Locate & Evaluate Organize & Use Package &Present Information Literacy 101
What?
Why?
The ability to effectively locate, evaluate, organize, use, package, and present information effectively will become a normal part of life. --“Information Literacy for Lifelong Learning” by Vicki E Hancock
Research and Information Fluency locate, organize, analyze, evaluate, synthesize, and ethically use information from a variety of sources and media. evaluate and select information sources and digital tools based on the appropriateness to specific tasks. NETS S
EALR’s
The illiterate of the 21st Century will not be those who cannot read or write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn and relearn. --Alvin Toffler, Futurist
Locate & Evaluate Organize & Use Package &Present Information Literacy
Locate & Evaluate Organize & Use Package &Present Information Literacy Blog posts Essays Presentations Websites Multimedia Inspiration OneNote Google Notebook Social Bookmarking Custom Homepages (iGoogle)
The rules of research have changed
What this shift in control means is that the role of the teacher is more important than ever. - Alan November
Discuss with your neighbor How is traditional print information different from digital information?
Books Encyclopedias Journals Magazines Newspapers Google Yahooligans! Ask.com Flickr YouTube TeacherTube Wikipedia Blogosphere Podcasts Information Continuum
The Basics
Let’s take a quiz You have 3 minutes… Explain the difference between the Internet and the World Wide Web? What is a URL? How do search engines generate results? What is WYSIWYG? What is the deep web? What is web2.0?
Checkpoint Which Habits of Mind and thinking skills have you used so far?
How to read a URL
How to read a URL
How to read a URL
How to read a URL
Truncating a URL
Empowered Research Locate & Evaluate
Surface web Deep web
World Wide Web On the surface
Just below the surface Pathfinders &Webpaths
Dive down deep Subscription/Vetted Databases
Getting the most out of the surface web
Different search engines return different results choose the one that suits your needs.
Checkpoint Which Habits of Mind and thinking skills have you used so far?
What if....
Search smart Search “math” Refine your search Ask your librarian Locate
Evaluate Is it REAL? Read the URL Examine the content Ask about the author Look at the links
Evaluate Is it REAL?
Put your skills to use Find 3-5 high quality websites that would be essential resources for your topic “Collect” them by bookmarking them or using Word, OneNote, Social Bookmarking, etc.
Checkpoint Which Habits of Mind and thinking skills have you used so far?
Final Checkpoint What conclusions can you draw about the Habits of Mind and Thinking Skills you used today?
Appreciate the changes: Everything’s amazing, nobody’s happy.
Resources National Archives, Digital Vaults Gear Shift Me in the index