Information Literacy: Navigating and Evaluating Today's Media

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Teacher Created Materials, Jun 20, 2008 - Education - 232 pages
Prepare 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

About This Book
7
Information Where Does It Come From?
21
Organizing Information
95
Where Did That Come From?
107
The Copyright Quiz
115
Copyright Scenarios
121
Permission Request Activity Sheet
129
Citing Sources Activity SheetAPA Style
136
Search Techniques and Strategies
139
The World of Libraries
147
GO Harnessing Information
177
Developing and Evaluating Multimedia Projects
193
Websites by Chapter
212
Specialized Search Engines and Directories
223
Copyright and Fair Use Guidelines for Teachers
229
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About the author (2008)

Sara Armstrong, Ph.D., is an educator, author, consultant, and speaker. During her 17 years as a teacher, she has worked to integrate technology into the classroom. She is a recipient of the Computer-Using Educators, Inc. (CUE) Gold Disk award in recognition of her contributions to technology in learning.

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