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Hands 2: Community, Facilitator Guide 17
Activity 2: Skimming, scanning and locating information on the
internet
The purpose of this activity is to develop reading skills by accessing
and looking at online information. The subject, finding out about an
Indigenous “Deadly” winner , is a lead in to Activity 3. Suggest that
learners pair up on a computer, so that there is maximum support.
Ideally those not familiar with accessing information on the internet
can be paired with someone who is more confidant.
Using internet sites to locate information: Pair/group activity
• Ask learners to access http://www.deadlys.vibe.com.au/ and follow
the pathway as in the handout i.e Go to on the menu bar under
The deadlys, Go to read more. This will take you to Deadlys 2008
winners announced.
• Read the text about the Deadlys awards with learners. Discuss
to recap meaning. Questions could include: ‘When/where was
the 2008 Deadlys awards night held?’ ‘Who hosted it and who
performed there?’ ‘What do the Deadlys awards celebrate?’
• Ask learners to scan the award winners to find someone that they
are interested in.
• Explain to learners that you would like them to find out more
about one of the award winners and then complete the task in
handout 3.
• Make sure learners are comfortable with the activity, especially
with process of using a search engine to locate information.
Teachers may need to model this and take learners through the
process using one of the award winners names to demonstrate how
to access a search engine through typing or cutting and pasting
the name of the award winner. Cutting and pasting is useful in
that there are no errors in spelling.
• Learners may wish to work two to a computer in conducting their
research.
• Once learners have used the search engine to access sites about
their chosen person, they will have to skim different sites to find
the information. Explain that it is a good idea to browse a number
of sites to find those that most suit their task and which they are
comfortable reading. Teachers will need to support learners in this
process.
• Stress that not all sites will be suitable, and that they will have
to browse to find the right site. Discuss what sites with .gov, .net,