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Page 1: March 2012. What is Information Literacy? Write your own definition

March 2012

Page 2: March 2012. What is Information Literacy? Write your own definition

What is Information Literacy?

Write your own definition

Page 3: March 2012. What is Information Literacy? Write your own definition

Information Literacy Is…the ability to identify what

information is needed, understand how the information is organized, identify the best sources of information for a given need, locate those sources, evaluate the sources critically, and share that information

http://www.webs.uidaho.edu/info_literacy/

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Information Literacy Is…

the ability to access, evaluate, organize, and use information from a variety of sources

http://libraryinstruction.com/infolit.html

Page 5: March 2012. What is Information Literacy? Write your own definition

Information Literacy Is…

the set of skills needed to find, retrieve, analyze, and use information

http://www.ala.org/acrl/issues/infolit/overview/intro

Page 6: March 2012. What is Information Literacy? Write your own definition

Why Teach Website Evaluation?

Students need tools to evaluate information

Filters at school are not perfect

Internet may not be filtered at home

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Evaluating a SiteWho?What?When?Where?Why?

Page 8: March 2012. What is Information Literacy? Write your own definition

Which Site to Use?

http://allaboutexplorers.com/explorers/columbus/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/famouspeople/christopher_columbus/

Encyclopedia

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Explore on Your Own!

www.allaboutexplorers.com

http://novemberlearning.com/resources/information-literacy-resources/

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CreditsFind the Right Site, Ann TruesdellWeb Literacy for Educators, Alan NovemberHandout: Kathy Schrock,

http://kathyschrock.net/abceval/5ws.pdf Handout: Classzone,

http://www.classzone.com/books/research_guide/evaluating_web_sites_guide.pdf

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Alan Novemberhttp://novemberlearning.com/resources/information-liter

acy-resources/ Definitions/Resourceshttp://www.noodletools.com/debbie/literacies/

information/1over/infolit1.html http://www.ala.org/acrl/issues/infolit/overview/intro http://www.webs.uidaho.edu/info_literacy/ http://libraryinstruction.com/infolit.html

Fun site with quizzes and lessonshttp://www.classzone.com/books/research_guide/