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e” th

emse

lves

.

b. D

iscu

ss w

heth

er o

r not

they

hav

e cr

eate

d a

digi

tal

foot

prin

t yet

. 13

Eval

uate

info

rmat

ion

foun

d

on a

con

spir

acy

theo

ry

a. H

ave

the

lear

ners

revi

ew th

e in

form

atio

n ab

out

the

ques

tions

that

you

nee

d to

ask

whe

n yo

u ar

e ev

alua

ting

onlin

e in

form

atio

n.

b. S

tres

s th

e fa

ct th

at a

nyon

e ca

n po

st a

nyth

ing

on

the

Inte

rnet

and

that

you

sho

uldn

’t be

lieve

so

met

hing

just

bec

ause

you

can

read

abo

ut it

on

line.

Th

e le

arne

rs w

ill n

eed

Inte

rnet

acc

ess

so th

at th

ey c

an

sear

ch fo

r the

ir fa

vori

te c

onsp

irac

y th

eory

or

cons

pira

cy th

eori

es in

gen

eral

.

A1.

2 Re

ad te

xts

to lo

cate

and

con

nect

idea

s an

d in

form

atio

n A

2.1

Inte

rpre

t ver

y si

mpl

e do

cum

ents

to

loca

te s

peci

fic d

etai

ls

B3.2

a U

se la

yout

to d

eter

min

e w

here

to m

ake

entr

ies

in s

impl

e do

cum

ents

D

.2 P

erfo

rm w

ell-d

efin

ed, m

ulti-

step

, dig

ital

task

s Le

vel:

Inte

rmed

iate

10

10

a. H

ave

them

cho

ose

and

eval

uate

the

site

, usi

ng th

e ta

ble

prov

ided

.

b. H

ave

them

sha

re th

eir c

oncl

usio

ns a

bout

the

site

w

ith th

e gr

oup.

EL

D

iscu

ss h

ow th

e co

mpl

eted

act

iviti

es a

re li

nked

to

empl

oym

ent.

LRRe

flect

on

your

lear

ning

a. C

hoos

e a

met

hod

for l

earn

ers

to re

flect

on

wha

t th

ey h

ave

lear

ned

in th

e m

odul

e.

b. S

et u

p a

clas

s-ba

sed

wik

i, bl

og, e

tc. f

or u

se.

c.

See

the

Prac

titio

ner I

ntro

duct

ion

for g

uida

nce.

d.

Enc

oura

ge le

arne

rs to

ans

wer

the

prov

ided

re

flect

ion

ques

tions

.

B4 E

xpre

ss o

nese

lf cr

eativ

ely

D.2

Per

form

wel

l-def

ined

, mul

ti-st

ep d

igita

l ta

sks

Leve

l: In

term

edia

te

14

Wra

p-up

disc

ussi

on a

nd

com

plet

ion

of p

ost

self-

asse

ssm

ent

a. A

fter t

he le

arne

rs h

ave

com

plet

ed th

eir r

efle

ctio

ns,

brin

g th

em b

ack

toge

ther

as

a gr

oup.

b.

Dis

cuss

wha

t the

y ha

ve le

arne

d th

roug

hout

the

proc

ess.

c.

Rem

ind

them

of t

he e

mpl

oym

ent c

onne

ctio

n fo

r all

of th

e ta

sk-b

ased

act

iviti

es th

ey c

ompl

eted

dur

ing

the

mod

ule.

d.

Hav

e th

e le

arne

rs c

ompl

ete

the

“Afte

r” s

ectio

n of

th

e se

lf-as

sess

men

t.

e. D

iscu

ss w

heth

er th

ey fe

el th

eir s

kills

hav

e im

prov

ed.

B3.1

a M

ake

stra

ight

forw

ard

entr

ies

to

com

plet

e ve

ry s

impl

e do

cum

ents

E.

2 M

onito

r ow

n le

arni

ng

Leve

l: B

egin

ner-

Inte

rmed

iate