I was very concerned with the time limit of only 8 minutes. Because the topic of Information Literacy is so HUGE, I knew I would only be able to brush the surface of it in 8 minutes. I felt that the best way to use our time together was to "teach" you how to teach your students how to determine if a web site's information can be trusted. I hope I was successful at providing you with ways to help your students perform better searches for information and how to evaluate the information once they have located it.
What did I learn?
I learned that Information Literacy is a huge topic. I learned the importance of teaching our students how to find information on the web that can be trusted. I learned how to find who published/owns a web site, how to find the history of web site, and how to conduct better searches for information.
More to learn?
Of course there is more to learn! I would like to know more about how to incorporate information literacy into the classroom with regards to reading and writing.
Pedagogical Applications
There are endless possibilities of how to incorporate information literacy in the classroom. Foremost, we need to teach our students that not everything on the Internet is true and that they need to be aware of the authenticity of web sites. If we don't teach them, who will?
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Danielle,
I think your presentation showed a range of information to teach students how to benefit from using the Internet. However, I'm not sure how much of your presentation would be new to Digital Natives who already function with a higher capacity for technological wisdom. Perhaps using that as an introduction to middle school students would be most benefitial.
Dawn
I've been wondering how to do some of the things that you showed us how to do. Yours was one of the most practical presentations; I'll definitely hold on to the worksheet you gave us in order to share this information with my students. Thanks much!
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