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Over the past few years, I have been collecting interesting Internet videos that would be appropriate for lessons and presentations, or personal research, related to technological and media literacy. Here are 70+ videos organized into various sub-categories. These videos are of varying quality, cross several genres, and are of varied suitability for classroom use.
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04 Dec 09
Information Fluency Newsletter
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03 Dec 09
The Keyword Blog
Blog for 21CIF Project. Search, Evaluate, and Ethical use information. Includes online courses in information fluency (ISTE NETS-S 3). Quality info
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Here’s a roundup of the
03 Nov 09
Super searchers go to school ... - Google Books
Interview and chapter from Dr. David Barr, founder of the 21st Century Information Fluency Project. This Google book article from Joyce Valenza & Reva Basch's book Super Searchers Go to school reaveal some of David's thinking about the knowledge, skills and dispositions for successful searching. \n\nAnyone who knows David Barr recognizes his amazing understanding of 21st century information systems. This is a gem. Don't miss it.
24 Oct 09
Information Fluency - ISTE 2010 Conference Ning
Get an early Start on ISTE 2010 in Denver!
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Join US! Library Media Specialists, Ed-Technologists, any educator interested in 21st Century Skills
20 Aug 09
Information Fluency: Online Class: Investigate and Evaluate Digital Materials
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18 Aug 09
Internet Search Challenge: More information, a smaller fraction
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The paradoxical thing about information and searching is that the more of it there is, the less of it we will see. The results we retrieve will be a smaller and smaller sample of what's actually available. And I don't see how this trend can be reversed.
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When I ask workshop participants if they've ever gone to the end of the list retrieved, I've never encountered anyone who has. Most searchers stop after the first page; the number who look at two pages is much smaller. For the 8 people in 100 who go beyond the third page, they have access to 0.1% of the information theoretically available. For the majority who never look beyond page one, that number falls to 0.025%.
14 Aug 09
21CIF Self-Paced Website Evaluation Class: Join Now
8 hours of Self Paced Instruction
Investigative Searching 20/10
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8 hour self-paced online class devoted to Website Evaluation using investigative search methods. Course Ends August 31, 2009
13 Aug 09
IBM software boosts info on demand - CNET News
So many of the e-learning teachers in training that I work with complain about information glut. Clearly the only way to cope is to learn how to sift and filter the flow of information that we pay attention to. Diigo is one great tool, rss, Google news filters, subscribed tags; there are many ways to cope with the flow. Still IBM's statement that digital info will be doubling every 11 hours by next year seems like science fiction.
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Steve Mills, senior vice president of IBM Software, said the company is investing in information management technology in response to an "explosion" of content in the form of digital documents, forms and multimedia.
According to an IBM study, by 2010, the amount of digital information in the world will double every 11 hours. -
To access that information, IBM on Tuesday released what it called a "Web 2.0 interface" designed to be the preferred front end of IBM's content management servers, Mills said. The software is based on Eclipse open-source technology--already used in IBM's Lotus software--and can run on different desktop operating systems.
06 Jun 09
e-Learning Online: Website Investigator: See you at NECC 2009!
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Website Investigator: Information Forensics Goes to School -
The purpose of this session is to provide participants with an understanding of efficient methods for evaluating online information and to demonstrate effective ways to teach these information fluency skills in classrooms.
The new generation of NETS standards for students (ISTE, 2007), is based on the premise that efficacy and productivity depends on students’ abilities to conduct research and manage digital information fluently. An essential skill is the ability to evaluate information from a variety of sources and media.
This session directly addresses this information fluency standard by helping participants…
1. Understand the role of investigation (information forensics) in evaluating information:
• Two types of searching: how investigation differs from speculation;
• Determining when investigative searching is necessary and when it is not;
• Effective means of finding critical information with limited clues;
• Using specialized search engines and browsing techniques to track down information;
• Analyzing results to determine credibility of the source and content.2. Observe effective methods for helping students exercise speculative search skills:
• Off-line 'readiness' activities;
• Group and individual Search Challenges;
• Interactive tutorial games;
• Think-aloud searches;
• Evaluation reporting;
• Group discussion about credibility.
29 May 09
Getting Boys To Read
Mike McQueen's dynamic community dedicated to boys into reading. A noble cause and a space filled with upbeat ideas and energy. Information Fluency and Information Literacy are all based on the ability to read. Building a passion for reading is what this site is all about.
25 May 09
open thinking » 80+ Videos for Tech. & Media Literacy
80+ Videos for Tech. & Media Literacy
Over the past few years, I have been collecting interesting Internet videos that would be appropriate for lessons and presentations, or personal research, related to technological and media literacy. Here are 70+ videos organized into various sub-categories. These videos are of varying quality, cross several genres, and are of varied suitability for classroom use.
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80+ Videos for Tech. & Media Literacy
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23 May 09
Interactive Website Evaluation Tutorials
10 online Flash games to teach 'investigative searching'. Learn how to dig deep into a website to determine credibility of the resource.
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nvestigative Searching Tutorials
Use these interactive tutorials to strengthen your skills locating and evaluating information
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01 Apr 09
Information Fluency Homepage
Gateway to hundreds of free online resources focused on 21st Century Information Fluency.
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Digital Information Fluency (DIF) is the ability to find, evaluate and use digital information effectively, efficiently and ethically.
Evaluating Digital Information: Introduction, Research, Resources
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Every school administrator wants to maintain a safe distance between objectionable material and impressionable students. Blocking students from potential contact with sexual predators and other malinformation is absolutely well-intended. However, blocking sites does not help students think critically about the quality of the information they retrieve or prepare them for the real world of information they encounter outside of school.
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Teachers may contribute to the problem by introducing filters of their own into learning experiences. In practice, it works like this: a teacher wants her class to access digital information, so she conducts a search ahead of time and selects web pages she finds credible and appropriate. Students then engage in a Web quest using pages or sites that have approved content. Aside from the intended benefits of the exercise, the students have missed an opportunity to learn skills in searching and evaluating that they need in the 21st century.
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Internet Search Challenges III
30 Internet Search Games from 21cif. Arranged by level of difficulty.
Internet Search Challenges II
13 online Search Challenge games from 21cif. NETS Aligned
Internet Search Challenges I
11 Online Search Challenge games from 21cif. Includes NETS alignment.
22 Mar 09
Library Lesson Study: Teaching Library Information Skills
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Title: Teaching Library Information Literacy Skills to Students Enrolled in an Introductory Communication Course: A Collaborative Study
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Executive Summary
Our interdisciplinary lesson study group developed a collaborative learning experience designed to introduce CST110 students to library resources and research skills. The lesson was both interactive and hands-on. It was intended to serve as the model or template for all librarians to use when providing information literacy instruction for CST 110 classes. It included general library information, instruction about, and hands-on experience with, several library databases, exercises in evaluating resource credibility, and exercises in generating American Psychological Association (APA) style citations from several library databases. We utilized the new lesson for the first time on February 8, 2006.
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