Form 6.

3: Course Outline with Assessment Ideas and Activities

Course Title: ____________ Digital Literacy ________________________________________ Module Number and Name: _________ Module 1: Defining evaluation criteria ___________________________________________ Competency/Outcome/Objective Assessment Ideas 1 Define the importance of Discussion evaluation Absorb Read article about digital literacy Do Search for two other articles Discussion about why this is (or is not) important Connect

2 Given a number of different versions of evaluation criteria students will explore each and create their own criteria statement.

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Look at CRAP, Cornells checklist and AAOCC

Create a checklist that covers the ideas in a way that makes sense for the student

Module Number and Name: _________Module 2: Examine traditional digital resources ___________________________________________ Competency/Outcome/Objective 1 Using a topic of personal interest, students will compare a preselected list of digital sources (blogs, websites and databases) to their evaluation criteria and discuss why these are or are not credible sources Assessment Ideas Discussion Screencast/capture of what they found with comments Absorb Watch tutorial on how to do screencast/capture Do Search preselected resources and rate according to their criteria Connect Discuss their findings

Form adapted from Smith, R. M. Conquering the Content. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2008.

Module Number and Name: __________Module 3: Examine current search engines and habits ________________________________________ Competency/Outcome/Objective 1 Using a topic of personal interest, students will create a search strategy that searches a variety of search engines. 2 Revise search strategies to fit each engines capabilities. Assessment Ideas Diagram of search strategy Absorb Do Watch tutorial on how Search Google, Bing, to create the diagram SmartPage, Dogpile and WolframAlpha Watch screencast on Redo searches, using how to use advanced revised strategies search strategies Read about each engines strengths/weaknesses Connect Analyze results of searches - show in diagram Analyze results show in diagram Discuss the new strategies (share tips/tricks)

Revised diagrams Discussion

Module Number and Name: _____________Module 4: Explore Facebook as a news source _______________________________________ Competency/Outcome/Objective 1 Using a current event topic, students will monitor their news feed and search for at least two opposing pages within Facebook and formulate an assessment of the credibility and accuracy of each. Assessment Ideas Screen capture/comments Discussion Absorb Watch tutorial on how to screen capture Do Connect Create a log/screen capture for your topic Comment on the credibility of each capture Discuss the results with others

Form adapted from Smith, R. M. Conquering the Content. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2008.