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Digital Literacy is the ability to understand information and, more important, to evaluate and integrate information. Being able to evaluate and interpret information is critical. You can't understand information you find on the Internet without evaluating its sources and placing it in context.
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The kids in the video say that the Internet is “like a helper.” How is the Internet helpful?
• How do you think that the Internet works?
• What are some of the activities you do with the Internet?
• Do you ever use the Internet to watch videos? What kinds of videos do you watch?
• Do you use the Internet to play games? Are the games you play on the Internet different from games you play at recess?
• Fill in the rest of this sentence: “The Internet is ____.”
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Just because information shows up online, doesn't mean it's true. How can you check to make sure that the source is reliable?
• Why is it important to fact check before you include an Internet source in your research?
• Just because information shows up online, doesn't mean it's true. How can you check to make sure that the source is reliable?
• Discuss some of the things that make a website seem legitimate, including: quality of the design, layout, and text; quality of the images including the photographs, magazine covers, and posters; inclusion of two e-mail addresses as contact information; fact that it is updated regularly; copyright mark; links to legitimate organizations; and links from other websites.
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A Grain of Salt
It is a fact of our digital life that there is much false information circulating online.
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Assessing Critically
Ask yourself the following questions and you can better differentiate between facts, fiction and opinions, and assess if the content is factual and trustworthy:
