* Tool literacy - The ability to use print and electronic resources including software.
* Resource literacy - The ability to understand the form, format, location and access methods of information resources.
* Social-structural literacy - Knowledge of how information is socially situated and produced. This component is especially significant with Web 2.0 social networking sites ranging from wikis and blogs to social bookmarking sites.
* Research literacy - The ability to understand and use information technology tools and searching strategies to carry out research.
* Publishing literacy - The ability to produce a text or multimedia report of the results of research.
Source:
http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlissues/acrlinfolit/infolitoverview/infolitforfac/infolitfaculty.htm
Article: What does it mean to be literate?
The Networked Student Video
Information Overload
"Our task, from a literacy point of view, is deciding what information to use and how to present it so it successfully competes for our audience’s attention. This is why, as we teach students how to write, we must also – and for the same reasons – teach them how to communicate with images, sound, animation and video." author David Warlick
Information Literacy Makes all the Wrong Assumptions
Librarians are encouraged to reflect on their role as a facilitator for both reading and writing about information.
Web Science: a new field of study
A new field of study is emerging at M.I.T. and Southhampton in Great Britian that emphasizes social networking.
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Values inquiry and information needs in order to engage in lifelong learning. |
Values Inquiry |
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Applies a repertoire of creative and flexible information seeking strategies in order to navigate the unfamiliar, take action, or solve a problem. |
Applies Strategies |
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Identifies appropriate sources in order to access relevant information. |
Identifies Sources |
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Uses technological and organizational tools in order to access and manipulate information. |
Uses Tools |
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Analyzes information in order to evaluate quality, relevance, or perspective. | Evaluates |
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Synthesizes new information with current understanding and experience in order to create something new, acquire insight, transform values, or expand knowledge base. |
Synthesizes |
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Examines the issues and policies related to information in order to use it responsibly. |
Uses Information Responsibly |
source: http://www.pierce.ctc.edu/Library/information/ICdefinition2001.doc
Conversations about finding the information should become an integral part of teaching and learning.
David Warick
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Searching Strategies
Didn't they learn all this in high school?
According to the latest California Basic Educational Data System (CBEDS) survey, 2006:
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Only 20 percent of California schools have a credentialed library media teacher on campus Part time or more
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Only 148 out of 1975 school districts and county offices of education have any "person" designated to provide leadership and expertise in this area.
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The average copyright date of a nonfiction book in a California school library is 1991
Report: Students Struggle with Information Literacy: Many students know how to use technology, but fewer know how to apply it tofind what they're looking for.
Web Strategies in Plain English
21st. Century Searching Kit
TERRIFIC tools and kit for teaching Internet searching
21st Century Information Fluencey Project
The Wizzard Tools are valuable for keywords and citations. The tutorial section has a wide variety of specific searching tutorials See how to find and save discontinued sites. The Search Challenge gives students the opportunity to use their searching skills. The Resources have lessons and detailed advanced strategies.
Knowledge Network Explorer
Lessons by literacy category, e.g., information, media, cultural, visual. Scroll down the page to search lessons by grade and/or category.
Bogus Web Sites to use for Lessons on Analyzing information
Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus | All About Explorers | DHMO
For example, ask studen to find the purpose of the Web site, interesting facts, and information about the source. more faux sites here
ICyte
Rather than relying on live URLs, this tool saves a Web page's content even if that Web page later shuts down or is no longer retrievable. It also saves any highlighted markings you've made on a page. ICyte is a free Web browser add-on
Choosing the Best Search for Your Needs
Search strategies based on an analysis of your topic. Directs you to the best search engines and sites for your specific topic. At NoodleQuest there is an interactive site to get you started on searching a topic.
Open Web Learning
A free service for finding, organizing, sharing, evaluating, and rewarding the best of the web for learning and teaching.
Google Search Lessons
Google created search lessons at various levels
Searching Video Tutorials
Best ones are on Browsers, narrowing search strtegies, and advanced Google searching.
Google Customized Search Engine
With the help of a wizard, create your own search engine specifying subject areas that you want to search. article
Specialized Google Searches
Google has numerous special searching powers, e.g., recipes, definitions, movies, converters, and many more
Jog The Web
This tool will enable you to create 'web tours' with embedded comments. The websites you choose appear with your comments below along with navigation. AND the websites you choose remain active so your students can use the links based on your directions and then go right to the next stop you chose.
Internet Tutorials
Useful chart to identify the best search engines and directories for your needs. A good resource for specialty searches.
PearlTree - concept map framework for searching and brainstorming
Clusty
Clustering search engine. Use to be called Vivisimo. It categories search hits by topics.
Yolink
Free downloadable search tool. Search links and electronic documents through key terms and find content in context with key words highlighted. Collect and share desired content
Quintura
Quintura allows you to enter in a search topic and then presents a split screen with a tag cloud on one half and search results in the other. In this example, a search for “The Sopranos” brings up a cloud with links like “hbo” and “television” on the left, with direct links to web sites on the right. Quintura for Kids
Alexa.com
This search engine site can tell you how often your website in question is "hit, from what countries the "hits" emanate, and reviews.
Context Menu Search is a Google Chrome extension that allows you to highlight words on a webpage then right-click to search for those words on more than three dozen popular search engines and reference sites. When you have Context Menu Search installed, just highlight, right-click, then select the search engine that you want to use. To see Context Menu Search in action, watch the short Tekzilla video
KartOO
KartOO is a visual search engine that employs several different visualization methods.
This is an example of the future of Internet searching.
Beyond Google: Top 10 Search Engines Other than Google by David Kapuler
ChaCha
Users to send questions via text or voice for free; within minutes, the query is
answered and delivered back to the phone.
Surchur
This is a site that looks for the latest entries on various web interfaces (Twitter, blogs, etc.) that match your search topic.
Introduction to Searching PowerPoint Presentation
Presents misconceptions about searching and introduces novice searching strategies.
S.O.S. for Information Literacy for Children
A searchable collection of lessons for teaching information literacy.
Mashpedia is an Encyclopedic Engine, providing information and multimedia content about millions of topics.
Access PA
Article about the free state Web resource that offers subscription Web sites for free.
Atomic Learning
Short videos on searching strategies with excellent examples. You need a login from the instructor to access. worksheet & handout
Searching for the Grail? Power Searching with Digital Logic
A clear concise online workshop on searching logic strategies.
Screencast on the Deep Web
Learn about Web sites located on databases, the fastest growing component of the Internet. Good source for articles and accurate information on topics.
More Deep Web/ Invisible Web resources and explanations
A Tutorial in Invisible Web: What it is, Why it exists, How to find it, and Its inherent ambiguity
Beyond Google. the Invisible Web: good concise explanations and *sites to use for searching the Invisible Web
The following are two good general Invisible Web search directories
Beaucoup
Complete Planet
99 Resources to Research & Mine the Invisible Web
Databases start at 22 on the list.
Google's Search Tips
Google's own tutorial about its advanced search capabilities. Pay special attention to the synonym operator ~.
Companies Bring New Demensions to Web Search
Ask.com has joined Google in including multimedia itmes in its search results. Ask.comhas taken it new a new level with its 3D panels.
Joyce Valenza's Search Tools
A comprehensive site for searching tools and lessons.
Information Age Inquiry
Information Literacy for Library Programs
Clipmarks
Clip and save just the stuff you want from any web page. Create your personal online collection of clipmarks. Tag them with keywords, add your own comments and share
them with friends. Search the Public Clipmarks to see what's being clipped and who is clipping it.
What to Do Before Searching Technique for brainstorming for synonyms and keywords
Searching with Kids Interactive introduction to online searching for elementary age students.
Interactive map of the research process for students. The map, titled How To Do Research, walks students through the research process from start to finish with every step along the way. One of the things about this map that school librarians will like is that it is not focused solely on web research.
Kids Search Tools Index
Use this page from the Ramapo Catskill Internet Guides to learn about and search with a variety of child-oriented search tools.
S.O.S. for Information Literacy for Children
A searchable collection of lessons for teaching information literacy.
21st Century Information Fluencey Project
The Wizzard Tools are valuable for keywords and citations. The tutorial section has a wide variety of specific searching tutorials See how to find and save discontinued sites. The Search Challenge gives students the opportunity to use their searching skills. The Resources have lessons and detailed advanced strategies.
Beyond Cut and Paste: drawing conclusions from facts through grids to organize thinking decision-making and choices
Quintura for Kids
Allows you to enter in a search topic and then presents a split screen with a tag cloud on one half and search results in the other. In this example, a search for “The Sopranos” brings up a cloud with links like “hbo” and “television” on the left, with direct links to web sites on the right.
Links to Elementary directories and engines
Online Activities that Promote Information Literacy Lessons. learning tools and evaluations for information literacy learning.
Research On and Offline Concise overview of the research process for elementary and middle school students.
**Boolify A simple jigsaw game that teaches students the effects of "and", "or", and "not". The game is simple enough for elementary students as well as high schoolers, The sites has lessons, other resources and video tutorials in the Help page.
Boolean Primer Introduces Boolean expressions through Venn diagrams.
The Boolean Machine Interactive Venn diagrams to teach basic Boolean terms.
Boolean I: A review of Boolean expressions, Venn diagrams, and Synonyms
Boolean II: More Boolean practice
Boolean Worksheets for elementary school students
Boolean starter sheet
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Selecting Keywords (grades 5-10) This Unit Planner provides a brief overview of suggested goals, methods, assessment options, and materials for a 6-week unit on Selecting Keywords.
Checklist for Evaluating Web Sites
PowerPoint Presentations on Student Research
Topics include: Building Better Research, Collaboration, Plagerism and Putting the Pieces Together.
Research Paper Organizer
Interactive guide to planning, researching, and writing a research paper.
Primary Source Materials Resources
Includes instructional guides and tools to use materials
Specialized Search Engines
Links to search engines for specific subject areas.
Quintura for Kids
Allows you to enter in a search topic and then presents a split screen with a tag cloud on one half and search results in the other. In this example, a search for “The Sopranos” brings up a cloud with links like “hbo” and “television” on the left, with direct links to web sites on the right.
Sweet Search
Excellent search engine for students, as everything has been reviewed by educators.
Search Tools for K-5 Students
Young students can find sites that are appropriate for the level.
Ask for Kids
K-4 search engine and resource site. Good clip art section.
KidsClick
K-4 search directory
Google for Kids and Teens
A filtered search directory.
Ithaki
A meta seach directory for kids, i.e., searches multiple kids search engines at once.
Edupuppy
K -2 search directory
Awesome Library for Kids
K-5 search directory
Ask an Expert
Connects you with real world experts, ranging from astronauts to zookeepers.
TekMom
Good collection of search engines and directories for kids
Panda Kids and Teens
Choose between four kid friendly search diretories.
Research Cycle Provides overviews of models of research
Substansive Searching: thinking and behaving info-fluently
Joyce Valenza, a renoun local Internet researcher, discusses the attributes of an effective searcher and searching advice.
Research Instruction with the Web 2.0
The collaborative framework of Web 2.0 information posses new issues for researchers and librarians.
Cornell Notetaking Method
A notetaking technique that fosters identifying main points and review.
Online Reading Strategy: Anticipation Guides
Strategy for understanding expository text
Intranet Applications for Tagging and Folksonomies
An open perspective of the organization of information for collaboration in business and education.
For Some Educators Tagging is 'It'
An overview of tagging and examples of educational implementation.
The New Bloom Taxonomy
Updated versionemphasizescognitive process and technolgy activities.
For the Best Answers, Ask Good Questions
Guide for asking questions to go beyond recalling information
Questioning Toolkit
Guide for asking thoughtful questions
What does it mean to be literate?
Copyright Chart
Guide for students
Interactive Plagiarism Module
Alternative to lecturing to identify copyright and plagiarism issues.
Everything You Need To Know About Detecting Plagiarism and Preventing It Plagiarism
facts, free tools, and statistics.
