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Katie Day's List: Teaching Information Literacy
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Aug 24, 11
results of an ethnographic study of college students and their relationship with libraries and level of information literacy... Quote: "In other words: Today’s college students might have grown up with the language of the information age, but they do not necessarily know the grammar."
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The prevalence of Google in student research is well-documented, but the Illinois researchers found something they did not expect: students were not very good at using Google. They were basically clueless about the logic underlying how the search engine organizes and displays its results. Consequently, the students did not know how to build a search that would return good sources. (For instance, limiting a search to news articles, or querying specific databases such as Google Book Search or Google Scholar.)
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In other words: Today’s college students might have grown up with the language of the information age, but they do not necessarily know the grammar.
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May 10, 11
Free interactive learning games and teacher resources for teaching information fluency. Drop these course materials into your online classes, library- medial kiosks, or school webpages. (A free service of the 21st Century Information Fluency Project.)
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May 10, 11
Three interactive games that teach students and teachers how to recognize and avoid plagiarism. These are flash based learning objects designed to be 'dropped' into online courses and educational websites.
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Apr 23, 11
daily search challenges.... great for kids to practice learning Google's many features
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Apr 02, 11
"The library has just released an online 23-page library guide in graphic novel format called Library of the Living Dead that features students taking cover in the library from zombies run amok on campus, and the flight to safety becomes a point of departure for a blood-stained lesson, replete with decapitations, in the Dewey Decimal system and other library tools."
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Dec 28, 10
"Overview
1. Prepare: Initial idea for research, creating initial questions to answer in the paper, and starting a research journal
2. Determine Keywords: Using broad searches and generalized information to develop search keywords
3. Find the Granddaddy of the Field: Finding the base to build the research upon
4. Find and Understand Your Research Base
5. Find Researchers Who've Cited the Granddaddy Authors
6. Reevaluate Your Questions and Start Writing
7. The Process Is NOT Linear " -
Dec 06, 10
"The Information Fluency Continuum provides a framework for the instructional aspects of a library program. The framework is based on three standards that form the basis for the skills and strategies that are essential for students to become independent r
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Nov 06, 10
"From the Creative Minds of 21st Century Librarians is CDL’s first e-book project made possible in part through an IMLS grant awarded to CDL in 2008 to update the AASL standards in the S.O.S. for Information Literacy database.
This 275-page free download -
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