There are many ways in which learners are required to use information. We have encouraged you to use questions that make them think. There are many learning resources on the Web which provide learning activities based on using information.

If you are interested in exploring learning resources on the Web, we recommend that you briefly look at the module called Using Web resources

During this module, you have been working with clearly defined questions. You have used these questions to structure and focus your information searches.  This is the same way that learners should use information. They should ask challenging questions that make them think. The information they look for should help to answer their questions.

If you are interested in exploring thinking and questioning skills, we recommend that you briefly look at the module called Thinking and Questioning Skills.

We suggest that it is more important for learners to ask questions that require thought than to use the Web to find general information. It is often more effective (it takes less time and is cheaper) for educators to find the information and to provide links to specific information with specific questions. 

Look at these simple examples of Web Bytes. A Web Byte is a simple activity referring to only one Web site and asking only a few questions. The questions in these examples are relatively simple because they are written for younger learners. (Note: these are just examples and you do not have to do these in class during this module).

Milky Way Web Byte

What's Endangered Mean? Web Byte

These activities can be completed in one lesson, especially if you have copied the website to your local school network before the lesson. If you want to know more about this, read How to copy websites to your local school network.

Optional browsing: Here are three ways in which learners use websites  to answer questions:

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Once you have finished reading through the materials above, move on to Activity 7 - Creating Web Bytes.