How Much Do You Know?

Web Literacy Web Quest

BY: John Cork

Web QuestHow much do you know about web literacy?

Answer the following questions:

1.Somewhat Savvy (0-5 points)

2.Moderately Savvy (6-10 points)

3.Downright Nerdy (10+ points)

What is Digital Literacy?

• Digital literacy is the ability to effectively and critically navigate, evaluate and create information using a range of digital technologies. It requires one "to recognize and use that power, to manipulate and transform digital media, to distribute pervasively, and to easily adapt them to new forms".[1] Digital literacy does not replace traditional forms of literacy. It builds upon the foundation of traditional forms of literacy.[1] Digital literacy is the marrying of the two terms digital and literacy; however, it is much more than a combination of the two terms. Digital information is a symbolic representation of data, and literacy refers to the ability to read for knowledge, write coherently, and think critically about the written word.

• Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_literacy

What is a Web Quest?

• A WebQuest is an inquiry-oriented lesson format in which most or all the information that learners work with comes from the web. These can be created using various programs, including a simple word processing document that includes links to websites.

• Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WebQuest

Directions for Web Quest

• Use the Internet to search for each of your answers.

• You must record your answers using Google Docs.

• Please share your Google Doc with the Teacher.

• Make sure you include your group members when you share your document.

1. List 4 major search engines and a major directory.

2. What is a blog?

3. Why might you use quotation marks when conducting a search?

4. URL is an acronym for (What does it stand for?)…

5. Identify three Boolean search terms.

6. How do you find the owner or publisher of a website?

7. Identify these extensions and what they represent:

.org     .com     .sch     .k12     .edu     .gov     .ac     .net     .mil     .co

8. How do you find out who is linked to your school’s website?

9. What clues in a Web address might indicate you are on a personal website?

10. How would you conduct a search for the following: a list of Web sites of all the academic institutions in Thailand? (Hint: Thailand’s country code is .th)

11. How do you find the history of any given website?

12. How would you conduct a search for the following:

Education websites that contain the word turtle?

13. How do sites get to the top of a result list in Google?

Pacific Tree Octopushttp://zapatopi.net/treeoctopus/

Is it real?

Why do you think it is real?

Why don’t you think it is real?