1. March 2012

2. What is Information Literacy? Write your own definition

3. 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/

4. Information Literacy Is… the ability to access, evaluate, organize, and use information from a variety of sources http://libraryinstruction.com/infolit.html

5. Information Literacy Is… the set of skills needed to find, retrieve, analyze, and use information http://www.ala.org/acrl/issues/infolit/overview/intro

6. Why Teach Website Evaluation? Students need tools to evaluate information Filters at school are not perfect Internet may not be filtered at home

7. Evaluating a Site Who? What? When? Where? Why?

8. Which Site to Use? http://allaboutexplorers.com/explorers/colu mbus/ http://allaboutexplorers.com/explorers/colu mbus/ http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhisto ry/famouspeople/christopher_columbus/ http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhisto ry/famouspeople/christopher_columbus/ Encyclopedia

9. Explore on Your Own! www.allaboutexplorers.com http://novemberlearning.com/resources/ information-literacy-resources/ http://novemberlearning.com/resources/ information-literacy-resources/

10. Credits Find the Right Site, Ann Truesdell Web Literacy for Educators, Alan November Handout: Kathy Schrock, http://kathyschrock.net/abceval/5ws.pdf http://kathyschrock.net/abceval/5ws.pdf Handout: Classzone, http://www.classzone.com/books/research_guide/eval uating_web_sites_guide.pdf http://www.classzone.com/books/research_guide/eval uating_web_sites_guide.pdf

11. Alan November http://novemberlearning.com/resources/information-literacy- resources/ http://novemberlearning.com/resources/information-literacy- resources/ Definitions/Resources http://www.noodletools.com/debbie/literacies/information/1over/i nfolit1.html http://www.noodletools.com/debbie/literacies/information/1over/i nfolit1.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 lessons http://www.classzone.com/books/research_guide/