21st Century Skills

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21st Century Skills

• Information Literacy and
• Digital Literacy

Tricia Lige / ISTC 651.101 / September 13, 2006
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Information Literacy AASL Standards
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Ways to Facilitate Access to Resources

• Provide a list of recommended websites and links
  on the school website (on the Media Centers home
  page)
• Create pathfinders on various topics
• Add to OPAC useful websites local organizations
  and human resources and local places of interest

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Evaluating Information

• Group instruction integrate evaluation skills
  into lesson plans.
• Individual guidance provide personalized
  guidance to students to help them narrow their
  focus and find appropriate resources.

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Display Examples of Using Information

• Maps
• Charts
• Graphs
• Book Reports

• Movie Posters
• TV Schedules
• Menus
• Photo Albums
• Videos

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Information Literacy Lesson Plans

• Collaborate with other teachers to integrate
  information literacy into lesson plans.
• Visit S.O.S. for Information Literacy
  (www.informationliteracy.org) for ideas.

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Digital Literacy Skills

• Access online resources
• Evaluate the credibility of online resources
  (i.e., DUPED method)

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Digital LiteracyS.O.S. Lesson Plan

• http//www.informationliteracy.org/builder/builder
  .php?primaryid255
• http//www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?story
  Id1791960

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Video Games and Digital Literacy
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Resources

• S.O.S. for Information Literacy. (n.d.).
  Retrieved September 11, 2006, from
  http//www.informationliteracy.org
• Squire, K., Steinkuehler, C. (2005). Meet the
  gamers. Library Journal, 130 (7), 38-41.
  Retrieved September 11, 2006, from Academic
  Search/EBSCO database.