One of my first conference presentations. We discussed explicit teaching strategies & resources for educating our kids to be responsible 'cybercitizens' This ranged from modelled & guided use of the internet with our younger students, information literacy, to learning about issues such as plagiarism, copyright, cyberbullying, web evaluation, our 'digital footprints' in a Web 2.0 world.

1. Developing Critical NetStudents Rachel Roberts

2. Thinking Skills Questioning Skills Goal Orientated Netiquette Privacy Safety Copyright Plagiarism Smart Searcher Information Skills Analyse Interpret Infer Decision Maker What is a Critical NetStudent?

3. Student Level (not age dependent) Test Pilots Learning & practising skills Net Navigators Demonstrating skills independently Net Bunnies Developing awareness

4. What Strategies can we employ? Modelling Supervision & Monitoring Lesson Structure Critical thinking Skills Media Awareness Fact / Opinion Values Questioning Explicit Teaching of Skills

8. Online Games & Activities

10. Questioning Smart questions are essential technology for those who venture onto the information highway. Without strong questioning skills, you are just a passenger on someone else’s tour bus. You may be on the highway but someone else is doing the driving. Jamie McKenzie

15. Deconstructing URLs .com commercial .net network .edu educational .org organization .net network .mil military .gov government What is the purpose of this site? – marketing, propaganda, educational?