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.

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Share

• Add a message and share with a group or a list

• Use tags to search by keywords

Share

Annotate