Digital Literacy

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Objective

I can evaluate the credibility of sources I find online.

Part 1 of 3

Warm-up video

Unknown Channel · 5:00

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Part 2 of 3

Practice

7 questions

1

Define digital literacy in your own words.

2

Explain why it is important to evaluate the information you find online. Give at least two reasons.

Part 3 of 3

Exit ticket

Quick comprehension check

You find a website about dogs that was created by "DogLover88" and has no information about the author's qualifications. What is one reason to be cautious about trusting the information on this website? You are researching a school project and find two websites with information about the same topic. One website ends in ".com" and the other ends in ".edu". Which website is generally considered more likely to be credible for academic research, and why?

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