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.
NETSS
EALR’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 postsEssaysPresentationsWebsitesMultimedia
InspirationOneNoteGoogle NotebookSocial BookmarkingCustom 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?
BooksEncyclopediasJournalsMagazinesNewspapers
GoogleYahooligans!Ask.comFlickrYouTubeTeacherTubeWikipediaBlogospherePodcasts
Information Continuum
The Basics
Let’s take a quizYou 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
www.sandiegozoo.org/teachers/classroom_activities.html
How to read a URL
www.sandiegozoo.org/teachers/classroom_activities.html
How to read a URL
www.sandiegozoo.org/teachers/classroom_activities.html
How to read a URL
http://pubweb.northwestern.edu/~abutz/di/intro.html
Truncating a URL
www.sandiegozoo.org/teachers/classroom_activities.html
http://zapatopi.net/treeoctopus
Empowered Research
Locate &
Evaluate
Surface web
Deep web
World Wide Web
On the surface
Just below the surface
Pathfinders &Webpaths
Dive down deep
Subscription/VettedDatabases
http://www/tsdstaffintro/indexstaff.html
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?
•Search smart•Search “math”•Refine your search•Ask your librarian
Locate
EvaluateIs it REAL?
Read the URLExamine the contentAsk about the authorLook at the links
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?
http://www.google.com/coop/cse/
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 Vaultshttp://www.digitalvaults.org/#/browse/?record=105Gear Shifthttp://www.flickr.com/photos/noloran/641931694/Me in the indexhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/dantaylor/1145628275/
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