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Teaching Critical Thinking for the Internet //Information Literacy for Teachers and Learners in Adult Education// workshop by OTAN, handout

If it is on the Internet, it must be true! Not! How do you know if a Web site is accurate? How do you help your learners think critically about online information? How do you keep your learners safe online? **Information literacy is** **defined as the ability to find, evaluate and use information.** This workshop will give you = = the tools to locate,organize and evaluate online information, and provide the tools for teaching your students to think critically about the information they find online. Participants will identify and practice appropriate and copyright-safe ways to access, use, and present information from online resources. =Workshop Goals= Participants will be able to: =Workshop Content:=
 * Workshop Description**
 * define information literacy
 * use effective search strategies on the Internet
 * use appropriate strategies to determine the validity of a Web site
 * offer tools to teach students to think critically about online information
 * develop a personal strategy for organizing online information

Locate

 * Effiective Search on the Internet
 * General search engines
 * OTAN Web site | Teaching Tools and Resources (video tutorial about My Resources feature)

Evaluate
Website validation strategies by Alan Novembertoc

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 * **R** – How to **R**ead a Web Address
 * Read the URL
 * Activity #1
 * **E** – **E**xamine the site’s content
 * List of @guiding questions and history of a Web site
 * Activity #2
 * **A** – **A**sk about the **A**uthor/publisher
 * Activity #3
 * **L** – Look at the **L**inks
 * Activity #4

** Organize **

 * Online bookmarks

** Tools for your students **
=Appendices:=
 * For ABE/ASE and higher level ESL learners: Web Quest - Which one should you trust?
 * Fol lower level ESL learners:ESL Web sites - Address? About us? Date? (Handout with sample activity:[[file:ESLWebSiteExamine.doc]] or [[file:ESLWebSiteExamine.pdf]])

Activities

 * grouped Web sites to validate

Locate

 * more info about Web sites to validate (MoreInfoOnWebSites2Validate.doc)

Locate
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 * Customized search on Google

**Copyright**

 * copyright laws
 * creative commons

**Examine the site's content:**

 * Option 2: Evaluating Credibiltity: Criteria and Discussion - IMSA 21st Century Information Fluency Project
 * ( for a more detailed tool - try Evaluation Wizard)

Evaluate this workshop
@http://test.otan.us/dev/eval/