Information Literacy: Navigating and Evaluating Today's MediaPrepare students for 21st Century Skills and the flood of information they encounter daily! Effective strategies, engaging activities, ideas, resources, and a variety of articles come together in this resource designed to help harness, understand, and use information in today's digital age. Both students and teachers will benefit from guidelines for evaluating sources of information, judging authenticity of data and trustworthiness of websites, and using information responsibly. Tips for using primary sources in the classroom, plus ideas on concept mapping, graphic organizing, and project-based learning are included. Other topics include netiquette, cyber safety, cyber bullying, and social networking. This resource is aligned to the interdisciplinary themes from the Partnership for 21st Century Skills and supports the Common Core State Standards. 232pp. |
Contents
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FreeRange Students | 71 |
Organizing Information | 95 |
The Educators Guide to Copyright and Fair Use | 112 |
Who You Gonna Call? | 126 |
Search Techniques and Strategies | 139 |
The World of Libraries | 147 |
GO Harnessing Information | 177 |
Web 2 0 Tools | 190 |
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