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This is the definitive work on information literacy. Dr. Michael Eisenberg, known worldwide as one of the originators of the innovative Big6 Information Problem Solving Process, and frequent presenters on the subject Carrie A. Lowe and Kathleen L. Spitzer have extensively revised and updated this long-awaited second edition. Tracing the history of information literacy, the authors discuss its economic importance; examine past, present, and current research in the field; and explain how information literacy relates to the national standards transforming K-12 education and higher education today. The authors also look at examples of information literacy in several different contexts, underscoring both its importance and pervasiveness in our society. Learning to be critical and savvy consumers of information is necessary in today's world. This book provides both the theoretical background and practical guidelines to confidently impart these essential skills to your students.
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Not Very Informative for a Book on Information Literacy!.......2005-01-26
I have read several chapters of this now and I am finding that most of what I am reading so far is extremely repetitive. I was very excited to get this book at first and to have the promise of a potentially comprehensive source to explain and explore the theoretical and practical aspects of up-to-date Information Literacy issues and impacts as well as future predictions, especially as it pertains to LIS and K-12.
However, so far this book is not saying anything that couldn't be summed up better in much shorter informational segments and paragraphs. It seems the authors go on and on and provide too many definitions of the same thing in different ways again and again. I think I am going to have to call this one a potentially intellectually fraudulent scam all the more ironic since it is supposed to be about perveying literate and good, not redundant information!
It is redundant and completely fails to hit its points home. I had the most hope for Chapter 9 on Information Technologies and I find this to be sadly lacking in any kind of even surface level touch on the impacts and uses of current technologies in information literacy today. I guess I was expecting a more robust indoctrination of the kinds of technologies and markup, semantic and more that educators and information professionals should know now to move into the realm of truly "informed" information integration, portability, and accessibility across a variety of media, ie the languages they should speak...
This book does state that being information literate relies on being in the know about good sources and correct uses/impacts of informational technologies...but as far as being a good source itself, referencing explicitly the kind of technologies and the means to access them this book doesn't seem so far to amount too much I can take away and get my hands dirty with, and this is a failure to me because how can I use it on the job? Conceptually I do not feel that 10 chapters are needed to express and define the concept of information literacy.
So in short I guess I have to say this book is great in theory, but in practice leaves little or nothing for the practioner to take away. I will go back over several chapters again as I was certainly hoping to get more out of it, and I spent $50 on this thing! But I think I want my money back - this just doesn't give me as much as it took away...and that is a sad statement on any book from my bibliophiliac perspective!!! Just my 2 bits!
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Using Internet Primary Sources to Teach Critical Thinking Skills in Mathematics: (Greenwood Professional Guides in School Librarianship)
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Mathematics teachers and school library media specialists will find this book a valuable resource for using the Web to promote critical thinking in the high school mathematics classroom. It is filled with instructional strategies and an expansive set of activities that cover a broad array of mathematics topics spanning from prealgebra through calculus. Teachers using the questions and activities in this book will help their students meet the standards set forth by the National Council for Teachers of Mathematics. Various types of mathematics related sources on the Internet are outlined within this book, including data and simulations related to real world situations such as saving funds and computing interest earned for college, purchasing a home, or decoding train and plane schedules. The author develops a framework for critical thinking in mathematics and helps teachers create a supportive classroom environment. Each activity highlights a web source, the mathematics topics involved, the appropriate grade levels of study, possible student investigations, and related web sources for continued exploration, promoting a student-centered inquiry.
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There is serious discussion in the media about today's youth, the "Echo Boomers," and their connection with technology. Our high school students tell us that they have few meals with their families, that they want their teachers and their school's decision makers to listen to them and take their ideas seriously, and that they use the little free time they have to talk to or instant message with their friends or to play video games. Author and media critic Jon Katz says, "Technology is youth culture. These kids are building a revolution. Technology is part of their ideology, their language, everything they do." Building on the information needs and the learning style preferences of today's high school students, the author builds a case for using pop culture (TV shows, fads and current technology) to build integrated information-skills lessons for students. Chapters include a rationale, a review of the current literature, and examples of units of study incorporating popular culture and technology. Grades 7-12.
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Practical Steps to the Research Process for High School:
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These hands-on lessons for teaching the research process will help you effectively teach information skills, while implementing current national information literacy standards. Stanley offers strategies that connect standards to content area units of study, sharing dozens of successful collaboratively planned and taught research lessons. Detailed learning activities for each of the six research skills demonstrates how this process meets the needs of today's students as well as the requirements of many current educational trends and reforms-technology integration, literacy, critical thinking, collaborative instruction, and adaptations for second language learners as well as learning disabled students. The book includes guidelines for planning and preparing for research, scripted lessons with accompanying instructor directions, application and accountability procedures, and writing and technology extensions.
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Inspire teenagers to read quality literature and help them explore issues relevant to their lives. This outstanding book offers motivational, ready-to-use booktalks for more than 100 of the best new reads for teenagers, guaranteed to pique teen interest. Each booktalk comes with complete bibliographic information, a detailed plot summary, helpful presentation tips, curriculum connections, and suggestions for related books and media. Grades 7-12. To help you keep the booktalk momentum going, Lucy Schall provides engaging follow-up discussion questions and activity ideas that will enhance every teen's reading, writing, and speaking skills. With a focus on recently published fiction and nonfiction titles in a wide variety of genres and themes, these dynamic booktalks center around issues, problems, and challenges that young adults are facing--from family concerns, expectations, and leadership to prejudice, good and evil, and the future. These lively booktalks and activities will motivate your teens to explore the complex world around them through unforgettable literary journeys.
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Flip It!: An Information Skills Strategy for Student Researchers (Professional Growth Series)
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