https://padlet.com/tayloc6/ir4oc09dlltc My Padlet for teaching Information Literacy en-us 2019-05-02 18:21:37 UTC 2019-05-03 17:38:00 UTC hello@padlet.com tayloc6 https://padlet.com/tayloc6/ir4oc09dlltc/wish/356349195 Information literacy is an umbrella for which digital literacy, media literacy fall under. Informational literacy is the ability to "process information in all of its forms whether it's video, audio, or print". Then students need to be able to present in all of the forms as well. The basic concept is having the skills to navigate successfully the world of "digital space".]]> 2019-05-02 18:26:27 UTC https://padlet.com/tayloc6/ir4oc09dlltc/wish/356349195 tayloc6 https://padlet.com/tayloc6/ir4oc09dlltc/wish/356349320 Students are inundated by an overwhelming amount of information every single time they "log on". They need to be taught the skills of how to filter through the information because it is all they know and aren't aware of the pitfalls of this medium. Their parents aren't able to teach or guide them because they most likely didn't grow up with this technology.

So, students need to know how to:
-evaluate the quality and credibility of websites
-look for the intentions of websites and advertising
-use specific strategies to have effective online searches.

The main focus is to help students to learn how to access "acurate, relevant, and quality information".]]> 2019-05-02 18:26:46 UTC https://padlet.com/tayloc6/ir4oc09dlltc/wish/356349320 tayloc6 https://padlet.com/tayloc6/ir4oc09dlltc/wish/356349427 These are ways to teach students about information literacy. The Big6 is for older students whereas the Super3 is for younger students. The level of development of your students would determined which one to teach your students.
BIG6
1. Task definition: students define problem and determine what type of info they need to find.
2. Info finding strategies: search sources then select best ones to use.
3. Locate sources: search sources for specific information to use in project.
4. Use information: read the info and determine what is most useful.
5. Synthesis: Organize information from different sources in order to be able to present the information effectively.
6. Evaluation: Review your project for effectiveness. Is there anything else you need to do to make it better?
SUPER3
1. Plan: Students make a plan to gather information and how they are going use it. Steps 1 and 2 of BIG6.
2. Do: Students gather information using all formats. They also organize it. Steps 3-5 of BIG6.
3. Review: Students go over their end project and determine if any thing needs to change. Step 6 of BIG6.]]> 2019-05-02 18:26:59 UTC https://padlet.com/tayloc6/ir4oc09dlltc/wish/356349427 tayloc6 https://padlet.com/tayloc6/ir4oc09dlltc/wish/356349555 The way these steps are broken down fits right in to the way I teach. I teach middle school writing, so I tend to make everything a process; meaning that we only focus on one part at a time. 

Before I would ever have the students do this process on their own, we would go through the steps a couple of times together to make sure they know what good work looks and feels like. This is not a natural skill that students have. In fact, I feel it's kind of the opposite because they are so used to believing any information they see/read/hear on the internet.

We have to do small research projects, so this would be perfect to incorporate into the process. 


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