Literacy includes the ability to read and interpret media (text, sound, images), to reproduce data and images through digital manipulation, and to evaluate and apply new knowledge gained from digital environments. According to Gilster, the most critical of these is the ability to make educated judgments about what we find online. In a school setting, knowledge of copywrite issues is important when researching and presenting information. some of the following are useful in this regard:
http://education.qld.gov.au/web/schools/riskman.html
http://education.qld.gov.au/strategic/eppr/national-copyright.pdf
http://education.qld.gov.au/strategic/eppr/legal/lgspr001/
http://www.smartcopying.edu.au/scw/go/pid/946
http://www.smartcopying.edu.au/scw/go/pid/944
Bubbl.us is a free web site that lets you brainstorm online and is straightforward to use for any teacher or student. When using Bubbl.us teachers and students can create colourful mind maps (graphic organiser) online, share or create work with friends, embed mind maps to blogs or websites, email / print out the mind map, and save the mind map as an image (Bubbl.us, 2009.) Borrowed from Julie Hunt