Communicating, Inquiring, Decision Making and Problem Solving

C-2 Students will seek alternative viewpoints, using information technologies.

• consult a wide variety of sources that reflect varied viewpoints on particular topics
  
  
• evaluate the validity of gathered viewpoints against other sources

C-3 Students will critically assess information accessed through the use of a variety of technologies.

• assess the authority, reliability and validity of electronically accessed information
  
  
• demonstrate discriminatory selection of electronically accessed information that is relevant to a particular topic

Lessons

ICYouSee: A Lesson in Critical Thinking

Thinking About Hate

Hoax? Scholarly Research? Personal Opinion? You Decide!

Deconstructing Web Pages

Activities and Student Handouts

Fact or Folly: Authenticating Online Information

How to Search the Internet Effectively

5 W's of Cyberspace

Backgrounders

Evaluating Internet-Based Information:A Goals-Based Approach

Evaluating Internet Research Sources

How To Discourage Plagiarism

How to Search the Internet Effectively

Quick Tips for Authenticating Online Information

Resources

Reality Check! Evaluating Online Information

Foundational Operations, Knowledge and Concepts

F-2 Students will understand the role of technology as it applies to self, work and society.

• demonstrate an understanding of new and emerging communication systems
  
  
• demonstrate an understanding of the basic principles and issues of e-commerce, including such topics as security and privacy, marketing, and implications for governments, businesses and consumers alike
  
  
• use current, reliable information sources from around the world
  
  
• analyze and assess the impact of technology on the global community

F-3 Students will demonstrate a moral and ethical approach to the use of technology.

• demonstrate an understanding of how changes in technology can benefit or harm society
  
  
• record relevant data for acknowledging sources of information, and cite sources correctly
  
  
• respect ownership and integrity of information

F-4 Students will become discerning consumers of mass media and electronic information.

• discriminate between style and content in a presentation
  
  
• evaluate the influence and results of digital manipulation on our perceptions
  
  
• identify and analyze a variety of factors that affect the authenticity of information derived from mass media and electronic communication

Lessons

Privacy in the Information Age

Teaching About Napster

What Students Need to Know about Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy

Online Marketing to Kids: Protecting Your Privacy

Online Marketing to Kids: Strategies and Techniques

Protecting Your Privacy on the Internet

The Privacy Dilemma

Classroom Activities and Handouts

Internet Checklist for Teens: 13-17 (PDF)

Are You Web Aware about:

File-Sharing

Internet Glossary: Privacy and Marketing

Television versus the Internet

Dealing with Online Marketing: What You Can Do

Filling Out Online Registration Forms

Teachable Moments

Photographic Truth in the Digital Era

Backgrounders

Evaluating Internet-Based Information:A Goals-Based Approach

Evaluating Internet Research Sources

How To Discourage Plagiarism