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Renee Hawkins

libfocus - Irish library blog: Using Google Sites as a subject and resources web portal - 0 views

www.libfocus.com/...ogle-sites-as-subject-and.html

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  • Renee Hawkins on 25 Oct 13
     
    Helpful guide for using Google sites to create lib guides.
Renee Hawkins

The United States, Falling Behind - NYTimes.com - 0 views

www.nytimes.com/...ted-states-falling-behind.html

united states information literacy math literacy problem-solving

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  • the ability to interpret and analyze information using computers.
  • It dealt with three crucial areas: literacy — the ability to understand and respond to written material; numeracy — the ability to use numerical and mathematical concepts; and problem solving — the ability to interpret and analyze information using computers.
  • Renee Hawkins on 23 Oct 13
     
    [The research] dealt with three crucial areas: literacy - the ability to understand and respond to written material; numeracy - the ability to use numerical and mathematical concepts; and problem solving - the ability to interpret and analyze information using computers.
Renee Hawkins

Stubborn Skills Gap in America's Work Force - NYTimes.com - 0 views

www.nytimes.com/...ap-in-americas-work-force.html

skills gap workforce information technology problem-solving

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  • The report is based on assessments of literacy, math skills and problem-solving using information technology
Renee Hawkins

Information Abundance and Its Implications for Education | User Generated Education - 3 views

usergeneratededucation.wordpress.com/...nce-implications-for-education

information literacy information abundance library research web searching information_overload

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  • I have re-framed information overload from being discussed as a cautionary consequence of the technology age to us living in a time of information abundance.  I think we are living in one of the most exciting times in the history of humankind. We are living in a world of information abundance, surplus, and access
  • I think we are living in one of the most exciting times in the history of humankind. We are living in a world of information abundance, surplus, and access
Renee Hawkins

Digital Literacy, Libraries, and Public Policy - 2 views

infolit.org/...OITP_digilitreport_1_22_13.pdf

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  • Renee Hawkins on 08 Sep 13
     
    "Digital literacy is the ability to use information and communication technologies  to find, understand, evaluate, create, and communicate digital information, an  ability that requires both cognitive and technical skills.
Renee Hawkins

Multiple Choice = Google | My Wired Life - 0 views

mywiredlife.wordpress.com/...multiple-choice-google

research 21stcenturyskills information literacy Google will richardson

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  • If you can Google it, it isn’t a good assignment.
  • a history professor at Oberlin College
  • He said that they often need to reteach students how to read and study history when they arrive at Oberlin.
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  • They haven’t been taught to read for concepts, context and the big picture.
  • Renee Hawkins on 02 Sep 13
     
    "This Tweet shifted my world: If you can Google it, it isn't a good assignment." http://t.co/Rq0A8CytBR by @crossons
  • Renee Hawkins on 02 Sep 13
     
    Read the short blog post, follow some of the links, and most importantly, try to find 50 minutes to watch the Will Richardson video - from his ISTE presentation. All of this reinforces my belief (our belief) that the library should be at the CENTER of a school's academic purpose. Teachers should be sending students to this place of inquiry, research, collaboration, and creative problem-solving. This belief should drive our library re-design and it's program.
Renee Hawkins

50 Activities To Promote Digital Media Literacy In Students - 1 views

www.teachthought.com/...tal-media-literacy-in-students

digital media literacy media literacy activities

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  • Renee Hawkins on 18 Nov 13
     
    Ideal examples of those "mini lessons" we talked about.
Renee Hawkins

Education Week: Teaching Students Better Online Research Skills - 3 views

www.edweek.org/...32el-studentresearch.h32.html

education teaching students online research skills

shared by Renee Hawkins on 28 Jul 13 - No Cached
  • "Saturn-car"
    • Renee Hawkins
      Renee Hawkins on 28 Jul 13
       
      Actually - what worked is Saturn -car. You don't need quotes but you do need to place a space after the word Saturn and before the "-".
  • Finding the right search engine or database is also an important step in conducting online research,
  • Google Scholar
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  • Google Books
  • type in a key word and the word "kid" after it. Doing so pulls up results for younger students.
  • checking whether its URL ends in a .com, .org, .gov, or .edu.
  • a lesson called "Whodunit," which takes students to various sites and has them answer questions about who wrote the information, what their credentials are, and who is sponsoring the site.
  • a checklist to help students decide whether sites are credible. It includes questions such as: Are there dead links? Do images support the stated facts? Are there links and references to other websites, and resources and experts that corroborate the information?
  • language comes on too strong and the attempt is to persuade readers how to think
  • teaching a media-literacy unit
  • "If you don't take time to do it, the kids aren't going to be giving you their best work,"
  • integrated searching into her classroom by creating a classroom job of "searcher." That student's responsibility was to search the Internet for answers to questions that would come up during the day's class. Ms. Shaw used that approach as an opportunity to talk about strategies for good online research.
    • Renee Hawkins
      Renee Hawkins on 28 Jul 13
       
      A great idea! Indirect instruction plus careful modeling in class. Then outsource discussion questions as a homework assignment to the class "searcher." Eventually students will teach one another the skills.
  • Teachers should give credit to the process of searching, not just for the final product, she added. Students can turn in search logs or annotated bibliographies to emphasize that process.
  • it's vital to reinforce those skills repeatedly in working with students.
  • Every context is different.
  • predict the results they expect to see when they type in search terms,
  • November 2012, the Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project released a study that surveyed 2,067 Advanced Placement and National Writing Project teachers.
  • You need precise words
  • while most teachers agreed that the Internet provides a wealth of information to students, they also said students often don't have the digital-literacy skills to wade through that information.
  • skim search results for words that pop up, especially unfamiliar words.
  • For instance, if a student wanted to find information on immigrants who send money back to their home countries, the term "remittances"
  • quotation marks around their search terms to get results that include the exact wording
  • minus sign eliminates something from a search.
Renee Hawkins

12 Ways To Be More Search Savvy | MindShift - 1 views

blogs.kqed.org/...code-to-the-best-google-search

research information literacy library web searching 21stcenturyskills

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  • Renee Hawkins on 28 Jul 13
     
    From 2011 and still relevant. Some basic skills to model in the classroom.
Renee Hawkins

Learning/WebLiteracyStandard - MozillaWiki - 0 views

wiki.mozilla.org/...WebLiteracyStandard

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  • Renee Hawkins on 28 Jul 13
     
    As we think about what skills and capacities a GFS graduate should have, this might be helpful.
Renee Hawkins

Search Education - Google - 1 views

www.google.com/...searcheducation

google search research information literacy lessons

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  • Renee Hawkins on 19 Jul 13
     
    Lessons plans and live trainings.
  • Renee Hawkins on 19 Jul 13
     
    Great resource for teaching Google search strategies!
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