​Learning Outcome

Appreciate the reach of online articles and realise the implications of the immediacy of news presented online

Consider the impact of online news, how we access news online and be able to identify fake news

Understand the technical terminology relating to the internet, the intranet and the world wide web

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Understand how images are represented in binary form

Understand lossy and lossless compression approaches used to reduce file sizes

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Interpret and amend website source code

Break down a website address into its various components

Select appropriate digital image resources for inclusion in online applications and understand the importance of using folders to help organize digital assets

Create your own basic website using HyperText Markup Language (HTML) for a given audience

Understand how to apply Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) to improve the consistency of content in a web page.

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​The reasons why people access news articles online

Immediacy

Interactivity

Personalisation

Multimedia

Multiple resources

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What is HTML

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First developed by Tim Berners-Lee in 1990, HTML is short for Hypertext Markup Language. HTML is used to create electronic documents (called pages) that are displayed on the World Wide Web. Each page contains a series of connections to other pages called hyperlinks. Every web page you see was written using one version of HTML.

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What is HTML

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​HTML code ensures the proper formatting of text and images for your Internet browser. Without HTML, a browser would not know how to display text as elements or load images or other elements

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​Students can get lots of information they couldn't normally get by using the internet. It could also prompt more children to do homework as it is much easier to get and find the information they might need. The Internet can also be a very useful revision guide for people ready to their exams. However, Some of the information online can be false and could actually not help the student at all. Not all sources on the internet are reliable, and can be harmful to students computers  by giving them virus's. They may also get many results and not get the best one to actually research from, when other websites provide better information for them.

​To check whether the website has reliable information, the student could check other websites to see if they get the same results. If the website is set out professionally and has been recently updated, then it is most likely a reliable source. If the Page doesn't share any personal opinions of the topic (Unless it's a blog) It is most likely a reliable website. If the Website is old and unprofessional, it may not be reliable. Also, if the writer has information that you can't find on any other site it is probably false information. If the Writer expresses opinions on the subject, then they could be biased, and that isn't something students should want for their research.

What is Fake news​

1. Stories that aren't true. These are entirely invented stories designed to make people believe something false, to buy a certain product, or to visit a certain website.

2. Stories that have some truth but, aren't 100 percent accurate. For example, a journalist quotes only part of what a politician says, giving a false impression of their meaning. Again, this can be deliberate, to convince readers of a certain viewpoint, or it can be the result of an innocent mistake. Either way, it quickly attracts an audience and can become entrenched as an "urban myth."

​There are two kinds of fake news

The impact of Fake News in the school​

Some students might start to believe that they no longer need evidence to back up their arguments.

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Others start to mistrust information all together.

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They stop listening to teachers, and disengage from official school communication, slowing their learning growth and development.

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Ultimately, this can damage a good learning culture in the school.

​Fake news refers to deliberate untruths, or stories that contain some truth but which aren't completely accurate, by accident or design.

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Some people also claim that truthful stories are "fake news," just because they don't agree with them. This can lead to the dangerous ignoring of vital advice.

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Fake news can have a negative impact on school behavior. For example, by damaging learning culture, and causing rumor and mistrust to spread.

​So, it's vital to know how to separate the real from the fake. You can do this by following these six steps:

1. Develop a critical mindset.

2. Check the source.

3. See who else is reporting the story.

4. Examine the evidence.

5. Don't take images at face value.

6. Check that it "sounds right."