Information+Literacy

Why is information literacy important to 21st Century students?
 * Essential Question:**

> Google Game [|Finding Yourself on Google] Pair Share: Super Smart Information Strategies
 * Objectives:**
 * explore common definition of information literacy or fluency
 * develop understanding of inquiry process
 * develop understanding of research process models
 * examine connection from standards to curriculum to units to lessons
 * Activities:**

[|SDSL Online Resources] [|AASL L4L Lesson Plan Database] [|The Big6] [|The Simple Four] [|Teaching for Inquiry] [|Putting the New School Library Standards into Action: South MS] [|SOS Information Literacy] [|11 Tech Tools to Teach the Common Core Standards] [|Montana Teacher Librarian Wiki] [|Baltimore County Public Schools Library Media Curriculum] [|Digital Media: New Learners of the 21st Century] [|Kathy Schrock's Guide to Everything] [|Why more schools aren't teaching web literacy...]
 * Further Resources:**





[|Literacy Shed] [|Diigo Bookmarks]

//Achieving Educational Standards Using the Big6 -// Janet R. Murray //Ban Those Bird Units -// David V. Loertscher, Carol Koechlin, Sandi Zwaan //The Big6 Goes Primary -// Barbara A. Jansen //Collaborating for Inquiry-Based Learning -// Virginia L. Wallace, Whitney Norwood Husid //Collaborating for Project-Based Learning in Grades 9-12 -// Violet H. Harada, Carolyn H. Kirio, Sandra H. Yamamoto //Comprehension & Collaboration: Inquiry Circles in Action// - Stephanie Harvey, Harvey Daniels //Project-Based Inquiry Units for Young Children: First Steps to Research for Grades Pre-K-2 -// Colleen MacDonell //Teaching for Inquiry: Engaging the Learner Within// - Ruth V. Small, Marilyn P. Arnone, Barbara K. Stripling, Pam Berger //Thematic Inquiry Through Fiction and Nonfiction: PreK to Grade 6// - Colleen MacDonell //With Rigor for All: Meeting Common Core Standards for Reading Literature// (Grades 6-12) - Carol Jago
 * From the SDSL Collection:**