Digi+citi+day+6

Digital Literacy Day# || Brand, quality, features, new, used, refurbished, warrenty.type, tube, HD, plasma, lcd. discontinued items. || secure transaction ||
 * = **LFS Lesson Plan**
 * **Unit EQ: Why should you use computers responsibly?** ||
 * **LEQ:** How can you use the internet to advertise, buy, and research products. ||
 * **Activating Strategies: Find the best price for a 42" TV. (5 min) Compare results and ask why there is such a variation in price.**
 * **Acceleration/Previewing/Vocabulary: Consumer, reviews, refurbished,web-auction**
 * **Teaching Strategies and Distributed Guided Practice/Summarizing Prompts:*** Pretend you are purchasing a gaming system for for someones birthday. Ask students what questions need to be asked about such a purchase. Go to a web site that does a comparison on gaming stations to find which system is best for you. Next, use a search engine to find the best price on the system chosen and then verify that the system is new (discuss refurbished)and that the site is secure for a transaction.
 * [|Gaming Systems 1]
 * [|Gaming Systems 2]
 * [|Epinions] Required to join (supply email and other info) possible negatives, 1. subjected to ads. 2. email address could be sold or distributed to other companies or advertisers. Possible positives, 1. access to information from people that have used the product
 * Price Engines- do not sell products themselves, but source prices from retailers. example [|Mysimon] [|Nextag], [|Shopzilla], [|PriceGrabber]
 * **Summarizing Strategies: # Have students find the best "buy" on a 42" LCD TV. Use links provided on moodle. Students need to write the price, web site reason for choosing product based on internet research. this is a ticket out the door.
 * **Homework: None** ||
 * **Homework: None** ||
 * **Homework: None** ||