november 2003rob darrow ([email protected]). clovis unified school district. information literacy...

November 2003 Rob Darrow ([email protected]). Clovis Unified School District.

Information Literacy in Information Literacy in the Digital Agethe Digital Age

Rob DarrowLibrary Media Teacher

Online Learning SpecialistClovis Unified

Resources online at: www.cusd.com/calonline/rob


Why do this??Why do this??


"We live in a digital age, practicing

an industrial age…We need a digital

strategy in a digital age."

"We live in a digital age, practicing

an industrial age…We need a digital

strategy in a digital age." Ann Hill Duin, Associate Provost, Iowa State

University

March 26, 2001

An Opening An Opening Thought…Thought…


Digital kids and Analog Adults

Digital kids and Analog Adults

The world we live in…The world we live in…

Digital Natives and Digital Immigrants

Digital Natives and Digital Immigrants


Digital KidsDigital Natives


The world we live The world we live in…in…

• “Sesame Street”• Video Games• Other examples??

• “Captain Kangaroo”• Card/Board Games

Analog AdultsDigital Immigrants



WorksheetsWorksheets

• Are You Digital?• Are You Info Lit?


My ThoughtsMy Thoughts

• In an information rich society, you need more trained professionals

• Trained professionals will gain jobs because of their knowledge in the use of technology and the Web (as well as print resources)

• Students NEED trained teachers and professionals to guide them in how to use information – both print and digital


Why do this?Why do this?

• To meet the needs of the teachers and students we teach…and guide them in acquiring the information literacy skills they need…at any time, from any where.


Facts about Facts about InformationInformation......

• Today, the amount of information in the world doubles every two years.

• In the year 2010, it is predicted that the amount of information will double every 72 hours.


“More new information has been produced in the

last 30 years

than in the previous 5,000.”

(Source: Large, P., The Micro Revolution, Revisited, 1984)

Information OverloadInformation Overload


Today, a daily New York Times

has more information in it than a person would come across in an entire lifetime

in the 17th Century.David Lewis “Introduction to Dying for Information,” www.reuters.com/rbb

/research/dfiforframe.htm, 1996

Information Information OverloadOverload


Background Background StatisticsStatistics

InternetInternet

• The web is still doubling in size…every 40-50 days (USA Today, 1996)

• A new web page appears every 4 minutes


More Background More Background StatisticsStatistics

InternetInternet

• According the UCLA Internet study (2000):– In the first quarter of 2000, more than five

million Americans joined the online world – • roughly 55,000 new users each day•2,289 new users each hour, or •38 new users each minute.

– http://www.ccp.ucla.edu/pages/internet-report.asp


More Background More Background StatisticsStatistics

InternetInternet• According to 2001 UCLA Internet study:

– 72% of Americans go online each week for an average of 9 hours per week

– The top reason Internet users go online: to obtain information quickly.

– A new gap in patterns of Internet use is emerging: experienced vs. non-experienced users

– Internet users watch 4.5 hours less of television– 64% of children who go online have access at

school and home


Cartoon exampleCartoon example


• Technology-based training will increase more than four fold over the next five years.

• 1999. IDC. US IT Education and Training Revenues 1997-2003

• 92% of large organizations are implementing some form of on-line learning this year.

• Fortune Online, May 24, 1999

• It is estimated that 50% of business training will be online, rather than face-to-face by

the end of 2002. • Fortune Online

Background Background StatisticsStatisticsBusinessBusiness


Background Background StatisticsStatisticsChildrenChildren

More than 17 million teens, or three-fourths of all U.S. kids ages 12 to 17, go online each month. • 2001. Cyber Dialogue. www.pewinternet.org.

“65% of children, ages 2-17 go on the Internet several times a week.”• The Corporation for Public Broadcasting Internet Study (April 2003)

Currently 88 million offspring ages 0-20 in U.S.• Tapscott, Growing Up Digital, 1998.


Background Background StatisticsStatisticsChildren - 2Children - 2 “51% students, ages 12-17, believe

‘most or all’ information on the Web can be trusted to be right.”

• UCLA Internet Study, 2001.

“71% of internet-connected students choose the Web over a visit to the library to complete school projects.”

• Pew Internet & American life study, 2001.

“According to a recent study, more school-age children in the nation use computers at school than at home.”

• Newburger, E. (2000). Home Computers and Internet Use in the United States: August 2000. U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Reports, August 2000.


Background Background StatisticsStatisticsChildren - 3Children - 3

High school students today: First generation to grow up on the Internet

Students internalize technology use, while adults have to adopt it






Cartoon ExamplesCartoon Examples


Web Commission Report Web Commission Report to Congress (Dec. 2000) to Congress (Dec. 2000)

““The question is no longer The question is no longer if if the the Internet can be used to transform Internet can be used to transform

learning in new and powerful learning in new and powerful ways. The Commission has ways. The Commission has

found that it found that it cancan.”.”

--The Power of the Internet for Learning: Moving from Promise to Practice. Report of the Web Based Commission to The President and the Congress of the United States. December, 2000.


How is Information Literacy How is Information Literacy Different now than in past? Different now than in past?

• 1950s• 1980s• 2000s• 2010s


How is Information Literacy How is Information Literacy Different in the Digital Age? Different in the Digital Age?

• Expanding accessibility to information– Worldwide institutions – Variety of formats

• Library services – Moving online

• Students must possess skills to locate and use the “best” information – Print and digital


A shared vision of an information A shared vision of an information literate society for the 21literate society for the 21stst

century:century:

Collaboration is KeyCollaboration is Key

• Successful collaborations better serve our students and are critical to our current and future success.

• Collaborations among all libraries lead to an information literate society.


An information literacy model:An information literacy model:

Applying the Applying the Big6Big6

• Task Definition• Information Seeking Strategies• Location and Access• Use of Information• Synthesis• Evaluation (process and

product)


Task DefinitionTask Definition

• Reference interview - http://www.olc.org/ore/2interview.htm

• What is a Thesis? - http://mciu.org/~spjvweb/thesis.html#Is%20It%20a%20Thesis


Information Seeking Information Seeking StrategiesStrategies

(Determine all possible (Determine all possible sources)sources)

– InfoPeople Best Search Tools template for efficient searching - http://www.infopeople.org/search/tools.html

– Boolean Searching from the Library of Congress - http://catalog.loc.gov/help/boolean.htm


Location and AccessLocation and Access

• Search the Web Webquest – www.cusd.com/calonline/infolit

• QUICK: The Quality Information Checklist - http://www.quick.org.uk/menu.htm


Use of InformationUse of Information

• The Cornell Note Taking System http://www.byu.edu/stlife/cdc/Learning_Strategies/study_skills/note-tak.htm

• Cyber Ethics for Kids - http://www.usdoj.gov/criminal/cybercrime/rules/cybercitizen.htm


SynthesisSynthesis

• A+ Research and Writing – for college and high school students - http://ipl.si.umich.edu/div/teen/aplus/aplus.htm

• Citation Game - http://depts.washington.edu/etriouw/gameindex.htm

• Citation Machine - http://www.landmark-project.com/citation_machine/cm.php


EvaluationEvaluation

• Rubistar - http://rubistar.4teachers.org/

• Final Reflection Tool - http://www.csd99.k12.il.us/north/library/Research/reflection.htm


There is a need to put There is a need to put digital resources into digital resources into

contextcontext for students and for students and teachers.teachers.

Information Literacy Information Literacy frameworks, such as the frameworks, such as the

Big6Big6 can do this. can do this.Let’s see how…Let’s see how…


Technology – Technology – Out of ContextOut of Context

• Multimedia production (PowerPoint)

• ftp• Programming

• Instant Messaging

• HTML• Telnet

• Algorithms

• Video production

• E-Mail • Word processing

• Group discussion

• Use of operating systems

• Statistical analysis presentation

• Database management systems

• CAD/CAM

• Copy/paste

• Web page design

• Graphics

• Chat

• Web browsing

• Electronic indexes

• Web searching• Online catalogs

• Electronic spreadsheets

• Upload/download

• Spell/grammar check

• Brainstorming software• PDAs

• Inspiration

• Hyperstudio


• E-Mail • Word processing• Group discussion• Online catalogs• Electronic indexes• Web browsing• Web searching• Electronic

spreadsheets• Upload/download• HTML• Spell/grammar

check• Brainstorming

software• PDAs• Video production• Algorithms• Instant Messaging

• Multimedia production (PowerPoint, Hyperstudio)

• ftp• Chat• Graphics• Database

management• Inspiration• Use of operating

systems• Web page design• Copy/paste• Statistical analysis

presentation• CAD/CAM• Telnet• Programming

Better, Better, But Still Out of ContextBut Still Out of Context


Technology Technology in Contextin Context!!

TASK DEFINITION e-mail, online discussions (listservs, newsgroups), chat, video conferencing, desktop conferencing, groupware, brainstorming software, Inspiration, instant messaging

INFO SEEKING STRATEGIES

online catalogs, info retrieval, electronic resources (CD-ROMs nets), WWW/net resources, Q&A services (AskERIC), online discussion groups (listservs)

LOCATION & ACCESS

online catalogs, electronic indexes, WWW browsers, search engines (Yahoo, Alta Vista, Lycos, WebCrawler), AskERIC,, telnet, ftp, e-mail)

USE OF INFORMATION

upload/download, word processing, copy-paste, Inspiration, outliners, spreadsheets, databases (for analysis of data), statistical packages

SYNTHESISword processing, graphics, spreadsheets, data base systems, hypermedia, presentation software, down/up load, ftp, e-journals, listservs, newsgroups, Web page authoring (HTML)

EVALUATION spell/grammar checkers, e-mail, online discussions (listservs, newsgroups), chat, desktop conferencing, groupware


In ContextIn Context::California Content StandardsCalifornia Content Standards

Information literacy process

Information Literacy Standard - AASL

California Content StandardEnglish-Language Arts - Grades 11 & 12

•1.0 Writing Strategies •2.0 Writing Applications

TASK DEFINITION Standard 4: The student who is an independent learner is information literate and pursues information related to personal interest.

1.6 Develop presentations by using clear research questions…

INFORMATION SEEKING ANDLOCATION AND ACCESS

Standard 1 & 2: The student who is information literate accesses information efficiently and effectively; evaluates information critically and competently.

1.6 and creative and critical research strategies (e.g., field studies, oral histories, interviews, experiments, electronic resources)

USE OF INFORMATION Standard 3: The student who is information literate uses information accurately and creatively.

1.7 Use systematic strategies to organize and record information.

SYNTHESIS Standard 6: The student who is an independent learner is information literate and strives for excellence in information seeking and knowledge generation.

2.6 Deliver multimedia presentations.

EVALUATION Standard 7: The student who contributes positively to the learning community and to society is information literate and recognizes the importance of information to a democratic society.

Evaluation and Revision1.9 Revise text…consistent with the purpose, audience, and genre.


In ContextIn Context: Connecting : Connecting Information Literacy Information Literacy

to Curriculum Standardsto Curriculum Standards

•Correlations between:– Curriculum content standards– Information literacy standards– Technology standards

•National example– Indiana -

http://www.doe.state.in.us/standards/ILS_Correlations.html


Being Information Literate Being Information Literate meansmeans

knowingknowing about digital and about digital and print resources…and print resources…and

putting them putting them into contextinto context with with information literacy information literacy

skillsskills• Some examples…


Subscription Subscription DatabasesDatabases

• ProQuest• Facts On File• Newsbank• EBSCO• WorldBook Online• Etc.


Public Library AccessPublic Library Access

• With a library card, you have access to online magazine and newspaper databases

• Search all materials in county library collection

• San Diego Public Library– http://sdplweb.sannet.gov/hist.asp


University Library University Library AccessAccess

• State University System• Every UC library• Also access to incredible digital

resources• California Digital Library

– http://californiadigitallibrary.org/


Do you know about theDo you know about the Invisible (or deep) Invisible (or deep)

Web?Web?

• 300-500 times larger than the commercial Web– http://www.cusd.com/calonline/

teachertraining/module01/module01.htm


Dig RefDig Ref

•What is Digital Reference • (DigRef)?

– Digital reference, or "AskA", services

– Internet-based question-and-answer services (reference chat rooms)

– Digital reference services


The Virtual Reference Desk

www.vrd.org


24/7 California 24/7 California Reference ServiceReference Service

• Ask Now! (Booth 533)– www.asknow.org


• Developing online content based on 5th, 8th and 11th grade American history content standards

• www.cusd.com/calonline/tah


Newer Online Newer Online Resources:Resources:

• Streaming Video– Download full motion picture movies in

Real Player or Windows Media Player– United Streaming –

www.unitedstreaming.com • Blogs (www.blogger.com)

– See Gary Price’s daily Blog about what is developing on the Web

• http://www.resourceshelf.com/

• What’s next?


How does a library How does a library professional fit into professional fit into

online courses?online courses?

• In Clovis Unified:– English 9– World History– AP Gov/Econ– Art History– American Lit (11 and 12)– Algebra


Online Courses in Online Courses in Clovis UnifiedClovis Unified

What we’ve learned:What we’ve learned:

Best Online Students are:• Independent Learners• Have good time management skills• Communicate well online and on

phone• Have good information literacy skills


Final ThoughtsFinal Thoughts

“Students who become information literate possess a more complete

approach to information gathering. They can identify their research actions

and explain their choices. They are conscious of the process and can monitor their steps and learning as they proceed”.

• Corinne Laverty, “The challenge of information seeking: how children engage in library work” Feliciter (Canadian Library Assn.), issue #5, 2002


Another Final ThoughtAnother Final Thought

"There are two fundamental equalizers in life:

the Internet and education."-John Chambers, CEO, Cisco Systems, 1999


Go For It!!Go For It!!

• Ultimate Goal: To create a more information literate society from birth through adults.

• Now, go for it!• It is our job!!


Contact InformationContact Information

• Rob Darrow– Library Media Teacher on Special

Assignment, Online Learning Specialist– Clovis Unified School District, Clovis,

California– [email protected]– www.cusd.com/calonline/infolit

Resources online at: www.cusd.com/calonline/rob

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