Week 13 · Theme 2, Lesson 6 Using Digital Sources · 3 lessons
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Reliable sources and favourites
ICT P5 Term 1, Theme 2: pp. 66–69
GoalChoose reliable places to start looking for information and keep them in a favourites list.
New words
reliable · can be trusted to be correctfavourites · a saved list of pages you want to find againonline library · a collection of books and articles that you read through a networkrecommend · to suggest something because it is good
Explanation
The internet is like a huge market. Some stalls sell good fruit and some sell rotten fruit. To get good fruit, shop at stalls that people you trust recommend. In the same way, start with sites that your teacher or school recommends. Put them in a favourites list. It works like a ribbon in a book: you can find the page again fast. The first time you use a new site, ask a grown-up for help. In Egypt there is a free online library for people living in Egypt, the Egyptian Knowledge Bank. Your teacher can show you how to use it. A reliable source names its writer, is up to date, and agrees with other good sources.
Looks reliable
Be careful
recommended by my teacher
nobody knows who made it
names the writer
full of adverts and mistakes
agrees with other good sources
old information
Worked examples
Salma needs facts about camels. Her teacher recommends the school library and the online library. Salma saves the online library in her favourites list with her teacher’s help.
Marwan finds a page about camels. It has no writer’s name, many adverts and three spelling mistakes. He marks it as ‘be careful’ and checks the school book instead.
The first time Nour uses a new learning site, her mother sits beside her. She shows Nour where the writer’s name is and how to save the page.
Class activity
My favourites list on paper. Make a list of five places where you may start a search (school library, a book your teacher gave you, the online library with a grown-up…). Next to each write why you trust it. Draw a ribbon bookmark for the two you will use most.
Practice
1
What does ‘reliable’ mean?
Can be trusted to be correct.
2
Where should you start looking for information?
With sites and books that your teacher or school recommends.
3
What is a favourites list like?
A ribbon in a book, to find a page again fast.
4
Name two signs that a source is reliable.
For example: names the writer, is up to date, agrees with other good sources.
