Information Literacy Workshop
A huge thank you to Jo-Anne Naslund, Instructional Programs Librarian at the Education Library, for presenting today’s workshop, Developing Information Smarts: Inquiry in a Digital World. The Education Library website has a page devoted to the LLED 320 course and that page can be found here.
After s short intro on bias and point-of-view, we got right down to work on the Developing Information Smarts Webquest, a task accessible via the Ed Lib’s LLED 320 web page. The task involves the following aspcets:
- Using online library catalogues (Find & Select)
- Internet searching (Find & Select)
- Online Databases
- Online Dictionaries (Analyse & Evaluate)
- Wikipedia (Analyse & Evaluate)
- Using Internet sites (Analyse and Evaluate)
- Notetaking (Record & Organize)
- Citing Your Sources (Record & Organize)
- Online Communication and Presentation tools
When the Webquest time was up, we talked in table groups about the considerations to keep in mind when working with information literacy in a middle school classroom.
Here’s the handout from the workshop: Developing Info Smarts Workshop Handout
Of course, to be info literate, you need to be able to use the hardware. For some, that can be a real challenge…
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Choice Literacy Website
If you can get your hardware working, please check out this website I just heard about from Dr. Marlene Asselin, the LLED 320 coordinator – Choice Literacy. According to Marlene:
“It’s a rich and extensive collection of ideas from people on the ground – literacy leaders, coaches, and teachers. It includes:
- Workshop protocols for leading study groups, in-services, and workshops
- Sample observation forms and needs assessment surveys
- Professional quality video examples of best literacy practices from classrooms throughout the country
- The newest writing from top authors in the field
- Short, focused articles for use in workshop discussions and mentoring meetings
- Year-long calendars and plans for leading new teacher initiatives
- Themed booklists for content and genre study
It’s also updated with at least 20 new resources each month.”
That’s all for now.
– Lawrence