1. How Much Do You Know? Web Literacy Web Quest BY: John Cork

2. Web Quest How much do you know about web literacy? Answer the following questions: 1. Somewhat Savvy (0-5 points) 2. Moderately Savvy (6-10 points) 3. Downright Nerdy (10+ points)

3. What is Digital Literacy? Digital literacy is the ability to effectively and critically navigate, evaluate and create information using a range of digital technologies. It requires one "to recognize and use that power, to manipulate and transform digital media, to distribute pervasively, and to easily adapt them to new forms". [1] Digital literacy does not replace traditional forms of literacy. It builds upon the foundation of traditional forms of literacy. [1] Digital literacy is the marrying of the two terms digital and literacy; however, it is much more than a combination of the two terms. Digital information is a symbolic representation of data, and literacy refers to the ability to read for knowledge, write coherently, and think critically about the written word. [1] Digitalliteracy Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_literacy

4. What is a Web Quest? A WebQuest is an inquiry-oriented lesson format in which most or all the information that learners work with comes from the web. These can be created using various programs, including a simple word processing document that includes links to websites. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WebQuest

5. Directions for Web Quest Use the Internet to search for each of your answers. You must record your answers using Google Docs. Please share your Google Doc with the Teacher. Make sure you include your group members when you share your document.

6. 1. List 4 major search engines and a major directory. 2. What is a blog? 3. Why might you use quotation marks when conducting a search? 4. URL is an acronym for (What does it stand for?)… 5. Identify three Boolean search terms.

7. 6. How do you find the owner or publisher of a website? 7. Identify these extensions and what they represent:.org.com.sch.k12.edu.gov.ac.net.mil.co 8. How do you find out who is linked to your school’s website? 9. What clues in a Web address might indicate you are on a personal website? 10. How would you conduct a search for the following: a list of Web sites of all the academic institutions in Thailand? (Hint: Thailand’s country code is.th)

8. 11. How do you find the history of any given website? 12. How would you conduct a search for the following: Education websites that contain the word turtle? 13. How do sites get to the top of a result list in Google?

9. Pacific Tree Octopus http://zapatopi.net/treeoctopus/ Is it real? Why do you think it is real? Why don’t you think it is real?