March 2012
What is Information Literacy? Write your own definition
Information Literacy Is… the ability to identify what information is needed, understand how the information is organized, identify the best sources of information for a given need, locate those sources, evaluate the sources critically, and share that information
Information Literacy Is… the ability to access, evaluate, organize, and use information from a variety of sources
Information Literacy Is… the set of skills needed to find, retrieve, analyze, and use information
Why Teach Website Evaluation? Students need tools to evaluate information Filters at school are not perfect Internet may not be filtered at home
Evaluating a Site Who? What? When? Where? Why?
Which Site to Use? mbus/ mbus/ ry/famouspeople/christopher_columbus/ ry/famouspeople/christopher_columbus/ Encyclopedia
Explore on Your Own! information-literacy-resources/ information-literacy-resources/
Credits Find the Right Site, Ann Truesdell Web Literacy for Educators, Alan November Handout: Kathy Schrock, Handout: Classzone, uating_web_sites_guide.pdf uating_web_sites_guide.pdf
Alan November resources/ resources/ Definitions/Resources nfolit1.html nfolit1.html Fun site with quizzes and lessons