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Web Literacy for Educators

By: Alan November

Boost teacher/student Web literacy while using the Internet to enrich classroom instruction!

This practical guidebook helps both teachers and students effectively find, sort, and evaluate information on the Web and illustrates how to use the Internet as a powerful tool for strengthening critical thinking skills across all content areas and grade levels. The author offers methods to conduct smarter, faster, and more productive student research and provides basic steps to help learners judge information for quality and validity. This resource includes:

Formative assessments in each chapter
Need-to-know information for students out-of-school, unfiltered research
Tips for addressing plagiarism
Commonly used terminology

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Product Details

Grade Level: PreK-12
ISBN: 9781412958431
Published By: Corwin
Year: 2008
Page Count: 128
Publication date: April 22, 2008

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"A huge contribution. The coverage is very complete, and the examples are engaging and very informative."
—Cheryl Oakes, Collaborative Content Coach for Technology
Wells-Ogunquit CSD, ME

"Both the newcomer and the tech-savvy educator can find something useful from this well-organized, easy-to-follow book. A wonderful addition for educators at any grade level."
—Betsy Muller, Technology Consultant and Teacher
Issaquah School District, Seattle, WA

Boost teacher/student Web literacy while using the Internet to enrich classroom instruction!

For many of today's students, the Web is one of the first places they go to for information. Unfortunately, doing research on the Internet poses many dangers and challenges. Both students and educators must become Web literate, which means not only knowing how to find information but also how to examine content, find out who published a Web site, and see who is linked to a site.

This practical guidebook helps teachers and students effectively find, sort, and evaluate information on the Web and illustrates how educators across all content areas and grade levels can use the Internet to strengthen students' critical thinking skills. Educational technology expert Alan November offers methods to conduct smarter, faster, and more productive student research and provides basic steps to help learners judge information for quality and validity. This resource includes:

Formative assessments in each chapter
Need-to-know information for students' out-of-school, unfiltered research
Tips for addressing plagiarism
Explanations of commonly used terminology

Web Literacy for Educators shows teachers how to navigate the Internet efficiently and wisely and help their students do the same.

Key features

Lets teachers and students weed out misinformation and disinformation
Simple to complex tools make the guide useful at all grade levels
Promotes smarter faster, and better student research productivity
Describes specialized search tools
4 simple steps help students judge information quality and validity
Alerts teachers to what they need to share with students for out-of-school unfiltered research
Offers tips for addressing plagiarism
Simple assessments let teachers judge students' web literacy
Meets a need in all content areas
Embeds the teaching of critical thinking
Protects students from manipulation
Should be in the hands of every single teacher

Author(s)

Alan November

Alan November began his education career as a science and math teacher and a residential dorm counselor on an island reform school in Boston Harbor. November went on as a teacher and administrator in the Boston Public Schools, Lexington and Wellesley (Massachusetts) Public Schools, and the Glenbrook High Schools in Illinois. He has also taught in the graduate schools of education at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, and Seton Hall in New Jersey. He was the cofounder of the Institute for Education Leadership and Technology at Stanford University. He has presented in all 50 states, every province of Canada, across Europe, Asia, Central America, and South Africa. He is most proud of being named one of the first Christa McAuliffe Educators in the United States. November is the author of the best-selling book Empowering Students With Technology. Each July, November leads the international Building Learning Communities summer conference near Boston.

Table of Contents

Preface

On the Web

Acknowledgments

About the Author

Introduction

1. Web Basics for Critical Thinking

2. The Empowered Researcher

3. Get REAL: How to Validate Information on the Web

4. Look at the Links

5. Research Outside the Box: A Guide to Creative Searching

6. Expanding the Boundaries: Blogs, RSS, Podcasts, and Wikis

7. Strategies and Evaluation: Putting It All Together

References

Index

Reviews

"A huge contribution. The coverage is very complete, and the examples are engaging and very informative."

Cheryl Oakes, Collaborative Content Coach for Technology
Wells-Ogunquit CSD, ME

"Both the newcomer and the tech-savvy educator can find something useful from this well-organized, easy-to-follow book. A wonderful addition for any educator."

Betsy Muller, Technology Consultant and Teacher
Issaquah School District, Seattle, WA

"Internet technology expert Alan November addresses everything an educator needs to know in this modern era to make use of the Internet for a better curriculum and how to address the problems it brings, such as plagiarism."

Wisconsin Bookwatch, June 2008
Midwest Book Review

"An outstanding guide for any education library."

The Bookwatch, July 2008
Midwest Book Review

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