http://www.netvouz.com/tg2lls/folder/5000285206077512987/Librarian+Tools+Information+Literacy+Teaching+Tools?feed=rss&hitsPerPage=50 tg2lls's bookmarks in folder Information Literacy Teaching Tools on Netvouz http://www.fluency21.com/ Librarian Tools > Information Literacy Teaching Tools tg2lls Mon, 26 Mar 2012 19:11:43 GMT http://www.noodletools.com/debbie/literacies/ A list of literacies for the 21st century - "literacies, skills, and disciplines ought to be pursued as tools that allow us to enhance our understanding of important questions, topics, and themes." Today's researchers, citizens, must be able to analyze, compare, evaluate and interpret multiple representations from a variety of disciplines and subjects, including texts, photographs, artwork, and data. Librarian Tools > Information Literacy Teaching Tools tg2lls Fri, 19 Sep 2008 16:45:37 GMT http://searchme.typepad.com/search-me/2010/04/a-searchers-review-of-twilight-book-vs-movie-through-the-eyes-of-a-search-geek.html Book vs. Movie Through the Eyes of a Search Geek - Search Me! Librarian Tools > Information Literacy Teaching Tools tg2lls Thu, 20 Oct 2011 22:25:53 GMT http://www.sdst.org/shs/library/evalwebstu.html Not all Web resources are created equal. If fact, there are great variations in the quality of the resources you access. The rule of thumb is "when in doubt, doubt." When you carefully select your resources, when you understand their strengths and limits, you create better products. Librarian Tools > Information Literacy Teaching Tools tg2lls Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:28:17 GMT http://www.lib.utexas.edu/services/instruction/learningmodules/plagiarism/index.html Real world, relevant plagiarism tutorial Librarian Tools > Information Literacy Teaching Tools tg2lls Mon, 14 Mar 2011 16:35:56 GMT http://lib.nmsu.edu/instruction/evalcrit.html The Good, The Bad & The Ugly: or, Why It's a Good Idea to Evaluate Web Sources Librarian Tools > Information Literacy Teaching Tools tg2lls Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:30:58 GMT http://www.betterwhois.com/ The WHOIS domain search that works with all registrars. Librarian Tools > Information Literacy Teaching Tools tg2lls Tue, 10 Nov 2009 04:51:29 GMT http://www.noodletools.com/debbie/ethical/catandmouse2.pdf Great slide show with great tips on research process using Noodle Tools and Inquiry Based Process. Read to the end for great tips. Librarian Tools > Information Literacy Teaching Tools tg2lls Tue, 03 May 2011 20:24:40 GMT http://www.janetsinfo.com/big6info.htm Applying Big6™ Skills, AASL Standards and ISTE NETS to Internet Research Librarian Tools > Information Literacy Teaching Tools tg2lls Thu, 18 Sep 2008 23:43:29 GMT http://www.bloomington.k12.mn.us/departments/technology/media/5StarR_Research/Bloomington5StarRResearchProcess.htm Click link for Essential Questions: Making research Meaningful --- Essential questions lead students to work at the top of Bloom’s Taxonomy. They motivate students to satisfy their curiosity and sense of wonder. They help students to understand the things that matters to them. Answers to essential questions cannot be found in a Google search. They must be invented and created. Librarian Tools > Information Literacy Teaching Tools tg2lls Sat, 04 Oct 2008 20:19:20 GMT http://csslibraryskills.blogspot.com/ A blog for the students of Cold Spring School for Library Skills Lessons. Librarian Tools > Information Literacy Teaching Tools tg2lls Wed, 16 Mar 2011 19:14:17 GMT http://www.dangerouslyirrelevant.org/2008/08/best-online-res.html Get sites from this Blog then delete from netvouz account Librarian Tools > Information Literacy Teaching Tools tg2lls Mon, 22 Sep 2008 19:51:59 GMT http://www.lifestreamcenter.net/DrB/Lessons/Atlantis/index.htm Atlantis Quest -- This project is designed to guide students through the research process in phases so that they can get feedback and revise and correct their work as they go along. Teaches searching techniques and website evaluation. Librarian Tools > Information Literacy Teaching Tools tg2lls Fri, 19 Sep 2008 03:01:02 GMT http://www.ets.org/portal/site/ets/menuitem.1488512ecfd5b8849a77b13bc3921509/?vgnextoid=1ebb0e3c27a85110VgnVCM10000022f95190RCRD&vgnextchannel=34b4a79898a85110VgnVCM10000022f95190RCRD With the iSkills Assesment, the 7 Information and Communication Technology (ICT) proficiencies are tested (using either the Core or Advanced assessments). The iSkills assessment can help you evaluate students' ICT literacy to better position them for success in our technology-based society. Start with this tour! Librarian Tools > Information Literacy Teaching Tools tg2lls Fri, 19 Sep 2008 16:30:01 GMT http://factchecked.org/ FactCheckED is an offshoot of FactCheck.org, geared toward helping students to become critical thinkers and savvy media consumers. It gives students pointers on how to evaluate the information they find online. It includes lesson plans for teachers and guides for teaching critical thinking, the proper use of sources, and how to recognize deceptive arguments. Librarian Tools > Information Literacy Teaching Tools tg2lls Wed, 02 Mar 2011 05:23:05 GMT http://www.familyfirstaid.org/teen-pregnancy.html Our goal is to provide parents who are dealing with teens (12 years old and over) struggling in their home environment with information on different options and walk them through the admissions process. Librarian Tools > Information Literacy Teaching Tools tg2lls Tue, 10 Nov 2009 04:45:39 GMT https://sites.google.com/site/gwebsearcheducation/webinars As always, you can watch live in order to ask questions and chat with others, or watch the archives here: Librarian Tools > Information Literacy Teaching Tools tg2lls Sun, 08 May 2011 13:32:06 GMT http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide/evalhigh.html Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators - High School Critical Web Page Evaluation Tool Librarian Tools > Information Literacy Teaching Tools tg2lls Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:33:30 GMT http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory?id=13298069#.Tyfm1FsSAqe some of the entries on the White House website were so sunny that they reminded her of the happy talk at Boston Red Sox games. "When we go to the ballpark, they'll put on the scoreboard the statistics of the players who are coming to bat and they'll always find something good to say," says the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian. "Maybe the guy has a .150 batting average, but they'll say, 'In the last six games, he hit .367.'" The White House site, http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents, offers one-page summaries of all 44 presidents, granting equal time to sluggers and bench-warmers. Librarian Tools > Information Literacy Teaching Tools tg2lls Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:07:05 GMT https://www.indiana.edu/~istd/ This tutorial will help you to understand and recognize plagiarism. Avoiding plagiarism is important -- both in writing and speaking. When you properly acknowledge the contributions to knowledge made by other people, you are showing respect for their work, and you are giving credit where credit is due. You are not misleading the reader to believe that your work is solely your own. Librarian Tools > Information Literacy Teaching Tools tg2lls Tue, 13 Oct 2009 19:34:44 GMT http://www.ilile.org/ The Institute for Library and Information Literacy Education provides local, regional and national leadership in fostering valuable collaboration among teachers, school library media specialists and academic faculty who work together to promote information literacy in the K-16 classroom. Librarian Tools > Information Literacy Teaching Tools tg2lls Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:11:48 GMT http://www.csulb.edu/~lfarmer/infolitwebstyle.htm California State University Long Beach has developed a series of learning experiences that help students and teachers incorporate information literacy into the library media program and collaborate with classroom teachers to infuse information literacy across the curriculum. They developed this Web site to provide Web sites and other resources on information literacy and supportive lesson plans. The main part of the Web site is comprised of seven modules: an overview, followed by each of the Big6 research steps. Cumbersome - many links but worth looking at . . . Librarian Tools > Information Literacy Teaching Tools tg2lls Sun, 05 Oct 2008 04:38:05 GMT http://chs.smuhsd.org/community/information_literacy.htm a great list of links to sites discussing information literacy Librarian Tools > Information Literacy Teaching Tools tg2lls Thu, 18 Sep 2008 23:27:38 GMT http://hcl.harvard.edu/research/guides/lamont_handouts/interrogatingtexts.html 6 Reading Habits to Develop in Your First Year at Harvard - Add to "How to Study" resource list. Great reminder that critical reading is imperative to the learning process. Librarian Tools > Information Literacy Teaching Tools tg2lls Wed, 16 Mar 2011 20:25:15 GMT http://www.sdst.org/shs/library/infolitles.html Online Activities Promoting Information Literacy The following activities focus learners on the process skills recommended by the American Association of School Librarians, the International Society of Technology Educators, and the American Association of College and Research Libraries Librarian Tools > Information Literacy Teaching Tools tg2lls Sat, 11 Oct 2008 06:32:04 GMT http://www.libraryinstruction.com/ This site contains library instruction lesson plans, articles about library instruction, a large library instruction bibliography, and links to library instruction resources. This site also includes material relating to information literacy. Librarian Tools > Information Literacy Teaching Tools tg2lls Sat, 16 Jan 2010 03:08:30 GMT http://www.literacy.uconn.edu/medlit.htm Multitudes of resources on media, information, and many other defined literacy areas Librarian Tools > Information Literacy Teaching Tools tg2lls Mon, 22 Sep 2008 19:45:41 GMT http://mindshift.kqed.org/2011/04/straight-from-the-doe-facts-about-blocking-sites-in-schools/ Dispelling Myths About Blocked Sites | Karen Cator, Department of Education’s Director of Education Technology, parsed the rules of the Childrens Internet Protection Act, and provided guidance for teachers on how to proceed when it comes to interpreting the rules. To that end, here are six surprising rules that educators, administrators, parents and students might not know about website filtering in schools. Librarian Tools > Information Literacy Teaching Tools tg2lls Wed, 27 Apr 2011 17:44:41 GMT http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/bestoftv/2011/02/04/exp.nr.tree.octopus.professor.cnn.html Professor discusses study regarding student research skills. Breaking News Videos from CNN.com - Is the tree octopus real? Librarian Tools > Information Literacy Teaching Tools tg2lls Mon, 07 Feb 2011 17:57:30 GMT http://novemberlearning.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=category&sectionid=5&id=27&Itemid=93 These resources will help you become a more productive user of the Internet. Great tools for teaching Internet literacy - Alan November. Librarian Tools > Information Literacy Teaching Tools tg2lls Wed, 24 Sep 2008 22:46:38 GMT http://www.nylearns.org/standards/browsestandards.asp In the New York State Learning Standards, statements are arranged within standard areas from the very broad standard statements to the less general key ideas down to more specific performance indicators. Librarian Tools > Information Literacy Teaching Tools tg2lls Thu, 18 Sep 2008 23:46:29 GMT http://www.commoncraft.com/video/plagiarism Common Craft Librarian Tools > Information Literacy Teaching Tools tg2lls Wed, 16 Nov 2011 03:39:26 GMT http://schools.nyc.gov/Academics/LibraryServices/EducatorResources/ProgramPlanning/default.htm The Office of Library Services has developed several documents to assist your school in developing an exemplary 21st Century library program.  Librarian Tools > Information Literacy Teaching Tools tg2lls Fri, 13 May 2011 03:30:36 GMT https://www.projectsails.org/sails/aboutSAILS.php?page=aboutSAILS A thorough search of the library literature revealed that our profession was not yet in a position to agree upon the best method for assessing information literacy skills, let alone assert they make a difference. The Project for Standardized Assessment of Information Literacy Skills (SAILS) is a Kent State University initiative to develop an instrument for standardized assessment of information literacy skills. We envisioned a standardized tool that is valid and reliable; contains items not specific to a particular institution or library but rather assesses at an institutional level; is easily administered; and provides for both external and internal benchmarking. With such a tool, we will have the ability to measure information literacy skills, gather nati Librarian Tools > Information Literacy Teaching Tools tg2lls Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:16:43 GMT http://fno.org/nov97/toolkit.html Each district should create a Questioning Toolkit which contains several dozen kinds of questions and questioning tools. This Questioning Toolkit should be printed in large type on posters which reside on classroom walls to guide instruction and learning. -- This website hosts a litany of questions and question types with explanations of how and when these tools should be used. Librarian Tools > Information Literacy Teaching Tools tg2lls Wed, 07 Dec 2011 18:44:04 GMT http://www.radcab.com/ Steps for Online Information Evaluation Librarian Tools > Information Literacy Teaching Tools tg2lls Sat, 19 Feb 2011 19:48:42 GMT http://www2.infohio.org/rpc/ Caution: Deadlines are closer than they appear -- Research calculator to help set checkpoints for completion of various project segments Librarian Tools > Information Literacy Teaching Tools tg2lls Fri, 04 Mar 2011 18:53:54 GMT http://www.det.wa.edu.au/education/cmis/eval/curriculum/ict/webeval/index.htm Students and teachers need to acquire critical evaluation skills which will enable them to identify and extract quality information that meets their needs. See also link regarding copyright in the classroom. Librarian Tools > Information Literacy Teaching Tools tg2lls Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:25:04 GMT http://informationliteracy.org/ A virtual idea factory for teaching information literacy skills Librarian Tools > Information Literacy Teaching Tools tg2lls Fri, 04 Jun 2010 17:39:04 GMT http://searchenginewatch.com/showPage.html?page=webmasters Site is a forum of information about search engines. This page explains how search engines find and rank web pages, with an emphasis on what webmasters can do to improve their search engine rankings by properly submitting, using better page design, and other tips. Librarian Tools > Information Literacy Teaching Tools tg2lls Thu, 25 Sep 2008 00:19:18 GMT http://exchange.smarttech.com/search.html?q=Media%20Specialist SMART Exchange Librarian Tools > Information Literacy Teaching Tools tg2lls Wed, 07 Jul 2010 02:48:56 GMT http://www.speakout.com/activism/issues/ Good Website -- IN 2002!!! -- Use to teach timeliness!!! Thirty-second news stories don't give enough information. Newspapers and magazines can give you too much data on subjects you don't care about. SpeakOut.com solves both problems by providing the entire range of information in one place. Even better, we organize our information into topics and sub-topics, and provide links to give you even more information. Librarian Tools > Information Literacy Teaching Tools tg2lls Wed, 16 Mar 2011 12:44:26 GMT http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/05/07/2562940.htm An Irish student's fake quote on the Wikipedia online encyclopaedia has been used in newspaper obituaries around the world, the Irish Times reported on Wednesday. Librarian Tools > Information Literacy Teaching Tools tg2lls Wed, 17 Nov 2010 04:09:08 GMT http://www.slideshare.net/sweetsearch/teaching-the-ten-steps-to-better-web-research Teacher focused slide show -- long but well done - - Librarian Tools > Information Literacy Teaching Tools tg2lls Thu, 17 Mar 2011 03:10:19 GMT http://teenlearning.csla.net/ This tutorial is designed so that you can learn how to use the tools of web 2.0 for your classes or for fun. You may do it on your own or as a part of a group. We hope that you will have fun – because these websites are full of creative ideas for you to use. This blog / pathfinder is based upon the "23 Things" model to open access to 2.0 tools for students. Librarian Tools > Information Literacy Teaching Tools tg2lls Wed, 16 Mar 2011 18:17:11 GMT http://www.sweetsearch.com/TenSteps Librarian Tools > Information Literacy Teaching Tools tg2lls Wed, 02 Mar 2011 20:23:20 GMT http://www.texasslaveryproject.org/ [NOTE: Google search for slavery in Texas does not discover this source on first several pages (as of 3/15/2010) -- use for Info Literacy Lesson] The Texas Slavery Project takes a deep look at the expansion of slavery in the borderlands between the United States and Mexico in the years between 1837 and 1845. ... The project offers a number of digital tools that allow users to explore the changing face of slavery in early Texas includes maps Librarian Tools > Information Literacy Teaching Tools tg2lls Tue, 15 Mar 2011 19:22:16 GMT http://blog.findingdulcinea.com/2011/04/time-to-stop-teaching-that-govs-can-be-trusted.html Sometime in the mid-1990s, someone created a tutorial that said that an important aspect of judging a Web site’s trustworthiness is its top-level domain, such as “.com,” “.edu,” “.org” and “.gov.” . . . . . . . . Teaching this does more harm than good. . . . . . . . First of all, it's simplistic. . . . . . . . . . More importantly, an indispensible aspect to determining the accuracy of information is objectivity. Librarian Tools > Information Literacy Teaching Tools tg2lls Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:12:10 GMT http://www.libraries.psu.edu/instruction/infocycle/infocycle.html How todays events become tomorrow's information. Describes the layered, cyclical nature of information creation using Columbine as an example. Librarian Tools > Information Literacy Teaching Tools tg2lls Thu, 18 Sep 2008 01:12:20 GMT http://www.thenewsliteracyproject.org/ The News Literacy Project is a response to the growing challenge of assuring that America’s young people get the information they need to become well-informed citizens and voters in the 21st century. NLP taps experienced journalists to help middle and high school students "sort fact from fiction in the digital age.” The project teaches students critical-thinking skills that will help them become smarter consumers and creators of information across all types of media. It shows students "how to distinguish verified information from spin, opinion, and misinformation-whether they are using search engines, viewing a video on YouTube, watching television news, reading a newspaper or a blog post, or assessing a viral eMail,." Librarian Tools > Information Literacy Teaching Tools tg2lls Mon, 05 Mar 2012 13:51:55 GMT