Students nominate their favorite Web site for an Awesome WebSite Award. Students complete a tutorial on Web literacy and identify Web hoaxes. In this article, Internet educator David Warlick discusses the uses and abuses of modern informational tools. The site includes a Web-based form for evaluating Internet content sources. The Media Awareness Network provides this downloadable tutorial for kids in the primary grades.
Cartoon characters teach young children to protect themselves from online dangers and scams.
The information is good, though. The format is appealing, and the video includes questions to keep students involved and a pause button to allow for classroom discussion. The site also provides a teacher's guide and printable student work sheets. The American Association of School Librarians provides standards for information literacy. The University of Manitoba provides this list of links to sites about teaching media literacy.