The days of simply opening up an encyclopedia and copying down what you found are over. With the wide range of material to choose from on the Internet, we must now teach our children how to locate, evaluate, and use that information. Teaching Information Literacy: Tips and Resources and Media Literacy both provide strategies on how teachers can do that.
The first article offers specific tips and links. One of the most valuable for me was the link to QUICK. This would make a good tool for teaching how to evaluate a website. Although it is purportedly designed for ages 5-7, the language (words like relevant and bias) suggests that this site would be appropriate for intermediate grades as well.
The multimedia lesson offered in Media Literacy is a classic, student-centered activity. By creating their own multimedia project, they can gain some insight into what the message behind the media can be.
Building Information Literacy: Strategies for Developing Informed Decision Makers and Independent Lifelong Learners continues the theme that we need to shift our way of thinking about education. We have evolved from an industrial, product-based society to one that focuses information. Since this information comes in a variety of forms, not just print, we must teach our students how to access all media and use it properly.
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I totally agree that because we are in the age of locating and managing information we must train ourselves and out students to search through credible, reliable sources. Because information is so easily accessible we must learn to filter through in a quick and accurate manner.
I wasn't aware of the site QUICK this will come in handy for my class. You nailed in on the head about teaching children how to best use their time when searching on the net.
*locate
*evaluate
*use
Good comments!
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