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Guest Post: Helping Students Navigate Online Sources with Critical Literacy

Digital Promise

The responses mainly echoed, “just Google” and “stay away from Wikipedia.” These were not promising guidelines, but did make me think: Should we stay away from Wikipedia? In one study , a majority of adult and undergraduate participants were not able to effectively evaluate online sources. Is it all right as a jumping off point?

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Exploring different types of web filters for K-12 schools

Hapara

If a school receives E-rate program discounts for Internet access, they need to follow CIPA guidelines, including implementing a web filter. Google SafeSearch is an example of a search engine filter. It works by restricting explicit results in Google searches.

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Fake Instagram Template with Google Slides (FREE)

Shake Up Learning

The post Fake Instagram Template with Google Slides (FREE) appeared first on Shake Up Learning. Engage your students with this awesome Fake Instagram Template in Google Slides from Carly Black. I knew one of our Google-loving listeners would create one for Google Slides. Fake Instagram Template with Google Slides (FREE).

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Resources, stories, and connections with those who use social media in today’s k-12 classrooms

The Innovative Educator

In case you missed it, the webinar was called “Social Media: An Essential Tool for Today’s Classroom.” In the webinar, I shared case studies of amazing students, parents, and teachers. Below are the people behind the stories I mentioned, how to learn more and a way to reach each of them via social media.

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World Password Day — It’s Today!

Ask a Tech Teacher

Passwords are now required to access websites, banking, email, social media, favorite shopping sites, chat venues like iMessenger, and even certain documents. A study in the UK found that the average person has around 118 accounts. Why change passwords. Give bonus points if they talk their parents into doing the same.

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Why Are Conspiracy Theories So Appealing?

Graphite Blog

Grades: 8-12 Subjects: Digital Citizenship, SEL, Media Literacy, Social Studies, Civics. A 2020 Common Sense research report, Teens and the News , found that a whopping 77% of teens get their news primarily through social media. See Google's cookie information for details. Activity steps: 1.

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From Digital Native to Digital Expert

Digital Promise

People of all ages struggle to evaluate the integrity of the digital information that rains down with every web search and social media scroll. Wineberg and McGrew followed three groups of readers as they evaluated digital sources provided in the study: historians, Stanford undergraduates, and professional fact-checkers.

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