1. Information Literacy for Teachers Debbie Meadows EDCI 579/LBST 390 CSUB CTAP Level 1, Proficiencies 1.10, 1.13 Revised 4-08

2. What is Information Literacy? the ability to recognize when information is needed and have the ability to locate, evaluate and use effectively the needed information (ALA, 1989) available: http://www.ala.org/Content/NavigationMenu/ACRL/Publications/White_Papers_and_Reports/Presid ential_Committee_on_Information_Literacy.htm http://www.ala.org/Content/NavigationMenu/ACRL/Publications/White_Papers_and_Reports/Presid ential_Committee_on_Information_Literacy.htm

3. Components of Information Literacy Proficiency 1.10 –Selecting Sources –Search Strategies Proficiency 1.13 –Evaluating Sources –Obtaining Information From: The Nine Information Literacy Standards http://www.ala.org/aaslTemplate.cfm?Section=Information_Power&Template=/ ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=19937

4. Selecting Sources Print Materials –Books –Magazines –Journals –Encyclopedias –Newspapers Technology Materials –CD-Roms/DVD-Roms –Websites –Electronic Databases –Search Engines –Online Encyclopedias –E-books

5. Search Strategies Boolean Logic Site Maps Search Directory –Human Touch Search Engines –Bot, Crawler, or Spider –Use Advance Search Page Meta-Search Engines –Multiple Search Engines

6. Boolean Logic California and Mission California not Mission California or Mission

7. Site Maps Quick way to navigate a large site Key Words or Sections

8. Search Directories Search Directories: –Kathy Schrock http://school.di scovery.com/s chrockguide/ http://school.di scovery.com/s chrockguide/ –About.Com http://about.co m/ http://about.co m/

9. Search Engine Google http://www.google.com/advanced_se arch?hl=en http://www.google.com/advanced_se arch?hl=en Altavista http://www.altavist a.com/web/adv http://www.altavist a.com/web/adv

10. Meta-Search Engine –Dogpile http://www.dogpile.com/info.dogpl/http://www.dogpile.com/info.dogpl/ –Kartoo http://www.kartoo.com/http://www.kartoo.com/ –Webbrain http://www.webbrain.com/html/default_win.html http://www.webbrain.com/html/default_win.html

11. Additional Technology Electronic Encyclopedia –http://encarta.msn.com/http://encarta.msn.com/ –http://www.encyclopedia.com/http://www.encyclopedia.com/ Periodical Index and Card Catalogue –http://www.lib.csub.edu/http://www.lib.csub.edu/ Primary Sources –http://www.lib.washington.edu/subject/History/RUSA/http://www.lib.washington.edu/subject/History/RUSA/ Ask an Expert –http://www.askanexpert.com/http://www.askanexpert.com/

12. Evaluating Sources Web Addresses –Parts of a Web Address –Internet Groups Website Evaluations –Five Ws Who, What, When, Where, Why Citation of Sources –Giving Credit where Credit is due Reference CTAP Level 1 Proficiency 1.4

13. Parts of a Web Address Proficiency 1.2 Web addressDomainPersonal pageFile name www.meadowsnet.com/~debbie/bike.htmlMeadows and Associates Business ~debbieBike.html http://www.pubweb.acns.nwu.edu/~abutz/d i/dc/camps.html Northwestern University Education Pubweb ~abutz Camps.html

14. Internet Groups DomainTypeExample.comBusinesswww.meadowsnet.com.eduEducationwww.csub.edu.netNetworkswww.sbcglobal.net.govGovernmentwww.whitehouse.gov.milMilitarywww.defenselink.mil.orgNon-profitwww.redcross.org

15. The Five Ws Who wrote the page? What is the purpose of the page ? When was the site created and updated? Where does the information come from? Why do I need this information? Kathy Schrock from Planting the Seeds of Change http://www.kathyschrock.net/slideshows/planting_show.pdfhttp://www.kathyschrock.net/slideshows/planting_show.pdf

16. Who: Author Does the author have training in the topic? Do others consider the author to be an expert?

17. What: Objectivity Motivation for creating this site? Are there two sides to the story? Are the two sides presented fairly? Are the statements facts or opinions?

18. When: Currency (Updated) When was the website created? Has the website been recently updated?

19. Where: Accuracy (References) Can you find other sources that say the same thing? Does the author list books or other Websites as references? Does the Website have a bibliography?

20. Why: Helpful Questioning and refining of students search strategies Good Questions are the basis for finding information Debbie Abilock's Best Tool for the Job http://www.noodletools.com/debbie/literacies/ information/5locate/adviceengine.html

21. Citation of Sources APA for CSUB classes –http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r _apa.htmlhttp://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r _apa.html –http://www.apastyle.org/elecref.htmlhttp://www.apastyle.org/elecref.html –http://www.crk.umn.edu/library/links/apa5th.htmhttp://www.crk.umn.edu/library/links/apa5th.htm MLA for children –http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/557/02/http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/557/02/ –http://citationmachine.net/index.php?reqstyleid=2http://citationmachine.net/index.php?reqstyleid=2

22. Obtaining Information Use your CSUB student id to access the Walter W. Stierns online periodical index at http://www.lib.csub.edu/ http://www.lib.csub.edu/ Go to the local library to check resources Go to the COC library to check resources Internet searches and encyclopedias CD/DVD-Roms and CD-Rom encyclopedias

23. Lets Evaluate http://www.malepregnancy.com/ http://zapatopi.net/afdb.html http://zapatopi.net/treeoctopus.html www.martinlutherking.org http://www.umich.edu/~engtt516/index2.html http://www.molossia.org/countryeng.html http://www.idiotica.com/encyclopedia/ http://descy.50megs.com/descy/webcred/webcr ed/dhmo.htmlhttp://descy.50megs.com/descy/webcred/webcr ed/dhmo.html

24. More Interesting Sites http://www.whitehouse.net/ http://license.shorturl.com/ http://www.genochoice.com/ http://www.thedogisland.com/index.html http://descy.50megs.com/mankato/mankato.html http://www.dreamweaverstudios.com/moonbeam/m oon.htmhttp://www.dreamweaverstudios.com/moonbeam/m oon.htm http://www.kevdo.com/lipbalm/

25. Sites for Teachers and 6 th -12 th http://urbanlegends.about.com/ http://hoaxbusters.ciac.org/ http://www.vmyths.com/ http://www.snopes.com/ http://www.ithaca.edu/library/training/think.html http://www.dhmo.org/

26. Additional Resources http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/e val.htmlhttp://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/e val.html http://kathyschrock.net/slideshows.htm

27. Bibliography http://kathyschrock.n et/support.htmhttp://kathyschrock.n et/support.htm http://www.anovemb er.com/infolit/index.h tmlhttp://www.anovemb er.com/infolit/index.h tml http://www.anovemb er.com/articles/zack.h tmlhttp://www.anovemb er.com/articles/zack.h tml