"In most cases, neither teachers nor students can articulate what they are supposed to be learning that day.  They can describe only the activity or assignments, which is often chosen because it keeps kids occupied.  Irrelevant worksheets and activities often predominate.  Catching students learning the most vital reading and writing standards is heartbreakingly rare.  And in defiance of what every educator has learned, there is a glaring absence of the most basic elements of an effective lesson: an essential, clearly defined learning objective followed by careful modeling or a clear sequence of steps, punctuated by efforts during the lesson to see how well students are paying attention or learning the material."  Schmoker, Mike.  Results Now

What is Information Literacy?

24 hours in the life of a digital native (made by Karl Fisch, Arapaho HS, CO) http://www.teachertube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=f456b8a0423880c3b239

The Final Hurdle: A New Test May Finally Bring Information Literacy the Recognition It Deserves, by Ann Jason Kenney.  School Library Journal  v52  i13  p62(3)  March 2006      

Information Literacy Resources

The research process supported and made transparent through blogging:

Joyce Valenza’s Transparency and constructivism, etc. (Or five good reasons to blog the research process)

Information Literacy Cards

Standards to Five-Star Strategies: Creating Information Literacy Cards for PDE  Learning & Media 36 no1 4-5 Wint 2008

3-2-1 Exit Ticket:

Please list:

Three  key points about research and information skills to keep in mind when working with students

Two  ways to use a research process/ information skills – parts or whole – when collaborating with teachers

One  aspect/ topic/ unanswered question for your own further exploration