1. Academic Standards of Excellence For Information Literacy Media and Technology Integration-2004 Revision “Opening Minds with A New Set of Tools” Faribault Public Schools: ISD 656 “Opening Minds with A New Set of Tools” Faribault Public Schools: ISD 656

2. “In a time of drastic change, it is the learners who inherit the future.” ~Eric Hoffer

3.  Our academic standards of excellence for information literacy will ensure that all students of Faribault Schools will have a continuum of experiences using information and technology. Introduction Locate… Evaluate… Create… Communicate…

4.  The library media specialist will provide leadership in new technologies and resources for integrated projects that address an authentic, real-life need or problem.  In a collaborative effort, the classroom teacher and building media specialist will create a portfolio of technology products and projects to facilitate student assessment. Collaboration & Integration

5. Students will become active life-long readers, critical users, and creators of information. Integrated Projects will:  Align with ISTE Nets Technology Foundations for Students and AASL’s INFORMATION POWER: Nine Information Standards for Student Learning.  Support Minnesota State Standards, specifically Language Arts and Science  Meet District Benchmarks for Each Grade Level  Allow for continuous improvement in attaining goals…

6.  These specific skills and levels or proficiency described in these benchmarks are expectations of all Faribault students.  These skills are to be taught as part of designated integrated curriculum units and other library media activities.  Media specialists and classroom teachers will assess the successful attainment of these skills by individual students and report their findings as a part of the individual student progress report card. Elementary Information Literacy Benchmarks

7. Kindergarten-First Grade  Research: I can ask a question about something I want to learn.  Location: I can find an “I Can Read” book.  Communication: I can tell you that some books win the Caldecott award because they have great illustrations.  Evaluation: I can tell you what is good and what I can improve on in a Kid Pix slide that I made.  Life-Long Learning: I can make connections to what I read.  Technology Skills: I can use a Kid Pix tool to paint.  Appropriate Use: I can take care of my library books.

9. Second Grade  Research: I can ask 5 questions about a topic.  Location: I can find a picture book by using the author’s last name.  Communication: I can make a graph to show my research.  Evaluation: I can use a rubric to see how well I followed directions in my Kid Pix Slide Show.  Life-Long Learning: I can select books that I can read and that interest me.  Technology Skills: I can use a kid-safe search engine Yahooligans to find information on the Internet.  Appropriate Use: I can use a website approved by my teacher.

12.  Research: I can write research questions on a single topic.  Location: I can use the online catalog to find a book by author.  Communication: I can dramatize stories to bring them alive for an audience like a puppet show.  Evaluation: I can explain my research with interesting facts that answer my questions.  Life-Long Learning: I can find biographies in the media center.  Technology Skills: I can save and open my Power Point on the network.  Appropriate Use: I can use my own words and ideas when I write. Third Grade

14. Get the Facts about Insects Mosquito By Jacob 3-3 1.Mosquitoes can be found all over the world, even in Antarctica! No one is safe! 2.Mosquitoes don’t actually bite. They just suck your blood. They spit on your skin before they stick their nose in it. The poison in the spit makes us itch. 3.Mosquitoes bites can kill you in some countries. We just need to use bug spray in Minnesota. Hand-drawn in Art using “DRAW INSECTS” by Doug DuBosque

15. Hansel and Gretel A Fractured Fairy Tale Based on the Facts! By Ms. Lanette & Jefferson Third Graders Owl: (Upper right window) Who, who, who. (Flies off.) Anole: (Upper left window.) Heh! Heh! Heh! I’m lean, and I’m green, and I’m really MEEEAAAN! I’m the scariest witch you’ve ever seen! Heh! Heh! Heh! Don’t make me frown or I’ll turn BROWWWWN! If you’re a cricket, Better look around! Or I’ll dunk you in chocolate and YOU’RE GOING DOWWWW WWNNNNN!

16. Fourth & Fifth Grade  Research: I can create a research question that identifies topics, subtopics, and keywords.  Location: I can use online reference resources.  Communication: I can present a Powerpoint slide show that has graphics, clip art, animations and bulleting.  Evaluation: I can identify areas for further investigation.  Life-Long Learning: I can evaluate print and electronic information for validity and quality.  Technology Skills: I can create a spreadsheet and report results using a chart.  Appropriate Use: I can define plagiarism, it’s consequences and avoid it’s use by creating a bibliography.

17. My Cool Constellation: Perseus By Chris 4-1

18. Perseus  Perseus carries a mighty sword in one hand and Medusa’s head in the other. Medusa has snake hair and a “demon” eye that winks at you. Gross!  He fell in love with a beautiful princess and rescued her from a sea monster. How romantic!  You can see Perseus in the winter time. Look North. He’s in the starriest part of the Milky Way!

19. Bibliography  Mitton, Jacqueline. “Once Upon A Starry Night: A Book of Constellations.” National Geographic. 2003.  Starrfield, Sumner. "Perseus." World Book Online Reference Center. 2004.  Rey, H.A. Rey. “Find the Constellations.” Houghton. 1977.  Daniels, Patricia. My First Pocket Guide: Constellations. National Geographic. 2002.  Windows to the Universe. http://www.windows.ucar.edu

21. The Blackfoot was a nomadic tribe. They traveled as far south as North Dakota. They traveled as far north as Manitoba, Canada.

22. Blackfoot tribe had 80 degree and 90 degree summers. They even had 10 below zero winters They had tornados, sleet storms, and blizzards.

23. The Blackfoot tribe used a travois pulled by dogs. The Blackfoot was the first tribe to use horses for transportation. Horses were their main transportation.

24. Buffalo was the Blackfoot main food source. They also ate pemmican with berries with meat mixed in. They also ate bannock which is a type of bread with rice pudding.

25. Tim Jibben MY ONE SMALL SQUARE pond  Cottonmouth  River Otter  Bull Frog

26. Cotton Mouth – Agkistrodon piscivorus Water moccasins and cotton mouth snakes are the same kind of snake. I thought they were different! Cotton mouths are poisonous.They poison you through their fangs.So don’t mess around with them! Some cotton mouth snakes grow up to 5 ½ feet long. That is about as long as me!

27. Bullfrog-Rana catesbeinnaa The bullfrog is the largest frog in the United States! A bullfrog is the same width as a piece of paper going the long way (8 inches). A frog tadpole is also called a polliwog.

28. River Otter-Lutra canadensis Otters live in all continents except Australia.Why? The giant otter grows up to 7 feet!That’s 2 feet taller than me! Otters clean their food before they eat it, just like raccoons.

29. Bibliography Forester, Don C."Bullfrog." World Book Online Reference Center. 2004 Gibbons, J. Whitfield. "Tadpole." World Book Online Reference Davis, Joseph A. "Otter." World Book Online Reference Center. 2004. Johns,Brieley “River otter.” World Book Online 2004. Means,D,Bruce “Cottonmouth.” World BookOnline 2004.

30. Erica Gustafson Pond MY ONE SMALL SQUARE  Mink  Cooter  Bufflehead

31. Mink~Mustela vison A wild mink has brown fur.A mink born in captivity has either black, brown, blue, silver or white fur. Rainbow minks! Minks weigh from 1 ½ to 2 ¾ pounds. Just about the weight of a big blizzard. Minks are polygamous. Who cares who my girlfriend is!

32. Cooter~ Chrysemys floridana The Cooter lays up to 19 oval pinkish eggs. Faster!! If kept in captivity can live up to 80 years. Grandma can you hear me? Always has a dark doughnut on the underside. It must be snack time! Coffee anyone?

33. Bufflehead~ Bucephala albeola The male doesn’t get plumage (a.k.a. Mohawk) until his 2 nd winter. A clutch consist of 6 to 12 eggs that are laid in old flicker woodpecker nest or natural cavity lined with down. Let’s take this nest for a test drive! The bufflehead is the smallest game duck. Ducky in the middle.

34. If you are think there is nothing be patient and observe and you will discover great things. You might think there’s nothing to discover but if you are patient and observe you will discover many great things. ~Erica

35. Middle and High School  Research: I can ask an original question and formulate a topic of limited scope for a research project that requires an original supported conclusion.  Location: I can use multiple Internet search engines efficiently and effectively to locate information relevant to my topic.  Communication: I can use technology to collaborate with others for the completion of academic work.  Evaluation: I can evaluate the ethical decisions I need to make during the research process.  Life-Long Learning: I can articulate the criteria I use when evaluating the quality either a fictional or factual work.  Technology Skills: I can create and use a system for storing, organizing and backing up files of my original work.  Appropriate Use: I can identify the uses of technology as they relate to my academic work, personal life, and future career.

36. In the end, the fate of our children depends on our ability to use technology constructively and carefully. Today’s children will soon be adults. Technological decisions made today will determine, perhaps irrevocably, the kind of physical and social world we bequeath them and the kind of people they become. ~ Kenneth Keniston