What To Trust Online

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Digital Literacy – Lesson Focus

Unit Overview What to Trust Online and Smart Searching Know how to evaluate websites Copyrights and Copywrongs Understand how to use online resources and ideas without breaking the law. Staying Safe Online Understand the dangers online. Learn how to avoid them. How To Evidence Online Abuse And What To Do About It Understand the ways in which you can put a stop to online abuse whether you experience it yourself or simply observe it.

Knowing What to Trust Online

Question “What things make you immediately leave a website when searching online”

Learning Objectives Learning Objectives Learn what to look for in websites when deciding if they are trustworthy or not Practice evaluating a range of websites for trustworthiness and reliability. Lesson Outcomes To correctly identify trustworthy and untrustworthy websites using set criteria. To explain why certain websites are more reliable than others.

Important Evaluate Finding out about the quality of something Literacy – Key Words Evaluate Finding out about the quality of something Trustworthiness How sure we are that the information is correct Bias Being unfairly in favour of one thing over another Reliability The level to which we can depend on the information

What things make a website look untrustworthy? Question What things make a website look untrustworthy? http://art.yale.edu/ https://consciouslifenews.com/# Any thoughts about the websites?

Task 1 Complete using the following websites. www.bbc.co.uk 20 minutes Complete Lesson-1- Task 1- What To Trust - Pupil Worksheet using the following websites. www.bbc.co.uk http://havidol.com/ ↑

Trustworthy or Untrustworthy? www.bbc.co.uk Why?

Trustworthy or Untrustworthy?  Looks Professional  Information seems detailed  Links are working  Up-To-Date  Good URL (main web address relates to website)  Information is backed up by other websites TRUSTWORTHY

Trustworthy or Untrustworthy? http://havidol.com/ Why? ↑

Trustworthy or Untrustworthy?  Looks Professional  Information seems detailed  Links are working  Poor URL (main web address doesn’t relate to website)  Information isn’t backed up by other websites  Not Up-To-Date UNTRUSTWORTHY

So what should we look for? 6 Website Checks Professional look – does the site look professional? Quality Information – is the information well written, have no spelling errors, is detailed? Links - are they working? Up-To-Date – is it updated regularly? Address – does the web address relate to website? Backed up – is the information backed up by other websites?

Plenary List the 6 things to look for when assessing websites for trustworthiness. Do you now feel more confident deciding whether to trust a website or not?

Task 2 – share your knowledge Create a PowerPoint or Poster that will help people identify if a site is trustworthy or untrustworthy. When you have finished ask at least two people to give you feedback on two good things and two things that can be improved. If required, update your work to reflect the feedback.

Pupil Voice Complete Feedback 3 and Feedback 4 in the Lesson 1 - Pupil Voice Worksheet I think … I think …