Information Literacy Guide

Information Literacy Guide for Adolescent Students

INTRODUCTION

1. What is Information Literacy?
2. Who are our learners?
1. Physically, Cognitively, Socially, Emotionally
3. Defining the need for Information Literacy within a specific group of learners.
1. Why is there a need and why is it important?

DEVELOPING INFORMATION LITERACY

1. Through thinking, expressing, and reflecting.
2. Throughout all content areas.
3. Through meaningful learning experiences.
4. Through research and collaboration.
5. Within various learning environments.

WHERE TO BEGIN

1. Know what question needs to be answered.
2. Know what information needs to be sourced.
3. Create a 'plan of attack'.
1. e.g.: Where do we look? How will we validate the source[s]?
4. Synthesize the information gathered.

ACCESSING INFORMATION

1. There are various means by which students can access information:
1. Libraries
2. Web searches
3. Online Media
1. Facebook, Tumblr, Twitter
4. Online Databases
1. e.g.: EBSCOhost, JSTOR
5. Scholarly Articles
6. Scholarly Journals
7. Print books
1. e.g.: textbooks, novels, biographi
8. Collaboration among peers, scholars, literary experts
1. e.g.: Librarians, Instructors

MANAGING RESOURCES AND INFORMATION

1. Determine authoritativeness and accuracy of information.
2. Consider the source material within the information.
3. Determine how the information fits together to form an overall theme and answer the specific question.

EVALUATION

1. Evaluating the legitimacy and accuracy of sources.
2. Recognizing bias, prejudice, and manipulation.
3. Evaluating the information within the sources.
4. Evaluating personal success within the process.
5. Evaluating the learning process as a whole.
1. Obtaining sources, legitimizing sources, organizing information obtained

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Sources

"Presidential Committee on Information Literacy: Final Report", American Library Association, July 24, 2006.

http://www.ala.org/acrl/publications/whitepapers/presidential  (Accessed December 06, 2013)

“Adolescent Literacy Guide”, Literacy Gains: Curriculum and Assessment Policy Branch, Ontario Ministry of Education, 2012.

 http://www.edugains.ca/resourcesLIT/AdolescentLiteracy/Vision/AdolescentLiteracyGuide_Interactive.pdf (Accessed December 8, 2013)

“Content Area Literacy Guide”, Public Consulting Group's Center for Resource Management, in Partnership with the State School Officers, August 2007.

http://corecurriculumadmin.pds-hrd.wikispaces.net/file/view/Content_Area_Literacy_Guide.pdf (Accessed December 10, 2013)