This is a web literacy presentation I put together with Toni Thompson's notes for a District Leadership Team Meeting in SD60. Resources available at http://www.prn.bc.ca/ts/?p=1175

1. Resources for Web Literacy Presentation This presentation references some websites and resources found at http://www.prn.bc.ca/ts/?p=1175 or via http://bit.ly/hGM3hX Please have it opened to start – TY!

2. Web Literacy Jarrod Bell @jbellsd60 jbell@prn.bc.ca

3. Resources for Web Literacy Presentation This presentation references some websites and resources found at http://www.prn.bc.ca/ts/?p=1175 or via http://bit.ly/hGM3hX

4. Topics Browsers Search Engines What makes up a URL (protocol, domain, file path) Some strategies to check a URL (legitimate, users, whoisetc) How to Shorten URLs The WWWW of evaluating web content

5. Browsers that we use in SD60 Internet Explorer (note about IE6 – needs to go) Firefox Chrome Safari Camino (note – needs to go)

6. Search Engines Have a look at the page on the Technology Services blog that I showed before. Find the list of search engines. While holding down the Command button, click on each search engine. This should open the search engine in a new tab (provided you are using a modern browser that supports tabs – if not, time for an upgrade!) Search for Kermode – check out the results Search for Kermode Bear – check out the results Search for “Kermode Bear” – check out the results What is the difference between the three searches above?

7. Search Engines Advance Searches Boolean Logic (George Boole for the math types) Wiki search in Google – Search for wiki Kermode Bear (just learned this on Sunday) Licensing Search in Advanced Searches

8. Uniform Resource Locator (URL) URL is a web address (like directions to your house by landmarks). Browser looks for the web address on your DNS server (Domain Name System) which gives a numeric IP address (directions to your house via GPS route to your home address) Try entering 205.206.163.40 in your address bar, where does it go?

9. U R L http://www.prn.bc.ca/ts/?p=1175 http:// is the protocol (hypertext transfer protocol) Domain is www.prn.bc.ca (Top level domain is .ca for Canadian website; some others are: .com commercial; .org organization; .net network; .edu educational) www.prn.bc are 2nd (.bc), 3rd (.prn), and 4th (www) level domains Path or File path is what follows after the top level domain/ts/?p=1175. Path refers to a place on the server to find what it is you are looking for like C:sersobesktopoodwork.jpg

10. Why should I understand URLs? Checking the URL is a great way to foil Phishing attacks (fraudulent attempts to access your info via a social cue of some kind ie. “Your bank account is about to expire.”) What is the Top Level domain below www.cibc-com.info www.desjardin.bank I can make www.cibc.com in an email or web page point someplace else, always check the address bar, Banks won’t ask you to update your personal information online via an email. Phone your branch (check the number!) or do it in person.

11. Shorten URLs Please go to http://www.prn.bc.ca/elc/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/SD60logoText.png Or bit.ly/h6U1ZD http://bit.ly - you can truncate the URL by dropping the protocol

12. WWWW of evaluating web content When looking at a website ask Who What When Why And other questions!

13. Who Who is the author or creator of the website content? Is it clear who wrote the material? Is the author qualified to be publishing the information? Could you contact the author, if necessary? Who sponsors the website? Is it clear who is sponsoring the site? Is there information or a link to a website describing why the sponsor supports this site?

14. Who - Check the URL Do you recognize the domain name? What is the extension of the domain name? What do you know about the author? Is the author’s name given? What are his/her credentials? Are you on a personal page? Look for the following clues: A name (such as abutz) Tilde (~) Percent sign (%) The words users, people, or members

15. Whois Look up who owns and operates a website http://www.easywhois.com/ enter domain name iewww.prn.bc.ca and check

16. What What information is relevant to your research question? Is the information consistent with what you know about the subject? Is it a not-for profit sponsor? (ie. what kind of site is it? --.org, .com, .edu, etc.) Is the information comparable to other resources – print or electronic?

17. What Is there spellling and grammatical mistake? :P How it looks is not always everything (beach ball analogy from Jason Ohler, Tech it Up Conference & his book Digital storytelling in the classroom: new media pathways to literacy, learning, and creativity) Is there a lot of advertisements on the site? What could the number of advertisements mean?

18. When When was the website created or updated? Is the site current? Are the dates of any statistics or graphs clearly displayed? Has the website been recently updated or revised?

19. Why Why was the information published? Is the purpose of the website to present accurate, factual information? Is the information provided as a public service? Is the website free of advertising or if advertising is displayed, is it separate from the content?

20. Why Is there an overwhelming bias? what purpose did the author have for creating the website? Does the author have a reason for distorting the information Does the author appear to be trying to persuade the user to believe a certain point of view Is the page sponsored by a particular organization Is the writing style positive or negative Resource http://www.multcolib.org/homework/sochc.html

21. Why Bias continued Do a Fact or Opinion activity Highlight adjectives, positive, negative words, vague phrases or clichés http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/index.cfmor bit.ly/ha9WpW Click on teachers link

22. Apply WWWW Pull up the list of websites that were listed at the beginning of the presentation at bit.ly/hGM3hX Pick four of the websites at your table and use the four W’s to determine which of the websites are real.

23. Last Notes & Thank you This slideshow is available via slideshare on the link for the resources earlier. Web Literacy for Educators by Alan November is a wonderful practical text resource (provided earlier this year) Thank you to Toni Thompson for her Web Literacy notes @tonettethompson Web Literacy is a regular inservice presentation in the Wireless Writing Program