Information Literacy for Teachers Debbie Meadows EDCI 579/LBST 390 CSUB CTAP Level 1, Proficiencies 1.10, 1.13 Revised 4-08.

Information Literacy for Teachers

Debbie Meadows

EDCI 579/LBST 390 CSUBCTAP Level 1, Proficiencies 1.10, 1.13

Revised 4-08

What is Information Literacy?

“the ability to recognize when information is needed and have the ability to locate, evaluate and use effectively the needed information” (ALA, 1989)

available:

http://www.ala.org/Content/NavigationMenu/ACRL/Publications/White_Papers_and_Reports/Presidential_Committee_on_Information_Literacy.htm

Components of Information Literacy

• Proficiency 1.10– Selecting Sources

– Search Strategies

• Proficiency 1.13– Evaluating Sources

– Obtaining Information

From: The Nine Information Literacy Standards

http://www.ala.org/aaslTemplate.cfm?Section=Information_Power&Template=/ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=19937

Selecting Sources

• Print Materials– Books

– Magazines

– Journals

– Encyclopedias

– Newspapers

• Technology Materials– CD-Roms/DVD-Roms

– Websites

– Electronic Databases

– Search Engines

– Online Encyclopedias

– E-books

Search Strategies• Boolean Logic• Site Maps• Search Directory

– Human Touch

• Search Engines– Bot, Crawler, or Spider

– Use Advance Search Page

• Meta-Search Engines– Multiple Search Engines

Boolean Logic

California and Mission

California not Mission

California or Mission

Site Maps

• Quick way to navigate a large site

• Key Words or Sections

Search Directories

• Search Directories:– Kathy Schrock

http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/

– About.Com http://about.com/

Search Engine

• Google http://www.google.com/advanced_search?hl=en

• Altavista http://www.altavista.com/web/adv

Meta-Search Engine– Dogpile http://www.dogpile.com/info.dogpl/

– Kartoo http://www.kartoo.com/

– Webbrain http://www.webbrain.com/html/default_win.html

Additional Technology

• Electronic Encyclopedia– http://encarta.msn.com/ – http://www.encyclopedia.com/

• Periodical Index and Card Catalogue– http://www.lib.csub.edu/

• Primary Sources– http://www.lib.washington.edu/subject/History/RUSA/

• Ask an Expert– http://www.askanexpert.com/

Evaluating Sources

• Web Addresses– Parts of a Web Address– Internet Groups

• Website Evaluations– Five W’s

• Who, What, When, Where, Why

• Citation of Sources– Giving Credit where Credit is due

• Reference CTAP Level 1 Proficiency 1.4

Parts of a Web AddressProficiency 1.2

Web address Domain Personal page File name

www.meadowsnet.com/~debbie/bike.html Meadows and Associates

Business

~debbie Bike.html

http://www.pubweb.acns.nwu.edu/~abutz/di/dc/camps.html

Northwestern University

Education

Pubweb

~abutz

Camps.html

Internet GroupsDomain Type Example

.com Business www.meadowsnet.com

.edu Education www.csub.edu

.net Networks www.sbcglobal.net

.gov Government www.whitehouse.gov

.mil Military www.defenselink.mil

.org Non-profit www.redcross.org

The Five “Ws”

• Who wrote the page?

• What is the purpose of the page ?

• When was the site created and updated?

• Where does the information come from?

• Why do I need this information?

Kathy Schrock from Planting the Seeds of Change http://www.kathyschrock.net/slideshows/planting_show.pdf

Who: Author

• Does the author have training in the topic?

• Do others consider the author to be an expert?

What: Objectivity• Motivation for

creating this site?• Are there two sides to

the story?• Are the two sides

presented fairly?• Are the statements

facts or opinions?

When: Currency (Updated)

• When was the website created?

• Has the website been recently updated?

Where: Accuracy (References)

• Can you find other sources that say the same thing?

• Does the author list books or other Websites as references?

• Does the Website have a bibliography?

Why: Helpful

• Questioning and refining of student’s search strategies

• Good Questions are the basis for finding information

• Debbie Abilock's Best Tool for the Job

http://www.noodletools.com/debbie/literacies/information/5locate/adviceengine.html

Citation of Sources

• APA for CSUB classes– http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r

_apa.html– http://www.apastyle.org/elecref.html– http://www.crk.umn.edu/library/links/apa5th.htm

• MLA for children– http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/557/02/

– http://citationmachine.net/index.php?reqstyleid=2

Obtaining Information

• Use your CSUB student id to access the Walter W. Stierns online periodical index at http://www.lib.csub.edu/

• Go to the local library to check resources• Go to the COC library to check resources• Internet searches and encyclopedias• CD/DVD-Roms and CD-Rom

encyclopedias

Let’s Evaluate• http://www.malepregnancy.com/• http://zapatopi.net/afdb.html • http://zapatopi.net/treeoctopus.html• www.martinlutherking.org• http://www.umich.edu/~engtt516/index2.html• http://www.molossia.org/countryeng.html• http://www.idiotica.com/encyclopedia/• http://descy.50megs.com/descy/webcred/webcr

ed/dhmo.html

More Interesting Sites

• http://www.whitehouse.net/• http://license.shorturl.com/• http://www.genochoice.com/• http://www.thedogisland.com/index.html• http://descy.50megs.com/mankato/mankato.html• http://www.dreamweaverstudios.com/moonbeam/m

oon.htm• http://www.kevdo.com/lipbalm/

Sites for Teachers and 6th-12th

• http://urbanlegends.about.com/• http://hoaxbusters.ciac.org/• http://www.vmyths.com/• http://www.snopes.com/• http://www.ithaca.edu/library/training/think.html• http://www.dhmo.org/

Additional Resources

• http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/eval.html

• http://kathyschrock.net/slideshows.htm

Bibliography

• http://kathyschrock.net/support.htm

• http://www.anovember.com/infolit/index.html

• http://www.anovember.com/articles/zack.html