Digital Literacy
- What type of digital learner are you? (quiz for students) (University of Exeter): http://projects.exeter.ac.uk/cascade/digitalcurriculum/teachingresources/whattypeofdigitallearnerareyou/digitallearnerquiz.php
- Digital literacy staff development materials (JISC): http://jiscdesignstudio.pbworks.com/w/page/48863650/DL%20staff%20development%20materials
- 10 Things the Best Digital Teachers Do (Vitae): https://chroniclevitae.com/news/882-10-things-the-best-digital-teachers-do
Researching Online
Effective online research is more than entering a keyword into a search engine. This site provides links to useful guides that can help you to improve your students’ skills in researching online.
- Do Your Students Know How To Search? (Holly Clark):
http://www.edudemic.com/student-search-skills/
(blog-post on how to get better search results, using filters; finding primary sources; includes a video of a TED talk) - Search Tip for Students (Free Technology for Teachers/ Richard Byrne):
- http//www.freetech4teachers.com/2014/03/search-tip-for-students-think-before.html/
(short blog-post on how to use things you already know to improve your web-searching skills) - Three Good Web Search Tutorials for Students (Free Technology for Teachers/ Richard Byrne):
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2014/03/three-good-web-search-tutorials-for.html
(links to and reviews three tutorials on online research) - 14 Little-Known Ways Students Can Get More Out Of Google (Katie Lepi):
http://www.edudemic.com/get-more-out-of-google/
(short description and very informative info-graphic on improving research on Google) - 15 Lesson Plans For Making Students Better Online Researchers (Jeff Dunn):
http://www.edudemic.com/students-better-online-researchers/
(short description of and links to lesson plans, available as Google doc, for teachers; teaching unit: “Improving the students’ online research skills”)