thunberg, the climate activist, is the inspiration for searching for information on the internet. This activity helps participants to see how they can improve their online searching. Participants are also challenged for evaluating which information is more objective and reliable.
2. To search for information and reflecting on their quality
For searching information on the internet, each group follows the pdf instructions.
After this task, each group presents their answers and how these were achieved.
3. To identify the most objective and reliable contents
Identify and reflect on the characteristics of highly objective and reliable content.
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