Information Literacy Skills

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Information Literacy Skills
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What is Information Literacy?

• Information Literacy is the set of skills needed
  to find, retrieve, analyze, and use information.
• The beginning of the 21st century has been called
  the Information Age because of the explosion of
  information output and information sources.

• Information literacy equips them with the
  critical skills necessary to become independent
  lifelong learners
• Too often we assume that as students write
  research papers and read textbooks they are
  gaining sufficient IL skills.

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Why is Information Literacy important?

• Have you ever heard of Data Smog?
• It refers to the idea that too much information
  can create a barrier in our lives.
• Information literacy is the solution to Data
  Smog. It allows us to cope by giving us the
  skills to know when we need information and where
  to locate it effectively and efficiently.

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Information Literacy Skills - Information
Literacy

• Standard 1 The student who is information
  literate accesses information efficiently and
  effectively.

• Research print non-print
• Search Strategies
• Boolean Operators
• Key word searches
• Staying on the topic

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Information Literacy Skills - Information
Literacy
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Information Literacy Skills - Information
Literacy

• Standard 2 The student who is information
  literate evaluates information critically and
  competently.

• Web Site Evaluation
• Multiple Sources
• Print
• Non-Print
• Critical Thinking
• Problem-Solving

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Information Literacy Skills
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Information Literacy Skills - Independent
Learning

• Standard 3 The student who is information
  literate uses information accurately and
  creatively.

• Web Site Evaluation
• Citing Sources
• Plagiarism print electronic

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Information Literacy Skills - Independent
Learning

• Standard 4 The student who is an independent
  learner is information literate and pursues
  information related to personal interests.

• Extension activities
• Reading Rainbow

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Information Literacy Skills - Independent
Learning

• Standard 5 The student who is an independent
  learner is information literate and appreciates
  literature and other creative expressions of
  information.

• Literature Appreciation print and electronic
• Motivation
• Classics
• Art
• Music
• Digital Media

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Information Literacy Skills - Independent
Learning

• Standard 6 The student who is an independent
  learner is information literate and strives for
  excellence in information seeking and knowledge
  generation.

• Accuracy
• Extensions
• Guided Practice
• Modeling
• Citing Sources

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Information Literacy Skills
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Information Literacy Skills - Social
Responsibility

• Standard 7 The student who contributes
  positively to the learning community and to
  society is information literate and recognizes
  the importance of information to a democratic
  society.

• Citizenship
• Democracy
• Free Speech

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Information Literacy Skills - Social
Responsibility

• Standard 8 The student who contributes
  positively to the learning community and to
  society is information literate and practices
  ethical behavior in regard to information and
  information technology.

• Citing Sources
• Proper care of technology and print materials
• AUPs

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Information Literacy Skills
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Information Literacy Skills - Social
Responsibility

• Standard 9 The student who contributes
  positively to the learning community and to
  society is information literate and participates
  effectively in groups to pursue and generate
  information.

• Cooperative groups

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Information Literacy Skills

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