locate & evaluate organize & use package &present information literacy 101

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?

What if . . . .

•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

EvaluateIs it REAL?

http://depression.com

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/