Information Literacy
Lesson One - All about the Internet
What is the internet? Who invented the internet? How big is the Internet? What is a web page? What is a search engine?
Lesson
Plan
The
Internet
Way Back Machine
The
Internet
Lesson Two - Become a URL Detective
What is a URL? What do the protocol, domain name and suffix tell us about a website? Why would you truncate an address?
Site 2
Site 3
Lesson Plan
Matching Game
Suffix Challenge
Site 1
Site 4
Site 5
Lesson Three - Getting the most out of the World Wide Web
How can you customize your homepage, bookmark a site, locate and save information and images on a web page?
Lesson Plan
Browser Sample
Checklist
Lesson Four - Copyright, Citation and Plagiarism
What is copyright? How and when can you use material covered by copyright law? How do you create a citation?
Lesson Plan
Permission Form
Copyright Mystery
Copyright Game
Copyright Kids
Copyright Society
Easy Bib
Citation Machine
Lesson Five - Power Up, Log In and Get Surfing!
Are you ready to take the Internet Driving Test and earn your certificate?
Lesson Plan
Driving Test
Certificate
Lesson Six - All About Searching
What is Boolean Logic and how can you use it to reduce the number of hits you get?
Boolean Pretest
All About Searching
Worksheet
Boolean Logic
Lesson Seven - All About Key Words
What is the difference between a search engine and a browser? What is a key word?
Lesson Plan
How to find..
Keyword Search
Search Techniques
Quintura
Ask for Kids
IPL
Awesome Library
Kids
Click
d.m.o.z
Lesson Eight - Identifying Useful Websites
There are a lot of web sites out there. How do you decide which one you should use?
Site 1
Site 2
Site 3
Site 4
Wikipedia
Lesson Plan
Should I use this?
5 W's Worksheet
Evaluating
Websites 1
Evaluating
Websites 2
Evaluating Websites 3
Lesson Nine - Evaluating Short Listed Websites
Time to evaluate your chosen web sites!
Lesson Plan
5 W's Worksheet and Rubric
Survey
