Information Literacy

Key questions to ask when evaluating a website:

1. Is the source accurate and authoratative?
2. Is it up to date?
3. Can I identify bias in this source?

Here's a great resource for learning how to evaluate sites:
University of California at Berkeley Library's Finding Information on the Internet: A Tutorial (http://lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/FindInfo.html)

Also check out the Way Back Machine at: http://www.archive.org/index.php for a fun look at what a website looked like throughout the years! (Great way to see how technology has changed over the years!!)

Our 21st Century Learners

"Our students must be nomadic, flexible, mobile learners who depend not so much on what they can recall as on their ability to connect with people and resources and edit content on their desktops, or even more likely, on pocket sized devices they carry around with them. Our teachers have to be co-learners in this process, modeling their own use of connections and networks and understanding the practical, pedagogical implications of these technologies." (technology guru, Will Richardson 2008)

Sites to check out:
the American Association of School Librarians' Standards for the 21st Century Learner (http://www.ala.org)
the International Society for Technology in Educations's National Educational Technology Standards (http://www.iste.org)

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