INFORMATION LITERACY RESOURCES

Quick Bookmarks

Elementary Library Media Skills -Evergreen School District, Vancouver, Washington

Information Literacy Standards - Rhode Island, National, Scans, Performance Applied Learning

Resource Guide for Information Literacy - Rhode Island Educational Media Association

Washington State Library Information Literacy Web Page - especially useful for school and public librarians. Great links to handouts, PowerPoint presentation on IL.

Wisconsin's Checklist of Information and Technology Literacy Standards: excellent integration of media and technology with information literacy. Checklist offers objectives to be accomplished by 4th, 8th and 12th grade.

MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES

Milken Family Exchange - A new briefing released by the Exchange assesses the current research about technology's impact on learning.
NCREL Report - Critical Issue: Using Technology to Improve Student Achievement.
The Role of Online Communications in Schools: A National Study
School Improvement MCREL's compendium of links to issues relative to school improvement, including the impact of technology on learning.

The Big Six: Information Problem-Solving Approach to Library and Information Skills Instruction
FLIP It Information Problem-Solving Model
The Seven Steps of the Research Process: High School Level
Succeed Information Research Model
Bloom's Taxonomy Online
Cyberguides: Standards-based, web-delivered units of instruction centered on core works of literature.
The Gateway to Educational Materials a product of the U.S. Department of Education, a consortium effort to provide educators with quick and easy access to worthwhile materials on the web.
The Web Quest Page: WebQuests focus on using information rather than looking for it, and to support learners' thinking at the levels of analysis, synthesis and evaluation.
Web Site Evaluation - Eight ways of checking the validity of web sites

Developing Educational Standards: an annotated list of internet sites with k-12 educational standards and curriculum frameworks documents. Links provided for each state as well as content area.
Education with New Technologies (ENT): This networked community is designed to help educators develop powerful learning experiences for students through the effective integration of new technologies. Provides curriculum and orientation activities to help integrate new technologies into education.
Information Literacy Standards: adopted by AASL and AECT
MCREL Standards Database -- A Compendium of Standards and Benchmarks for K-12 Education, Second Edition
Standards-Based Instruction: based on the Texas State Standards

Compiled by bartonh [at] ride [dot] ri [dot] net (Holly Barton.)