Information Literacy
Why do we need to learn about Info Lit?

CA Velcro crop
http://home.inreach.com/kumbach/velcro.html

Mankato, Minn
www.lme.mankato.msus.edu/mankato/mankato.html

Cats' reaction to bearded men
www.improbable.com/airchives/classical/cat/cat.html

Which came first?
www.ovaprima.org

Dream Technologies International
www.d-b.net/dti

Women with AIDS
http://147.129.226.1/library/research/AIDSFACTS.htm

Ban Dihydrogen Monoxide

http://media.circus.com/~nodhmo/index.html

www.melatonin.com

Resources:

The Info Lit process
www.lib.usf.edu/ref/doril/process.htm

Information: Scroll down to evaluating web based information:
http://thorplus.lib.purdue.edu/~techman/eval.html

Evaluating information sources exercise:
www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/college/help/hoax/index.htm

To find pages that link to a particular page, go to AltaVista.com and type "link:" and the URL of the page in question.

Search Engines, updated regularly: searchenginewatch.com/links

Example:
Describe the Big 6 process you would use to write a 5pg paper or make a 3 minute presentation on terrorism (or any other broad topic).


Links to sites about Information Literacy :
AASL's 9 Information Literacy Standards for Student Learning
ACLR's Information Literacy Competency Standards, Performance Indicators and Outcomes
Yahooligans' Teachers' Guide
Alan November:Teaching Zack to Think
Big 6
Teaching Information Literacy
Kathy Shrock's Critical Evaluation Info for all grade levels
UC Berkeley's Techniques for Evaluating Web Pages
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