Information+Literacy

= Information Literacy = Information Literacy is a process in which the learner needs to find information efficiently and effectively and then evaluate and use the information accurately creatively for personal, social or global purposes. Students must also access and use the information ethically and follow copyright laws. Below are some sites to help you in the process.

Scaffolding Tools to Help Students Learn to Search Efficiently and Effectively
1. [|Digital Information Fluency Model]- a model with examples of the information search process.

2. [|Search Wizard]- helps students learn how to effectively create search queries 3. [|Noodle Tools Choose the Best Search]- helps students learn to search effectively by providing sources and other search engines to use and when to use them. 4. [|WhoIs Search] - allows students to enter a website and find out the organization who owns the domain.

Evaluation Rubrics and Checklists
1. [|Five Criteria for Evaluating Web pages]

2. [|Evaluating Internet Resources from Milner LIbrary Illinois State University]

3. [|The Ten C's: Evaluating Internet Sources from Taft College]

4. [|Critical Evaluation Surveys for K-12 from Kathy Schrock]

5. [|Teacher Guide #1: Evaluating Web Pages]

6. [|Evaluation Criteria]

7. [|Five W's for Evaluating Web Sites]

8. [|Checklist for Evaluating Web Pages]

9. [|Evaluating Web Sites Chart]

10. [|Matrix for what should be used in research from professors at Mesa Community College]

Interactive Internet Evaluation Forms
1. Interactive Form for [|K-3], [|4-6], [|7-9], and [|10-12]

2. [|Evaluation Wizard]

3. [|Website Evaluation Tool from Read Write Think]

4. [|Paper version of the Website Evaluation Tool form Read Write Think]

Teaching About Evaluating Resources on the Web
1. [|21st Century Information Fluency MicroModules]- a series of 10 -15 minutes self-paced tutorials with information and links about information literacy topics such as bias, accuracy, copyright, plagiarism, search engines, and more.

2. [|21st Century Information Fluency Search Challenges]- students must use search strategies and tactics to solve Internet research problems efficiently and effectively.

3. [|21st Century Information Fluency Digital Investigator Training]- In-depth training modules to help students learn to search more efficiently using a focused strategy, evaluate the accuracy and authority of web resources, and use digital resources in your research process in an ethical manner.

4. [|Trails-9] assesses information literacy. Provides a free assessment with multiple-choice questions targeting a variety of information literacy skills based on sixth and ninth grade standards. 5. [|Evaluating Web Pages: Techniques to Apply & Questions to Ask] 6. [|Evaluating Internet Resources] 7. [|Evaluating Internet Sources and Sites A Tutorial from Purdue University] 8. [|Photographic Truth in a Digital Era]