This document discusses the importance of digital literacy skills in the 21st century. It notes that while the internet was initially read-only, the emergence of Web 2.0 allows anyone to easily create and publish online. It highlights both opportunities and risks of the internet for students, and emphasizes the need to teach critical evaluation of online information as well as safe practices. The document provides an overview of various digital tools and strategies to help organize, communicate and find information online.

1. Thriving in the 21st Century
Speaking the
Language of the
Digital Native
ESSDACK
Glenn Wiebe
glennw@essdack.org

2. Warning!

3. Use of blogs, RSS, wikis, web sites and
technology in general may lead to
sleeplessness, irritability, and the horrible reality
that you’ll never being able to know it all.
Use at your own risk

4. Sticky ideas?

5. 21st century literacy skills are
essential for your toolkit

6. Using technology
will make you a
better teacher

7. Your job?

8. Pick out your
“favorite candy”
and save the rest
for later

9. “Come on, Butch! Help a guy
out here. What are your
great resources?”

10. www.socialstudiescentral.com

11. Until 1995, to produce content for
a large audience you needed to
be a . . .

12. Publisher
12

13. Broadcaster
13

14. Billboard owner
14

15. Sky writing pilot
15

16. Then along
came
Mosaic and
Web 1.0
16

17. Web 1.0 was read-only because to
produce content, you needed . . .

18. HTML coding skills
Programming ability
Graphic design skills
Access to servers
Secret tech guy handshake
18

19. So what’s
Web 2.0?
19

20. A read-write-create web using
online software that allows
creating, publishing and
communicating in seconds

21. What are we doing today?
• Internet myths • Social networks
• Search tools • Online
evaluation &
• RSS
citation
• Organizing
• Online tools
information

22. Loch Ness?

23. Big Foot?

24. The web?

25. The Web is a giant encyclopedia
Filters work
<www.martinlutherking.org>
All information on the Web is true

26. The Web is a giant encyclopedia
Filters work
<www.martinlutherking.org>
All information on the Web is true

27. The Web is a giant encyclopedia
Filters work
<www.martinlutherking.org>
All information on the Web is true

28. Peter Stiener July 5, 1993 New Yorker

29. Kids view the world the same as we
do
Jerry Scott & Jim Borgman ©2001

30. Kids view the world the same as we
do
Jerry Scott & Jim Borgman ©2001

31. The Internet is Jake’s world

32. Erin’s brain works differently

33. Jarod works “faster”

34. Teen pregnancy, violence,
alcohol / drug / tobacco use are
all down

35. Community service, voting &
abstinence are up

36. “Today’s students
are no longer the
people our
educational system
was designed to
teach.”
Marc Prensky

37. But wait!
37

39. Low web literacy skills

40. Low web literacy skills
51% believe “most or all” of the
Web can be trusted

41. Low web literacy skills
51% believe “most or all” of the
Web can be trusted
Little sense of online “privacy”

42. Low web literacy skills
51% believe “most or all” of the
Web can be trusted
Little sense of online “privacy”
No understanding of digital
intellectual property rights

43. Low web literacy skills
51% believe “most or all” of the
Web can be trusted
Little sense of online “privacy”
No understanding of digital
intellectual property rights
Weak search and evaluation skills

44. So . . .
39

45. Both we and our kids need to
be more web literate
40

46. 21st century skills?

47. Become a generalist
42

48. Teamwork
43

49. Filter for
information not
memorize
information
44

50. Rock paper scissor decisions
45

51. “One of the things our
grandchildren will find quaintest
about us is that we distinguish the
digital from the real. In the future,
that will become literally
impossible.”
William Gibson
2007
46

52. The basics?
47

53. URLs start broad / end specific

54. URLs start broad / end specific
Glenn Wiebe
123 E. Main
Hillsboro, KS 67063 USA
historytech.wordpress.org/
2008/03/28/brain-rules-school-
drools

55. Types of web sites
Closed
Open
• Organization Educational
•
.org .edu
• Commercial Military
•
.com .mil
• Web groups Government
•
.net .gov

57. Added closed
.aero / .museum / .coop / .pro /

58. Added closed
.aero / .museum / .coop / .pro /
Added open
.biz / .name / .info / 244 country
domains

59. Also available (sorta!)
.geo / .mail / .xxx / .mobi / .asia /
.game / .tech / .sport / .travel /
.video / .mp3 / .kids
(and about 10-15 others!)

60. Why the big deal
about urls?
52

61. Search engines work like index
cards

62. Search engines
google.com
•
altavista.com
•
alltheweb.com
•
ask.com
•
kartoo.com
•

63. Subject directories
yahoo.com
•
Librarians’ Index to the Web
•
lii.org
• Digital Librarian
www.digital-librarian.com
RefDesk.com
•

64. Newer!
ThinkFinity.com
•
Clusty.com
•
Factbites.com
•

65. For kids
Yahooligans
•
www.yahooligans.com
KidsClick
•
www.kidsclick.org
Ask for Kids
•
www.ajkids.com

66. Family Friendly Search
•
www.familyfriendlysearch.com
Awesome Library
•
www.awesomelibrary.org
Kid Info
•
www.kidinfo.com

67. 42explore
•
www.42explore.com
Kid’s Search Tools
•
www.rcls.org/ksearch.htm

68. Nettrekker / Kan-Ed Empowered
Desktop
kportal.learningstation.com

69. Search Engine list
www.philb.com/webse.htm

70. How to search?

71. Pick the right tool
NoodleQuest: Choose the Best
Search
www.noodletools.com

72. Finding Information with Search
Engines
www.philb.com/whichengine.htm

73. Bernie Dodge’s Specialized Tools
webquest.sdsu.edu/searching/
specialized.html

74. My Pretty Quick Turtle Left Late
Bernie Dodge/Tom March

75. My Pretty Quick Turtle Left Late
Use Minus (-) & Plus (+)
Bernie Dodge/Tom March

76. My Pretty Quick Turtle Left Late
Use Minus (-) & Plus (+)
Use Quotes (keywords with
quotation marks)
Bernie Dodge/Tom March

77. My Pretty Quick Turtle Left Late
Use Minus (-) & Plus (+)
Use Quotes (keywords with
quotation marks)
Use the Title (allintitle:“world cup”)
Bernie Dodge/Tom March

78. My Pretty Quick Turtle Left Late
Use Minus (-) & Plus (+)
Use Quotes (keywords with
quotation marks)
Use the Title (allintitle:“world cup”)
Use the Link (link:www.cnn.com)
Bernie Dodge/Tom March

79. My Pretty Quick Turtle Left Late
Use Minus (-) & Plus (+)
Use Quotes (keywords with
quotation marks)
Use the Title (allintitle:“world cup”)
Use the Link (link:www.cnn.com)
Use the Like (related:www.cnn.com)
Bernie Dodge/Tom March

80. Cache
•
cache:www.essdack.org
Allintitle
•
allintitle:education essdack
Site
•
site:edu holocaust
Allinurl
•
allinurl:brown board

81. Cool Google stuff
Calculator
Spellchecker
Phone & address looker-upper
Translator
Dictionary

82. Multimedia
• YouTube
• TeacherTube
• Flickr
• iTunes

83. Practice search
What was your unit or class?
Do a search using keywords and
search tools that fit your search

84. The DHMO controversy

85. Hoaxes?
Urban Legends
•
www.snopes.com
Truth or Fiction
•
www.truthorfiction.com

86. A Short Introduction to Holocaust
Revisionism
www.ibiblio.org/team/history/
controversy/abutz/intro.html
Holocaust Hoax
www.natvan.com/national-vanguard/
assorted/hoax.html

87. United States Holocaust Memorial
Museum
www.ushmm.org/museum/exhibit/
online/phistories
A Teacher’s Guide to the Holocaust:
Survivors
fcit.usf.edu/Holocaust/people/survivor.htm

88. What about this site?
“Case Analysis of a Historic Killer
•
Tornado Event in Kansas on 10 June
1938”
www.cimms.ou.edu/~doswell/
•
Conference_papers/SELS96/WoO.html

89. Social Networks &
Communication
• Twitter/ Plurk
• Shelfari
• Classroom 2.0
• Wikipedia
• Skype

90. Organize information
77

91. Google Notebook
•
notebook.google.com
BibMe
•
bibme.org
Delicous
•
delicous.com
Box
•
box.net
• RSS

93. “News feeds”
from web sites

94. “News feeds”
from web sites
A “news reader”
to display the
feeds

95. Find the button

96. Best aggregators?

97. Web Literacy lesson plans
Literacy Matters
•
www.literacymatters.org/lessons/
onlineresearch.htm
Media Awareness
•
www.media-awareness.ca/english/
teachers/index.cfm
TechLearning
•
www.techlearning.com/db_area/
archives/TL/2003/03/toolkit.html

98. PBS
•
www.pbs.org/teachersource/media_lit/
getting_started.shtm
Education World
•
www.education-world.com/a_lesson/
lesson230.shtml
CyberSmart
•
www.becybersmart.org

99. Web literacy sites
21st Century Information Literacy
•
Project
21cif.imsa.edu
Kid Safe Search Sites
•
www.sldirectory.com/searchf
kidsafe.html

100. CyberSmart
•
www.cybersmart.org
Kathy Schrock's Web Site Evaluation
•
school.discovery.com/
schrockguideeval.html

101. Internet Safety
NetSmartz
•
netsmartz.org
Wired Safety
•
wiredsafety.org

102. More questions than answers!
Bill Watterson ©1995

103. More questions than answers!
Bill Watterson ©1995
Three new ideas, concepts or practices
Two questions or clarifications
One thing you can use use right away