Digital Reading vs Print reading.

If you get a chance, take a moment and check out this infographic from Teacher magazine about students reading habits.  

I was interested by the point made that most students who read paper style books usually score at least 30 points higher on most standard tests, and those who read digital books usually only score about 15 points higher.  

It has been found that text learning was less effective on screen than on paper - mainly because the brain will process digital reading differently to how it does with reading from print.  

Infographic: Student reading in a digital age (teachermagazine.com)

Web Links

Below are a couple of links to check out.  

Both are infographics, so hopefully should catch the students interest enough for them to at least take a look.  
The first one is tips for evaluating fake news headlines and the second covers Boolean commands for searching.  Boolean searches are shortcuts to find what you need quickly and more effectively, rather than wading through thousands, if not millions of sites, looking for that small nugget of information. 

http://www.easybib.com/guides/evaluating-fake-news-resources/      (infographic)

https://au.pinterest.com/pin/483644447453982190/   (Boolean Search Commands - Infographic)

Digital Citizenship Survival Kit

Always being one for visual props and ideas, I came across a Digital Citizenship Survival Kit for students.  This has been designed by a teacher in the USA for his digital citizenship classes, to hand out to his students, mainly to reinforce some of what he teaches.  
What do you think?  Any other suggestions?

Padlock: to remind you to have strong passwords
Toothbrush:  Would you share your toothbrush?  No? Don't share your passwords either.
Permanent Marker:  EVERYTHING you put on the Internet is there forever
Toothpaste:  You can't get toothpaste back into the tube - nor can you ever take your posts off the Web.
Magnifying Glass:  What shows up when people search you on Google? Is that what you want people to know about you?  Will it get you a job later?
Fake Tattoo:  'Digital Tattoo' instead of 'Digital Footprint'.  Footprints can be washed away - a tattoo is much harder to get rid of.
Sheet of paper:  Screw it up, stomp on it - now smooth it out and try to make it as new as it was.That's what happens with cyber bullying - the marks are always there.
Strainer:  Know how to 'strain the real' from the Internet.  In other words, know how to spot fake stuff and don't get caught out by hoaxes.

Below is a link to paste in that is a quiz about Digital Citizenship.  It could be interesting to try it out on your class. 

http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/story.php?title=andretrace_1 

And an infographic that shows you how to go about finding out whether a site is fake or not.  
http://www.stonesoupcreative.com/infographic-fake-news-real-news-10-tips-getting-facts/