Lee, J., Paik, W. & Joo, S. (2012). "Information resource selection of undergraduate students in academic search tasks" Information Research, 17(1) paper511.
Great little article that could be used as a lead into a discussion of information/web evaluation issues. For example, poll students on the 3 "everyone knows" questions and then delve into why "popular" knowledge/assumptions can be wrong and how the information in this article might be checked as well.
Global History project using aspects of role-playing to immerse students in primary sources and place some more personalized context around larger events. Use of character & fate cards.
A sort of role-playing game. Students consult primary sources and produce information from perspective of their "character" and their "fate" (letter home, interview, or diary entry by character).
Digital Literacy is...
Digital literacy is the ability to find, evaluate, utilize, and create information using digital technology. As a Cornell student, activities including writing papers, creating multimedia presentations, and posting information about yourself or others online are all a part of your day-to-day life, and all of these activities require varying degrees of digital literacy. Is simply knowing how to do these things enough? No-there's more to it than that.
A very well done site. Although I am left wondering why they call it "digital" literacy when it is mainly about scholarship and academic levels of literacy in a world that happens to be networked.
web-based multimedia resource that includes lesson plans, handouts, presentations, videos and other resources to enhance the teaching of information literacy. materials for instruction at the elementary, secondary and higher education levels
An opportunity to celebrate student excellence supported by Library resources and services: web site highlighting student achievement using the library - perhaps base this around a contest?