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Practitioners should be able:
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to analyse, compare and critically evaluate the credibility and reliability of sources of data, information and digital content
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to analyse, interpret and critically evaluate the data, information and digital content and the impact of algorithms/systems on this.
Support and examples
‘Maddie is Online’: a creative learning path to ethics of online safety and security for young people is a resource created by Robert Gordons University illustrating ethics of online safety and security for young people
Teaching Adolescents How to Evaluate the Quality of Online Information Use these strategies to help students identify relevance, accuracy, bias, and reliability in the content they read
Digital Citizenship Curriculum Use digital citizenship lesson plans from Common Sense Education to address timely topics and prepare students to take ownership of their digital live
How fake news hijacks your brain Short video about fakenews from BBC BiteSize
How algorithms and filter bubbles decide what we see on social media Short video about how o algorithms populate our social media feeds from BBC BiteSize
Teaching Media Literacy A resource from reboot focussing on how we can help learners and ourselves navigate misinformation
Digital misinformation / disinformation and children A short read from Unicef “Misinformation is false or misleading information that is unwittingly shared, while disinformation is deliberately created and distributed with an intent to deceive or harm. Together they range from satire and parody, to dangerous conspiracy theories. Here are 10 things you need to know about how they affect children”
Other Links
- Data Education in Schools – Data Education in Schools
- Online Media Literacy Strategy UK Government online media strategy
- Digital Citizenship: Resource Roundup An older collection of articles, videos, and other resources on internet safety, cyberbullying, digital responsibility, and media and digital literacy that may be of use
