1. Information Literacy for the Digital Age
Prepared by Marnie McMillan
Regina Public Schools

2. The "Always On" Generation
Who Are Our Learners?
How Do They Learn?
Generation.com
The "Always On" Generation
Net-Generation

3. Times…they are a’changin!
Since 1995, sales of digital encyclopedias exceed sales of hardcover encyclopedias
At least 50% of all information used worldwide is now in digital form
R. Scott Granneman, Washington University
80% of websites that exist today will not exist in one year
Ian Jukes, Dancing on Quicksand

4. Times…they are a’changin!
This year we will generate about 5 exabytes of new information (exabyte is 1018)
Only 0.01% of this information will be printed
- the rest is digital!
First home computer - 10 MB hard drive
256 MB “accessory”

5. Canadian Kids 5,756 students in Gr. 3-10 in every province & territory
Canadian Teacher’s Federation, 2003
5,756 students in Gr in every province & territory
75% (b/g) - TV daily pastime
60% (b) - Gr. 3-6 play video or computer games daily
38% (b) - Gr. 10
33% (g) - Gr. 3-6 play interactive games daily
6% (g) - Gr. 10
49% (b/g) - Gr IM daily
24% (b/g) - Gr. 3-6 videos and DVDs daily
17% (b/g) - Gr. 7-10

6. Media Use in the Home for Canadian Kids
Canadian Teacher’s Federation, 2003
Media ~ tv, videos, computer games & Internet access
30% Gr never have any parental input on what they watch, what they can play, or for how long
50% Gr. 6
60% Gr. 8

7. Our Changing World When looking for information or doing homework:
Internet Use by Canadian Kids and Teens
When looking for information or doing homework:
44% - Internet first
19% - books from library
16% - books from school
2001 Mnet Survey

8. Where 18 year olds get their information:
10% Print
13% Audio
25% Peers
50% Multimedia
Text
Complex visual images
Audio
Simulations
Virtual Reality
Interactivity
Varied forms of communication

9. Times…they are a’changin!
What do these statistics mean to you?
What are the implications for
teaching and learning?

10. Kindergarten
Teacher - “Take your name home and practise printing it.”
Child - “Teacher I can’t. Our printer is broken!”
Grade 1
In my purple plastic purse I am going to put my …..
Debit card
Cell phone

11. Last Picture Taken from the World Trade Centre ?

14. Original graphics from http://www. granneman

15. “The Internet is the wild, wild west and there is no sheriff in town.”
Alan November
Author of Empowering Students with Technology
“The Internet is the wild, wild west and there is no sheriff in town.”
“The Internet is the place where you can find “proof” of essentially any belief system that you can imagine”

16. It's not about integrating technology….
Redefining Literacy for the 21st Century
It's not about integrating technology….
we must integrate literacy that reflects this new information environment. If we do that, then technology will come along.
David Warlick

17. Critical thinking….not just technology…..
“How many buses does the army need to
transport 1,128 soldiers if each bus holds 36 soldiers?”
Gr. 8 National Assessment of Educational Progress
One third of 8th Graders gave the following answer:
Schoenfeld, as cited in Wiggins and McTighe
31 remainder 12

18. 4 E’s of Literacy Expose information Employ information
Express ideas compellingly
Ethics & information

19. 4 E’s of Literacy 1. Expose information
“Reading” in a global, digital library where anyone can be an author
What skills are needed when most of recorded information is only a mouse-click away?
How do we distinguish between good and bad information?

20. MAPping the Internet M -Meta-Web Information A - Author P - Purpose
“Empowering Students With Technology”
Alan November

25. M - Meta-web Information

26. M - Meta-web Information

27. M - Meta-web Information
Who is linked to this site?

28. A - Author

29. P - Purpose

30. 4 E’s of Literacy Expose information Employ information
Express ideas compellingly
Ethics & information

31. 4 E’s of Literacy 2. Employing Information Authentic learning goals
“No more bird reports” Bernie Dodge
“As long as we keep doing what we are doing, we are going to keep getting more of the same”.
How can we use real world data to make meaning?
How can students use higher order thinking skills to analyze, synthesize and transform information for real world applications?

34. Earthquake Activity over 3.0
Magnitude January 2006

35. 4 E’s of Literacy 3. Express Ideas Compellingly
How can students communicate effectively using image, animation, sound, video?
Why is this important?

36. 4 E’s of Literacy 4. Ethics & Information Respect property of others’
Protect the truth
Understand & be responsible for their “global voice”
“The more powerful the tools, the more life experiences and inner strength students must have to handle the power wisely.”
Lowell Monke
21st Century Literacy Summit, 2005

41. What role can you play as an administrator?
Where do you go from here?
What role can you play as an administrator?
Teacher-Librarians play a key role in Information Literacy
LearningPlus Teams

42. “The illiterate of the 21st Century will
not be those who cannot read or write,
but those who cannot learn, unlearn
and relearn.” Alvin Toffler