Information+Literacy

**Resources for Teaching Information Literacy**

 * [|S.O.S.][|for Information Literacy] **is a dynamic web-based multimedia resource that includes peer-reviewed lesson plans, handouts, presentations, videos and other resources to enhance the teaching of information literacy (K-16). Read a __ [|full description] __ of the project.

=  Linking sound pedagogy and innovation to foster lifelong learning   = by Shane Pilkie, Humpty Doo Primary School In a dynamic world awash with information how can we best meet the needs of our current generation of students? With so much information readily available online, the need to be information literate has never been more critical for the futures of our students. Humpty Doo Primary School has embarked on a dramatic overhaul of teaching practices to better cater for the needs of Generation Y and overcome the dilemmas associated with our cut and paste society. Explore the issues-based classroom and the search beyond Google for the information students really need.

 NSW K-6 Matrix Linking Syllabus Outcomes IL and ICT

 NSW 7-10 Matrix Linking Syllabus Outcomes and IL

** MATHS AND INFORMATION LITERACY **
Mike Eisenberg talks about the Basic of Basics, Information Literacy, the fourth "R."

As Dr. Marlene Asselin (University of British Columbia) has stated, "Teachers are not prepared to teach this aspect of literacy either at the pre-service or in-service level....In turn, teachers' lack of understanding about information literacy explains low levels of teacher-librarian and teacher collaboration for information literacy instruction" ( Asselin, M. 2004 "Guiding the inclusion of information literacy” in //Teacher Librarian//, Apr 2004: 31:4).

Readings
Ass. Prof. Christine Bruce (QUT) explores the Seven Faces of Information Literacy for students and academics, with special reference to curriculum design and to ICT. (with permission of the author) NY Times article on reading and information literacy in the digital age.

Debbie Abilock, California TL, "Information Literacy From Prehistory to K-20: A New Definition," //Knowledge Quest,// Mar/Apr 2004; 32, 4, pp. 9-11.

Debbie Abilock on Choosing Assessments that Matter. (with permission of the author for individual use. Contact ALA for multiple copying.)  

The Armidale Diocese Catholic Education Office policy on Information Literacy for teachers and teacher librarians (rev. 2006). 

Debbie Abilock on Evaluating Inquiry (see the ideas for evaluating Wikipedia, for example!) (with permission of author for individual use). 

<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; cursor: pointer; padding-right: 10px;">Virtual Information Inquiry <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> "I <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 14px;">n mastering the elements of information inquiry, teachers and school librarians acting as instructional specialists model, teach and learn with their students the best ways to test and select information that is valid and relevant to solve information problems." Danny Callison and Annette Lamb's extensive site based upon "materials from //Key Words, Concepts and Methods for Information Age Instruction: A Guide to Teaching Information Inquiry// by Daniel Callison (2003) and T//HE BLUE BOOK on Information Age Inquiry, Instruction, and Literacy// by Daniel Callison and Leslie Preddy (2006)." Concepts, standards, examples, key words, resources which formed an online course in a previous life.