TITLE:
Digital Literacy for Secondary School Students: Using Computer Technology to Educate about Credibility of Content Online
AUTHORS:
Robin Cohen, Alexandre Parmentier, Glaucia Melo, Gaurav Sahu, Aswin Annamalai, Sheldon Chi, Trevor Clokie, Amir Farrag, Abdul Naik, Syed Naseem, Shikhar Sakhuja, Jean Wang, Rich Clausi, Anita Santin
KEYWORDS:
Use of Internet and Social Media, Digital Technologies, Online Misinformation, Digital Literacy
JOURNAL NAME:
Creative Education,
Vol.11 No.5,
May
12,
2020
ABSTRACT: This paper presents an approach to educate secondary school students in the province of Ontario about the credibility of online content. The critical focushere is on integrating computer technology into the teaching of the topic; how to introduce the material in classroom settings with respect to the current curriculum is also outlined. Contrast with an existing proposal for digital literacy developed by historians at Stanford University is provided at the outset. In all,the value of appealing to the current digital experiences of students, when revealing the potential for misinformation, is the critical message. Exploration ofsocial media environments popular with youth and opportunities for game-basedquizzes for interactive engagement are both advocated.