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"Information literacy equips students with the critical skills necessary to become independent lifelong learners. PBS LearningMedia provides resources that address information literacy skills underlying the basic tenets of Common Core State Standards." 
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"As we head into the throws of the summer and the coming onslaught of fresh produce from local growers hitting the markets, we thought it might be helpful to provide a little information literacy into the world of organic foods. We’ve long taught our students to read the nutrition labels...but now that organic food has become mainstream in supermarket chains, it makes sense to educate our students about organics as well."
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This post provides a wide variety of resources that will help you teach students about the difference between organic and non-organic foods. It is pretty amazing to see that 78% of families purchase organic foods (data is from the Organic Trade Association). This post discusses the need to for students to become "information literate" in terms of organic foods, yet our students need to become "information literate" in many areas. The wide variety of materials provides sufficient information in this area, and may help students learn that a wide variety of information is necessary to become literate in other areas.
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A simple infographic that helps students understand "the road to digital literacy". Designed by the Adams 12 Five Star Schools this infographic discusses digital citizenship, technology literacy and information literacy as the components of digital literacy. * Information Literacy includes the ability to find, evaluate and use information * Technology Literacy is the use of software and the multitude of online options available to create digital products * Digital Citizenship is the ability to use technology appropriately and responsibly
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"The crowd-sourced site Wikipedia has long been bemoaned by the academic community as an unreliable source for student research. Some educators, however, have embraced the site—not only for pointing students in the direction of quality information, but also for teaching information literacy skills." This article recommends you discuss/define terms such as crowd-sourced, open source, citation, plagiarism and more (and provides a link to an article '7 Things You Should Know About Wikis.' The article then recommends steps students should take as they explore Wikipedia for articles, in other words, use media literacy/information literacy skills as you would with any website when using Wikipedia. This is a great source to help you think about how to teach skills to your students.
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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. We asked our friends in the library world what...
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The Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University released a new report from the Youth and Media project: “Youth and Digital Media: From Credibility to Information Quality". The authors reviewed literature at the intersection of digital media, youth and information quality - primarily works from library and information science, sociology, education and selected ethnographic studies. The top four findings: 1. Search shapes the quality of information that youth experience online. 2. Youth use cues and heuristics to evaluate quality, esp. visual and interactive elements. 3. Content creation and dissemination foster digital fluencies that can feed back into search and evaluation behaviors. 4. Information skills acquired through personal and social activities can benefit learning in a social context. You may access the complete report at this website, as well as the infographic and a one page summary and an executive summary.
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Quandary, a free online game for players ages 8 - 14, won the Game of the Year Honors at the 2013 Games for Change Confernce. This game provides players an opportunity to help shape a new society "while learning how to recognize ethical issues and deal with challenging situations in their own lives." The websites goes on to state "Players develop skills such as critical thinking, perspective-taking and decision-making. Quandary provides a framework for how to approach ethical decision-making without telling players what to think." Why use Quandary with your students? This game is designed to help students learn skills in: * Problem solving * Communication * Information literacy * Global awarenes * Collaboration * Creative thinking There is a teachers page available which provides additional resources including a Game Guide, a sample lesson plan, an opinion tracker as well information on how the learning outcomes match to standards in both the Common Core and the Partnership for the 21st Century.
davidconover's curator insight,
August 30, 2013 8:04 AM
I look forward to sharing this game with my students. I wonder what their comments will be. 
Amélie Silvert's curator insight,
August 30, 2013 11:10 AM
Defining moral dilemnas, finding solutions and discussing. Collaborative work. Why not give it a try?
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"Pose a research question to students and most of them will immediately turn to the Internet. Sadly, many students think the only option is Google...Here I’ll present some free options for research that don’t require a login, along with a few quick tips to aid student searches."
Beth Dichter's insight:
Students often forget that there are search engines beyond Google, and this post discusses a number of them. * RefSeek is focused on academic searches. If students compare searches done in RefSeek compared to Google they will notice a difference in their results. * Yolink (which powers the search engines on some websites including SweetSearch) is available as a browser add-on for Chrome and Safari. The post notes that this "allows students to search within the contents of a webpage, highlight important parts of a page, and send those highlights directly to a Google Doc." * Google Scholar is also discussed. I believe that students need to be aware that there are many great search engines and should be introduced to a variety. Others I like include Carrot2 and DuckDuckGo (which does not track you).
Lucy Wareham's comment,
April 9, 2013 12:13 AM
I have found that some students are also drawn to inappropriate adverts and links when researching. This search engine would avoid this distraction. Thanks
Kia Sowden's comment,
May 11, 2013 12:48 AM
Hi Malena, Thanks for sharing this resource. I think it would be useful to remove the distraction that students so easily spend their time viewing. I think it would also comply with legislation when it comes to students use of the internet and appropriate sites.
Jenni Atkinson's comment,
May 15, 2013 11:44 PM
Great find.It is so easy to get distracted or off track when searching on the net and I agree with James re: deeper searches.
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A look at how Wikipedia is "misunderstood because many educators have yet to recognize the distinction between Wikipedia as a tool for teaching and Wikipedia as a tool for research." Why use Wikipedia? This post suggests that the collaboration that takes place provides a number of incentives including (quoted from post): * Similar benefits to traditional writing assignments. * Digital literacy training. * Multi-layered feedback. The post also looks at using Wikipedia as a tool for research. This portion of the post is a response to some of the arguments made by Brian Proffitt's post that "recommended against Wikipedia's use in the classroom." The response suggests that the use of Wikipedia teaches one information literacy. More information may be found in the post.
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"At EasyBib we are intimately aware of the issues that plague students surrounding information literacy. Plagiarism, source attribution and critical thinking are among some of the real problems that our educators and students face. We put together this infographic to shed light on the matter, to underscore why librarians are needed more than ever, and to show what EasyBib is doing about it."
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In this slideshow Buffy J. Hamilton discusses the concepts of transliteracy, providing a variety of definitions, and then explores how we can use these concepts as a process while working with students. If we embrace inquiry based learning, then participatory learning and transliterate learning are a part of the whole. The words connect, wonder, investigate, construct, express and reflect are explored with many resources and ideas provided to help you start this process in your classroom with your students.
Angie Hammons's curator insight,
October 19, 2014 11:33 PM
This is a slide set from a presentation on transliteracy. This slide set provides a good foundation for understanding what transliteracy is. It is important to understand that you can't take digital literacy or information literacy and focus on them individually. Each of the different literacies are connected and should be recognized as such.
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As part of a continuing exploration here, I am happy to share this next example of and reflection upon "Open Computer" or "Open Internet" Testing at St. Gregory. As I've written before, I think t...
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PBS LearningMedia is continuing to add resources and lessons to their website. This post shares five resources that help teach information literacy, with a focus on gathering, evaluating and analyzing. The five resources are listed below with brief explanations. For more information click through to the post.
Gathering Information
* Exploring Social Media with #Hashtags - for students Grade 6 - 13+
Evaluating Information
* ARTHUR'S Guide to Media Literacy - for students PreK - 4
* Evaluating the Validity of Information - Did the Chinese Discover America in 1421? Grades 6 - 8
Analyzing Information
* Analyzing Information - Can Pigs be Pets - Grades 3 - 5
* Media Arts: How to be a Critical Viewer - Grades 6 - 13+
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