Finding and Consuming Digital Content

From researching for a project or a report to watching the latest news and music videos, we need to learn how to evaluate the quality, credibility, and validity of the content available in the digital space. In this theme of the toolkit, we focus on enabling individuals to efficiently and effectively find and consume digital content through lessons, blogs and videos.

Lessons and Classroom Activities

1 .Search and Research using Google

The internet contains too much information now, and a significant portion of it is irrelevant or even false. To deal with the issues posed by this information overload phenomenon, it’s necessary for every digital citizen to learn how to properly use Google(or any other search engine) for search and research purposes.

Teacher Guide (English)
Teacher Guide (Nepali)
Presentation Slides (English)
Presentation Slides (Nepali)
How to use Search Engines | Karkhana: A lesson from the Digital Citizenship textbook by Karkhana where we talk about search engines and better ways of using them.

2. Wikipedia - Friend or Foe?

Wikipedia is a household name, the most popular online encyclopedia, also one of the most visited websites. Crowdsourcing, which makes Wikipedia so powerful, is also the reason it’s so vulnerable to vandalism and falsehood. As a digital citizen, one must know both sides of Wikipedia, as a potential friend or foe, to be able to use it properly.

Teacher Guide (English)
Teacher Guide (Nepali)
Presentation Slides (English)
Presentation Slides (Nepali)
Wikipedia: Friend or Foe | Karkhana: a lesson from the Digital Citizenship textbook by Karkhana where we talk about Wikipedia, and its pros and cons.

3. Why Disinformation Spreads

The present age of information has now been deemed as the “age of disinformation” due to the rapid rise in the creation and circulation of falsehood. To be able to tackle disinformation, one needs to understand the incentives behind the creation and spread of falsehood.

Karkhana Blogs

1. Search and Research using Google

Concerns about Google | Karkhana: This article informs the readers about some concerns people have expressed about the use of Google, so that they can be aware about the things they are indirectly a part of by supporting Google.
A brief introduction to Google Scholar | Karkhana: This article talks about Google Scholar, its working, drawbacks, benefits and ends with some tips on making a better use of the tool
Using Google Search Techniques | Karkhana: Members of Karkhana share their personal experience with using different Google search techniques

2. Wikipedia - Friend or Foe

Meet the Wiki Family | Karkhana: Here the reader gets acquainted with ten members(there are more) of the wiki family
How to check Wikipedia articles? | Karkhana: Members of Karkhana present an analysis of three Wikipedia articles, where they show the reader how to spot the red and green flags
Sources of Information on Wikipedia | Karkhana: Where does the information on WIkipedia come from? What sources should we trust? What are the red flags? We answer these questions in this article

3. Why disinformation spreads

Is Seeing Believing? | Karkhana: Modern technology has made it easy to create convincing manipulated images. In this article, we analyze four examples of altered images and discuss debunking them.
Can you distinguish between real and fake news? | Karkhana : In the form of self-assessment questions this blog shows how easily fake news and satire can be mistaken for real news.

Videos

1. Search and Research using Google

How to Use Google Reverse Image Search to Fact Check Images | Common Sense Education: Common sense media teaches us how we can use the Google Reverse Image search feature

How to Find Better Information Online: Click Restraint: This video talks about a simple yet effective way to find better information - resist the urge to click and

5 Must-Have Google Search Tips for Students | Common Sense Education Common Sense media brings 5 important Google search tips for students.

Essential Google Search Tricks for Research | Common Sense Education Common Sense media talks about some Google search tricks that are useful for research.