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If you missed Hands on Literacy, here are the slides (and links) from Joyce Valenza, one of the keynote speakers.  Well worth going through her slides. 

Information Literacy Resources from Alan November

appropriateness, articulation, change, criticality, deviation, inconsistency, responsibility, revision, safety, schedule

"The authors of this paper use characters from the 1998 film The Big Lebowski to illustrate the intricate, self-defined nature of information seeking behavior and the ways in which personal characteristics contribute to the success or failure of an information search."

ask students to separate questions into those that can be googled and those that can't....

"An ethics policy explains your [school, library, technology, classroom] goals, values and program within the larger context of the [district, school] educational mission, policies and procedures. By stating the rules and identifying the norms as lived in daily practices, the ethics policy offers explicit guidance about an individual's behavior and clarifies the rights and responsibilities of the institution and its stakeholders, the community and its members, the classroom and its learners. "

"We often hear the term 'information overload' but is it a case of over-consumption as much as filter failure? There's a school of thought that says we now take in information in the same way we consume fast food-without control or moderation."

Libguide on Six Reading Habits to Develop in your First Year at Harvard

An article/interview with David Weinberger about his new book, Too Big to Know, which I'm really excited about (as I'm reading it on my iPad).... Yes, it will be available in the library very soon.

Useful site for research skills and how to evaluate websites etc

See PDF of Copyright for Educators

"The Information Fluency Continuum provides a framework for the instructional aspects of a library program. The framework is based on three standards that form the basis for the skills and strategies that are essential for students to become independent readers and learners."

"What is Web 2.0? Learn it in 5 minutes or less   At Learn it in 5, you'll learn what is Web 2.0, and strategies for using Web 2.0 technology in the digital classroom - all in 5 minutes or less. Learn it in 5 is a powerful library of how-to videos, produced by technology teachers, for the purpose of helping teachers and students create classroom strategies for today's 21st century's digital classroom. These step-by-step how-to videos walk teachers through Web 2.0 technology, demonstrating how to use Web 2.0 applications like blogs, social networks, podcasts, interactive videos, wikis, slide sharing and much more."

from the Center for Social Media at American University's School of Communication