ESL: English as a Second Language

Source: 20 Things I Learned About Browsers and the Web foreword. (License: Protected by Copyright (c) [i.e. screenshot])

 

This is an online book (61 pages) about various aspects of browsers, the Internet, cloud computing, cookies, privacy, security, malware, and phishing. The reading level is about 6th grade. It can be covered in small chunks (20) and integrated into your everyday skills and competencies.

Source: 21st Century Information Fluency Project Wizard Tools (License: Protected by Copyright (c) [i.e. screenshot])

 

Teach your students how to conduct effective Web searches with the Search Wizard tool.

Designed by educators for educators (and students), this site offers three tools that make it easy to teach the essential steps of locating, evaluating, and ethically using digital resources:

1. Search Wizard: helps students learn how to build good Web searches
2. Evaluation Wizard: helps students evaluate Web sites
3. Citation Wizard: helps students build citations (in five styles) to be used in research papers or documents.

Source: 21 Things 4 Students homepage (License: Protected by Copyright (c) [i.e. screenshot])

 

In this activity, you will teach your students the basics of computer literacy including navigation, image capture, shortcuts, browsers, safe and secure online, email, and email etiquette. 21Things 4 Students use videos, key vocabulary, tutorials, checklists, quizzes, certificates and even badging to motivate the students. 

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Source: Pixabay by John Hain (License: CC0/Public Domain)

 

In this activity, students use the Internet to gather information and take notes for a presentation about a civil rights leader. Students work individually or in pairs to enter information and images on a Google Slideshow (or other slideshow software) template file and make an oral presentation.