"This is the seventh in a series of blog posts highlighting the digital literacies our students will need to succeed. The first posts covered financial literacy, visual literacy, media literacy, historical literacy, numeracy, and data literacy. This post will provide you with some ideas on how to infuse information literacy and digital literacy skills into the curriculum."
A Google A Day challenges help your students put their search skills to the test, and
to get your classroom engaged and excited about using technology to discover the world
around them
All of our lesson plans are able to stand on their own, as single, pre-packaged pieces that can be used in classes that focus on reasoning, critical thinking, sourcing, politics, communications, advertising, current events and other topics.
Ms. Rosalia, 54, is part of a growing cadre of 21st-century multimedia specialists who help guide students through the digital ocean of information that confronts them on a daily basis. These new librarians believe that literacy includes, but also exceeds, books.
“The days of just reshelving a book are over,” said Ms. Rosalia, who came to P.S. 225 nearly six years ago after graduating at the top of her class at the Queens College Graduate School of Library and Information Studies. “Now it is the information age, and that technology has brought out a whole new generation of practices.”
Digital Information Fluency (DIF) is the ability to find, evaluate and use digital information effectively, efficiently and ethically. DIF involves Internet search skills that start with understanding how digital information is different from print information, knowing how to use specialized tools for finding digital information and strengthening the dispositions needed in the digital information environment. As teachers and librarians develop these skills and teach them to students, students will become better equipped to achieve their information needs.
What is Information Literacy?
Information Literacy is the ability to identify what information is needed,
understand how the information is organized, identify the best sources of
information for a given need, locate those sources, evaluate the sources
critically, and share that information. It is the knowledge of commonly used
research techniques.