Information literacy education is a major section of the school librarian's job; we don't just help you find the information - we also help you negotiate it and transform it into a meaningful product. One of the best ways to teach information literacy to your students is to team teach with the librarian. The teacher-librarian magazine SCAN [http://scan.nsw.edu.au/] has a wonderful archive of ideas, pedagogy project and lesson plans for teaching all sorts of literacy skills.
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Cybersafety is an ongoing issue which needs to be reinforced in small does across the curriculum. These site contain videos and lesson plans on Cybersafety:
Cybersafe [http://www.cybersmart.gov.au/] Netsafe Utah [phttp://www.netsafeutah.org/] |
Information Literacy
Website Evaluation
Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators Kathy Schrock has produced a large collection of resouces for students to be able to critically evaluate web resources.
The Five W's of Web Site Evaluation This resource shows students to critically evaluate a Web page for authenticity, applicability, authorship, bias, and usability.
Separating the wheat from the chaff There are three basic areas of evaluation that need to be considered when looking at a website. This article looks at navigation and usability, authorship, and content validity.
Teacher Website Evaluation Checklist a checklist for teachers to evaluate the authenticity, applicability, authorship, bias, and usability of websites.
Information Skills Process
http://www.google.com/insidesearch/howsearchworks/
Sites2See Web 2.0 tools in the information skills process
Understanding YouTube and Digital Citizenship Lessons
Assessment rubrics
Below are a collection of links to sites to assist staff in creating their own rubrics for assessment.
Creating a rubric for a given task
RubiStar Tutorial - create rubrics for your project-based learning activities
Plagiarism
Nothing beats the real thing [http://www.nothingbeatstherealthing.info/resources-guide] is a set of lessons about plagiarism with curriculum links to English, History, Legal; Studies and Economics.
Below are a collection of links to articles on preventing and detecting plagiarism.
Anti-plagiarism strategies for research papers
The New Plagiarism
Seven antidotes to prevent highway robbery in an electronic age.
Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators Kathy Schrock has produced a large collection of resouces for students to be able to critically evaluate web resources.
The Five W's of Web Site Evaluation This resource shows students to critically evaluate a Web page for authenticity, applicability, authorship, bias, and usability.
Separating the wheat from the chaff There are three basic areas of evaluation that need to be considered when looking at a website. This article looks at navigation and usability, authorship, and content validity.
Teacher Website Evaluation Checklist a checklist for teachers to evaluate the authenticity, applicability, authorship, bias, and usability of websites.
Information Skills Process
http://www.google.com/insidesearch/howsearchworks/
Sites2See Web 2.0 tools in the information skills process
Understanding YouTube and Digital Citizenship Lessons
Assessment rubrics
Below are a collection of links to sites to assist staff in creating their own rubrics for assessment.
Creating a rubric for a given task
RubiStar Tutorial - create rubrics for your project-based learning activities
Plagiarism
Nothing beats the real thing [http://www.nothingbeatstherealthing.info/resources-guide] is a set of lessons about plagiarism with curriculum links to English, History, Legal; Studies and Economics.
Below are a collection of links to articles on preventing and detecting plagiarism.
Anti-plagiarism strategies for research papers
The New Plagiarism
Seven antidotes to prevent highway robbery in an electronic age.