"What lifelong learning needs do recent graduates have once they finish college? What information sources and systems do they use for continued learning? During fall 2014, the PIL research team surveyed 1,651 recent graduates from 10 US colleges and universities. Read the survey trends report with preliminary findings from our study (10 pages, PDF, 229KB).
"Preliminary Trends about Recent Graduates' Lifelong Learning Needs and Practices," Alison J. Head, Project Information Literacy Research Summary, February 17, 2015."
Schools libraries are too often a "wasted resource" which should be brought into the mainstream of teaching, says a report. (BBC News)
Full BBC article at http://twe.tc/oL
"...while school libraries have a unique role in raising pupils' literacy levels, promoting reading for pleasure and improving their access to knowledge, in many schools the library is a wasted resource because it is poorly embedded in the infrastructure of the school and absent from school development plans. "
US study of what makes school libraries work. Examines the relationships between, teacher, teacher/librarians and the school leadership. The role of libraires in promoting technology and information literacy also discussed.
VocabularySpellingCity has a new summer word study program that allows children to sharpen academic skills as they play. These simple assignments are a daily workout for the brain, building literacy skills such as vocabulary, spelling, and writing.
An essay to explore how shifts in search engine technologies may have an impact on instructional practice and content -- would love thoughts & feedback!
virtual world for kids - Kids create a "Poptropican" character to travel the many Islands of Poptropica and use gaming literacy to enjoy a narrative that is often rooted in factual history. Problem-solving skills are honed as kids discover and solve mysteries unique to each Island. There are always new areas to explore in this ever-expanding world where kids can collect objects, read digital books and comics, watch movies, and compete in head-to-head competition.
reading bubble will be larger in schools with a large percentage of students who are not testing at grade leve
library media programs have intrinsic reading motivation and free volunteer reading as their core contributions to a school's reading program
providing and promoting high interest materials at a variety of reading levels that meet a variety of developmental needs, we will create kids who not only can read by want to read.
in schools where there is no separate "technology integration specialist" available to students and teachers. This is also more prevelant at the secondary level.
An increasing number of schools seem to be emphasising technology as a focus
teach the educational application of technology tools, not just the applications themselves
our programs acknowledge our roles as reading and tech teachers, but we empahsis the application of these skills in an IL model that helps solve real problems and answer genuine questions.
the larger the information literacy bubble, the more opportunity library media specialists and teacher will have to address these areas both formally and informally
The best library program is the one that best supports the needs and goals of its school. It doesn't get much simpler than that.
This is a research model for teaching information literacy through research projects at school. We need to consider adopting a research model for our school and implementing across 7-13.