lInformation Literacy

Teachers, librarians, and library media teachers are always looking for new ways to teach new skills as well as ways to reinforce ideas and concepts from the not-so-distant past. These websites can be a starting point for your journey toward information literacy.

Blue Web'n
http://www.kn.AT&T.com/wired/bluewebn
Blue Web'n is a library of links to the best education has to offer. Browse the matrix to find tutorials, activities, project, lessons, hotlists, resources, reference materials and tools. Use the grade level search to find age appropriate resources for your students. You can also find more information literary sites by conducting a simple search for information literacy (you can find this at the bottom of the main page).

The Big6 Skills
http://www.Big6.com
Big6 is a systematic approach to information problem solving useful whenever an individual has an information-oriented problem. This Big6 website includes lesson plans, curriculum, a directory of schools and districts implementing the Big 6, tools that help to teach the Big 6, and directions for joining the electronic discussion group (Listserv).

The Super3
http://academic.wsc.edu/redl/classes/Tami/super3.html
Start young and work with students as they are forming their ideas about what it takes to complete a task. These three steps are refined from the Big6, and the concept is easier to grasp.

Comparing Models of Information Literacy
http://big6.com/comparison_chart.gif
Is there on perfect system for teaching information literacy to students? I think not, and here is a comparison done by the folks at the Big6 to show you some of the alternatives.

TILT (Texas Information Literacy Tutorial)
http://tilt.lib.utsystem.edu/
To familiarize a large number of students with fundamental research skills, the Digital Information Literacy Office at the University of Texas at Austin developed this online tutorial. TILT is a Web-based, educational site designed to teach undergraduates fundamental research skills. In each module students will learn concepts and practice them through interactions. At the conclusion of each module, they can test their comprehension and receive immediate feedback. Each module takes less than 30 minutes to complete.

So You have to do a Research Project?
http://www.ri.net/schools/East_Greenwich/research.html
Start the year out right by giving 4th to 8th grade students information to help them complete a research project; access tips, worksheets, and resources that help build information literacy skills.

QUICK
http://www.quick.org.uk/menu.htm
As we all know, not all the information on the WWW is created equal. How can you decide which is the best information? Use Quick, a list of eight questions that let you be the judge, picking the best Websites out of the mix. A quiz is also available for teachers to check students' progress.

Educator Resources compiled by Gaye Lewis
http://www.kn.AT&T.com/wired/fil/pages/listgayespga.html
Gaye Lewis, former teammate and now Technology Trainer at Central Unified School District, compiled this great list of resources. Here are some of the links from Gaye's Educator Resources that I use regularly while working with teachers:

Ask Jeeves for Kids

http://www.ajkids.com/

Seven Steps Toward Better Searching

http://edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/searching/sevensteps.html

WWW Evaluation Checklist

http://bvsd.k12.co.us/curriculum/tools/bvsdwebeval.html

Citing Electronic Resources

http://www.umpqua.cc.or.us/library/bibcit.htm

Online Plagiarism

http://alexia.lis.uiuc.edu/~janicke/plagiary.htm