Finding and checking – learner digital skills toolkit

Learners should understand how web browsers and search engines work and how this might affect their search results. They should also be aware that anyone can publish anythign on the internet and that they should check the reliability and integrity of any information they find.

They should be able to use ‘common apps’, such as Edge, Chrome or Safari browsers and be able to use the search bar, or a search site, to find information using search phrases and controls to make the resutls more accurate.

This learning covers Experience and Outcome x-02a. 

back to digital literacy

skills for finding and checking

Where to start

This section focuses on the knowledge and skills that learners need to find and evaluate the reliability of online information. 

BBC Bitesize has useful information on how technology stores and shares information and how it can be used to communicate. Go to BBC Bitesize

GCF Global has a range of tutorials on using the Microsoft O365 and Google Workspace productivity suites. Go to GCF Global

Adobe Express can be used to create and edit images, videos and PDFs. Go to Adobe Express

 

When planning digital literacy learning it might be useful to consider the next steps and family engagement. 
Creating and sharing documents and media lends itself to other areas of the curriculum, such as:

  • word processing a text in literacy & English
  • editing a video showing a skill or performance
  • information handling using a spreadsheet to store data in a table

What next?

Microsoft Teams Search Coach is useful to help learners evaluate the reliability of search results – Microsoft Search Coach

Why not try the information literacy lessons from Project Real? Project Real

project real resources

“The ability to think critically and make balanced judgements about any information we find and use. It empowers us as citizens to reach and express informed views and to engage fully with society.” – CILIP Information Literacy Group

go to the Cyber Toolkit for advice and guidance on Information Literacy

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