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'''The global digital library'''
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{{font color|brown|'''<big>The global digital library'''</big>}}<br>
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{{font color|brown|In this activity, you will be introduced to methods of accessing, evaluating and organizing information from the internet.}}
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===Objectives===
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#Understanding that the internet is a resource for accessing information
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#Accessing the internet, searching for information
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#Evaluating the information and creating a personal digital library for self learning
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#Understand safe and ethical ways of using the internet
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===What prior skills are assumed===
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==={{font color|purple|Check your readiness}}===
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#Familiarity with the ICT environment
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#You must be able to work with different applications - text editor, text processor, mind mapping tool, independently
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#Organizing files and folders
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#You must be able to access, open, create and save files in your folder
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#Accessing the internet and browsing
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#You must have an understanding of the internet and be able to browse the web
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===Resources needed===
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==={{font color|purple|What resources do you need}}===
#Computer lab with projection equipment
#Computer lab with projection equipment
#Access to the internet
#Access to the internet
#Handout for [[Learn Firefox|Firefox]]
#Handout for [[Learn Firefox|Firefox]]
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===Digital skills===
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==={{font color|purple|What digital skills will you learn}}===
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#Accessing information on the internet
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#Accessing the internet, searching for information
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#Downloading and creating resource folders
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#Downloading information
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#Evaluating information on the internet
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#Evaluating the information and creating a personal digital library for self learning
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#Understand safe and ethical ways of using the internet
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===Description of activity with detailed steps===
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==={{font color|purple|Description of activity with detailed steps}}===
====Teacher led activity====
====Teacher led activity====
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'''Demonstration 1'''
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'''Demonstration 1'''<br>
#Your teacher will demonstrate for you how to access and organize information on the folder: follow along as she does the following
#Your teacher will demonstrate for you how to access and organize information on the folder: follow along as she does the following
#Use a search engine to search for information - discuss with your teachers what happens when we do not give good key words
#Use a search engine to search for information - discuss with your teachers what happens when we do not give good key words
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#Download the resources accessed - the entire web page, image, videos, etc
#Download the resources accessed - the entire web page, image, videos, etc
#Your teacher will discuss with you how to legally download materials from the internet and how to use it correctly.
#Your teacher will discuss with you how to legally download materials from the internet and how to use it correctly.
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'''Demonstration 2'''
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'''Demonstration 2'''<br>
#Watch your teacher search for the following, "giraffe", "evolution of giraffe", "miraculous evolution of giraffe"
#Watch your teacher search for the following, "giraffe", "evolution of giraffe", "miraculous evolution of giraffe"
#Did you see any difference in the pages returned by the search?
#Did you see any difference in the pages returned by the search?
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===Portfolio===
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#Your concept map for the topic you want to search information on
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#You would have developed a concept map for the topic that you want to research onn
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#Your text document summarizing your internet research
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#Your text document summarizing your internet research, which should contain links to web pages you have accessed
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#Your resource folder
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#Your resource folder which should contain your concept map, text document with a summary of resources, images downloaded and web pages saved on the computer.