Webmaker/WebLiteracyMap/Exploring
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Exploring
Reading the Web
Using software tools to browse the Web
- Accessing the web using the common features of a browser
- Using hyperlinks to access a range of resources on the web
- Reading, evaluating, and manipulating URLs
- Recognizing the common visual cues in web services
- Exploring browser add-ons and extensions to provide additional functionality
Web Mechanics
Understanding the web ecosystem and Internet stack
- Using and understanding the differences between URLs, IP addresses and search terms
- Identifying where data is in the network of devices that makes up the Internet
- Exporting, moving, and backing up data from web services
- Explaining the role algorithms play in creating and managing content on the web
- Creating or modifying an algorithm to serve content from around the web
Search
Locating information, people and resources via the web
- Developing questions to aid a search
- Using and revising keywords to make web searches more efficient
- Evaluating search results to determine if the information is relevant
- Finding real-time or time-sensitive information using a range of search techniques
- Discovering information and resources by asking people within social networks
Credibility
Critically evaluating information found on the web
- Comparing and contrasting information from a number of sources
- Making judgments based on technical and design characteristics
- Discriminating between ‘original’ and derivative web content
- Identifying and investigating the author or publisher of web resources
- Evaluating how purpose and perspectives shape web resources
Security
Keeping systems, identities, and content safe
- Recommending how to avoid online scams and 'phishing’
- Managing and maintaining account security
- Encrypting data and communications using software and add-ons
- Changing the default behavior of websites, add-ons and extensions to make web browsing more secure