Teaching Information Fluency: How to Teach Students to Be Efficient, Ethical, and Critical Information Consumers
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| Rating | : | 4.16 (857 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0810890623 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 230 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-07-04 |
| Language | : | English |
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Research has shown, however, that just because they are skilled Web users does not mean that they are information fluent—meaning that they have the knowledge, skills, and attitudes essential to using this newfound wealth of information to make a difference in our world. Teachers of all subjects will enjoy the book’s practical suggestions for embedding aspects of information fluency in class. This book, written by a Ph.D. Since we initiated our information fluency program five years ago, the results have been impressive. (British Journal of Educational Technology)As digital natives most middle and high school students perceive themselves
Readers will receive in-depth information on what it takes to locate, evaluate, and ethically use digital information. Since it is unlikely that dedicated class time will be available for such instruction, the approach taken embeds information fluency activities into classroom instruction in language arts, history and science.Numerous model lessons and resources are woven into the fabric of the text, including think-alouds, individual and group search challenges, discussions, assessments and curation, all targeted to Common Core State Standards as well as information fluency competencies.. Teaching Information Fluency describes the skills and dispositions of information fluency adept searchers. The intent of the book is to provide readers ways to improve their performance as consumers of digital information and to help teachers devise useful ways to integrate information fluency instruction into their teaching, since deliberate instruction is needed to dev
He has taught middle and high school for more than 25 years. . Carl Heine earned his Ph.D. He has over twenty years of teaching experience including both the College of DuPage and the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy where he worked with the 21st Century Information Fluency Project. in education from the University of Chicago. He currently teaches at the University of Wisconsin – Stout. He speaks about digital info
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