ICT Central's List: Digital Critical Literacy

The ability to think critically is one skill separating innovators from followers. Critical thinking reduces the power of advertisers, the unscrupulous and the pretentious, and can neutralize the sway of an unsupported argument. This is a skill most students enjoy learning because they see immediately that it gives them more control.

Knowing how to organise, filter, research, evaluate and bookmark resources online is a valuable skill for students to gain. However, we can’t assume giving students access to a social bookmark tool means they’ll know what’s expected or will gain the necessary skills.

How do you teach students to identify the right words to use in a search?

Resources by the (US) National Association for Media Literacy Education.

With the materials on this site, you can help your students become skilled searchers.