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Information Literacy
Elementary Technology
• Practice responsible and appropriate use of technology systems, software, and information
• Lesson examples• Research tools
Responsible use
• Policy does not allow for independent searching for elementary and middle school students
Responsible use
• Teachers DO need to model– evaluating information based on the source– providing proper citations (plagiarism)– what to do if come across inappropriate content
from websites
Lesson examples
• Tra-viz-el Research Lesson- compare the properties of at least one other planet in our solar system to those of Earth to determine if it could support life as we know it
Lesson examples
• The ABCs of Maryland- display social studies information from print and non-print sources using visual representations
Lesson examples
Lesson examples
• Unearthing My Own Tribe- compare and describe the elements of culture of Native American societies
Lesson examples
Research Tools
• Diigo- collaborate, share, annotate resources (social bookmarking)
• In this example students used Diigo to find and comment on articles for a debate on Arizona immigration issue. They were looking at facts/opinions for pro and cons in a debate on the subject.
add a message for group
Share
• Add a message and share with a group or a list
• Use tags to search by keywords
Share
Annotate