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Is there a right and a wrong way to teach social media in schools? Some administrators think so. Many schools across the country have banned the use...
Increase student engagement through games (from Journal of Library Innovation).
"Geospatial literacy has gained considerable importance in the last decade. Students require considerable support in locating and using resources, including digital maps and aerial photographs that provide information on both natural phenomenon and human activity on the planet. Geospatial literacy is important, not only in science disciplines, but also in history, classics, sociology, and a growing list of other fields. Both information and geospatial literacy are essential for successful student learning."
"...shows that information literacy instruction can be effective when delivered online.:
David Shumaker looks at successful embedded librarians, and explains how libraries are using embedded librarianship principles to enhance staff and services.
Via Buffy J. Hamilton
"Most librarians are educators in one sense or another, even when the role is not explicit. The best teachers learn from others and learn by doing. This is a good rule for improving at virtually anything: Seeking inspiration and accepting criticism makes your work richer and more well rounded." This article, adapted from Char Booth's book on Reflective Teaching, Effective Learning (2011), presents her ideas based on her own method expanded through mentorship, coteaching, online forums, and other collaboration channels: http://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/features/03142012/reflective-teaching-librarians
Via Fe Angela M. Verzosa, Ann Vega, Dr. Laura Sheneman, Dennis T OConnor
RT @PrivacyPrivee: #Privacy Matters is focus of #Media Literacy Week 2012 http://t.co/G0tZ7Bwh @CanTeachersFed @MediaAwareness...
"The Teaching Innovation Progression Chart helps provide teachers with a structure for self-reflection and growth. It is designed to encourage conversation around 21st Century learning and assess progress to meet the goal of full integration of a 21st Century classroom."
"Route 21... a one-stop-shop for 21st century skills-related information, resources and community tools."
Video by Jesse Rosten: "This commercial isn’t real, and neither are society’s standards of beauty."
We are pleased to announce publication of the new Visual Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education (pdf) by the Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL).
Their is NO charge to download the full text of the following book.
Title: Media and Information Literacy Curriculum for Teachers Authors: Carolyn Wilson, Alton Grizzle, Ramon Tuazon, Kwame Ak...
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Webinar presented Jan. 14, 2013 for the Libraries Thriving series sponsored by Credo Reference.
Via Buffy J. Hamilton
i3 (Information: Interactions and Impact) 2013 will be held at Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, UK on 25-28 June 2013. The conference "is concerned with the quality and effectiveness of the interaction between people and information and how this interaction can bring about change." They particularly welcome papers which address two or more of the following conference themes: the quality and effectiveness of user/information interactions (e.g. information literacy)... Sheila Webber
Via Anthony Beal
"An emerging class of online tools, including Pinterest, Scoop.it, EduClipper, and others, allows users to quickly and easily gather, organize, and share collections of online resources, particularly visual content. These applications make it easy to collect and post disparate bits of content, providing visual groupings at a glance that can reveal important patterns. In academic settings, they can facilitate more visual thinking and discussion among students while providing a means to share collections of online content."
Perhaps the biggest consideration when dealing with so-called ‘New’ Literacies is distinguishing them from one another, so what I want to consider in this post is the relationship between Digital literacies and Web literacies. Aren’t they just synonyms?
Via Buffy J. Hamilton
The GLEAN Comparison Search engine is a tool that allows users to compare search results for "positive" and "negative" perspectives side-by-side.
Via Ove Christensen
"Developing information literacy skills is perhaps the most important issue in 21st Century Learning and yet the struggle to do so is an uphill battle."
Via Buffy J. Hamilton, Dennis T OConnor
"CyberSmart! fosters 21st century skills to increase student engagement and prepare students to achieve in today's digital society."
"The Noun Project collects, organizes and adds to the highly recognizable symbols that form the world's visual language, so we may share them in a fun and meaningful way."
"A White Paper on the Digital and Media Literacy Recommendations of the Knight Commission on the Information Needs of Communities in a Democracy." (PDF)
A revolutionary new Information Literacy curriculum for Higher Education institutions in a digital age.
Digital Information Fluency (DIF) is the ability to find, evaluate and use digital information effectively, efficiently and ethically. DIF involves knowing how digital information is different from print information; having the skills to use specialized tools for finding digital information; and developing the dispositions needed in the digital information environment. As teachers and librarians develop these skills and teach them to students, students will become better equipped to achieve their information needs.
Via Dennis T OConnor, Nik Peachey, Jan Schwartz
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