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Authors Fiona Hunt and Jane Birks have tackled the 21st century digital information environment to bring you a new collection of library and classroom activities that support both secondary and undergraduate college students information literacy skill development. The book s 20 activities are suitable for both mainstream and ESL environments, and feature strategies to help students determine their information needs, access and evaluate information, and use and cite information ethically. Adaptable and easy-to-use exercises focus on the use of keywords, brainstorming, library orientation, search strings, evaluation of information, citation tips, and avoiding plagiarism, and a companion CDROM includes all supporting handouts, worksheets and answer keys. While today s students may be Web-savvy, they are not necessarily information literate. This book will help you teach the strategies and techniques of intelligent information use, engaging students in active, productive explorations of the library and its resources. ... Read more

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A must acquire for librarians
If you tell someone something, they know that fact. If you teach someone to find out the fact themselves, they can get any fact they desire. "More Hands-On Information Literacy Activities" is a guide aimed at librarians in educating their patrons to use the resources of the library. Expanding on the subjects presented in the earlier volumes, Hunt & Birks offer more knowledge and wisdom of educators and how to inspire research in patrons. The library is still the modern ideal source for good, factual research, and knowing how to use it to its fullest extent is a solid skill. Enhanced with a CD-ROM full of activities, "More Hands-On Information Literacy Activities" is a must acquire for librarians.
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This comprehensive collection of interactive learning activities (with free CD-ROM)is designed to develop key information literacy skills—determining the nature and extent of the information need; accessing information; evaluating information and sources; and adhering to ethical practices in the use of information. The included activities for over 20 instructional sessions support a variety of learning styles. All have been tested successfully with both secondary school and undergraduate college students, including ESL students. Exercises focus on the library catalog, search engines, databases, search strings, Boolean and advanced searching, and types of information. The organization is flexible allowing you to use the lessons in any order or any grouping that meets the needs of your students and situation. A particularly useful feature for instructors provides the expected or desired answer to discussion questions and exercises within square brackets. The package includes a CD-ROM with all of the activity materials and handouts included in Microsoft Word format for easy customization. ... Read more

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Each activity has been successfully tested
Hands-On Information Literacy Activities by Information Literacy Librarians Jane Birks and Fiona Hunt (working on the Dubai and Abu Dhabi campuses of Zayed University in the United Arab Emirates) is an impressively presented multimedia resource for high school and college librarians and teachers for instructing children and young adults on how to assess their information ;needs and address them with library catalogues, search engines, databases, search strings, Boolean and other advanced searching techniques. Each activity has been successfully tested with both secondary school and undergraduate college students. Ethical practices in the use of information is provided special attention. Enhanced with an accompanying CD-ROM containing all the activity materials and handouts in Microsoft Word for easy customization, Hands-On Information Literacy Activities is an enthusiastically recommended addition to Library Science and Education Department reference collections and supplemental reading lists. ... Read more

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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.

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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Media literacy is a literacy beyond reading and writing that includes the ability to read messages through visual images. This book is a collection of 182 activities designed to help develop and refine student perception of this scripted world. The cross-curricular, McREL standards-based activities cover some electronic media (radio, television, video games and photography) and print media (newspapers, magazines, books, advertisements, junk mail, travel brochures and billboards). Advertising, target audience, bias and sales are all touched upon in the units. There are no activities for the Internet and evaluating web sites, as there are already many excellent activity books available for teachers.

The activities are intended to help children develop higher levels of critical thinking, to help them discriminate between fiction and non-fiction, to detect the persuasive intent of what they see, and to learn about the economic, political functions and relationships of media. The activities will help them learn to gather information, analyze the construction of the message, evaluate the content to determine if it expresses their own views or someone else’s, detect bias and then create their own messages through the various types of media explored.

The activities can be integrated into many different curriculum units. Language arts, math, technology, science and art are all incorporated into many of the activities. There is a section of literature connections that includes activities around children’s book titles that present scenarios that demonstrate the huge impact media plays in children’s lives.

The book begins with general classroom activities, such as a word wall and a glossary, that help prepare the students for each selected unit. There are full-page reproducibles that may be used to assist students in their analysis of information. In addition to the analytical aspect of media literacy, activities are included to help in the creation of their own media messages. Production of advertisements, newspapers and other scripted materials will allow them to understand how everything they read and see from the media is carefully and critically planned. Technology standards and benchmarks are infused into many of the activities.Software programs that incorporate digital imaging are also valuable assets to teaching media literacy.

The book is designed in a way that will allow easy selection of appropriate activities for each grade level and type of media. Use of these activities will help media-saturated children understand what they are watching on TV, listening to on the radio, seeing at the movie theaters, and why they are spending millions of dollars on heavily advertised clothing, food and entertainment. The activities will hopefully assist them in becoming more sophisticated and savvy consumers of media and goods. ... Read more

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Information Literacy and the School Library Media Center concentrates its focus on how information literacy is implemented throughout all curriculum areas through the collaborative efforts of classroom teachers and school library media specialists. Chapters include: Collaboration; Flexible Schedule; Process Learning; and Assessment among other important topics. The book is an overview to teaching information literacy skills beginning with a history of the development of the usage of the term. The author discusses all the commonly known information processing models and how information literacy skills are important in assisting students to meet state and national curriculum standards in all areas of the curriculum. Included are samples of state and local standards and examples of correlations to selected curricular standards as well as an explanation of how to integrate standards in information literacy and another curricular area for maximum instructional success.

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In this new edition of her well received and reviewed book, Nancy Pickering Thomas updates and expands on her reviews of the literature concerning learning styles, information skills, literacy skills, technological literacy, and bibliographic instruction. In addition, she discusses current trends, issues, and applications for the research reviewed. Thomas looks at information processing models, instructional diagnostic models, and how to assess the outcomes of information skills instruction. This meticulously researched and logically organized book will be valuable to school library educators as a supplemental text and to practitioners for the discussion given to the application of the research reviewed. ... Read more

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Good primer for new library professionals or graduate students
This is a useful text covering three facets of information, 1)the history of the development of library instruction in schools; 2)the research and implications as it applies to searching for information; and 3)trends, models, and strategies for teaching information literacy in schools. The last facet, being the largest in volume, is naturally the most practical; and it will be the reason to select this book. The research presented includes old and new ideas and conclusions that build upon one another to form a cohesive and sensible approach.

On a more personal note, I found the material very helpful to get up to speed in an area that can be neglected in public librarianship training.

Excellent Overview
Pickering-Thomas' book, Information Literacy and Information Skills Instruction: Applying Research to Practice in the School Library Media Center is an excellent overview of current theory and practice in the field of Information Literacy Education. She presents a concise, easy to read format that any information professional or student will refer to often. ... Read more

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This book of lesson plans using common picture books to teach theAASL/AECT Information Literacy Standards is targeted for grades K-3, complete with reproducible patterns and immediately usable reproducible activities providing lessons for each grade level (K-3) for each month of the school year. Each lesson will teach information literacy skill based on the AASL/AECT Information Literacy Standards for Student Learning. The skills are taught in a logical progression throughout the school year.Included is a reading resource bibliography for each month giving the Library Media Specialist or teacher additional picture books to teach specific skills with other lessons they choose to create. Each lesson has been tested by the authors and revised using primary grade classes from three elementary schools as the test subjects. Books selected for this project are nationally recognized and award winning picture books commonly found in most elementary library collections.Though the book is specifically targeted for use by Library Media Specialists, literacy coaches, reading teachers and classroom teachers in the primary grades will be interested in its content. Grades K-3.

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Designed to motivate students to do more research, InfoQuest ensures that information literacy skills are continuously practiced.

Using InfoQuest, each week a different research question is posed. Students have all week to come to the media center and use a variety of reference tools and media to research the answer. Small prizes are awarded on Friday to the students who have researched the answer correctly. This guide to implementing InfoQuest in your library includes a wealth of ready-made resource sheets for specific subject areas as well as a list of resources for individualizing the program to meet your specific needs.

· Teach information literacy skills with minimum preparation for you and a whole lot of fun for students

· Encourages students' natural curiosity

· Gives students repetitive practice in developing research skills

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We need today to guide students to adaptable lifelong learning through an understanding of the broader concepts of information-seeking and variable presentation. Here, the best insight and advice on how to do that is drawn from the top-notch writers contributing to THE BOOK REPORT, LIBRARY TALK, and TECHNOLOGY CONNECTION. This new edition, reflecting the technological changes of the past 10 years, combines broad concepts and theories on information seeking with specific lessons and applications. Skills are taught in cooperation with The Big6 and other well-known research models.

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Encourage literacy with twenty original songs by musician and educator Al Balkin! Children's and school librarians will welcome "Tune Up to Literacy", a handy package of music and activities that musically introduces and reinforces crucial literacy concepts such as the alphabet, vowels, consonants, nouns, verbs, adjectives, sentence construction, punctuation, sequence, rhyming, and much, much more. The book includes: 20 original songs to encourage children's development of literacy; rhyme-a-ton rhyming dictionary of commonly used one-syllable words; and, activities related to each song - from inventing new verses to telling stories to playing flash-card games. Catchy and strikingly original, the road-tested songs of "Tune Up to Literacy" are proven tools for acquainting kids with basic literacy concepts. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from The Australian Library Journal, published by Australian Library and Information Association on August 1, 2002. The length of the article is 8168 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: `Fair go'? Equality? The people's movement for reconciliation (ANTaR) and critical information literacy.(Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation)
Author: Glenn Giles
Publication: The Australian Library Journal (Refereed)
Date: August 1, 2002
Publisher: Australian Library and Information Association
Volume: 51Issue: 3Page: 203(16)

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Success in the information age means that children learn not only to read - but also to interpret a wide range of symbols: letters, musical tones, numbers, computer icons and the like.

This unique sourcebook offers literacy activities and ideas to teach young children more than 72 literacy skills. It covers listening, sound recognition, parts of the book, top to bottom, left to right, letter/sound connections, using picture and context clues, sequencing, measurement, telling time, street addresses, coordinates, money, mouse skills, and keyboarding. Detailed discussions of each include necessary prerequisite skills, the concepts to be mastered, the materials needed, instructional procedures, and extensions to the activities. Here are more than 250 literacy development activities and ideas for use by school librarians, public librarians, daycare providers, head start teachers, classroom teachers, and others concerned with making sure that children are information literate. ... Read more

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250+ Activitiesand Ideas for Developing Literacy Skills
excellent book, recommend for teachers, librains, etc ... Read more

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Now you can implement the groundbreaking ideas and research findings of Jean Casey's Early Literacy to help students become successful readers and writers. The almost 90 flexible, engaging activities can be used across the grade levels to motivate students to design their own projects, create their own written products, and above all, be in control of their learning. ... Read more

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BUY THIS BOOK
Every teacher or parent should own a copy of this book.It is very helpful and full of great ideas.

Convert Your Primary Classroom to the 21st Century
Dr. Jean Casey's book is a handbook for converting elementary language arts curriculum into an interactive learning experience for the students. This book displays many examples of student work and it is an easy read for any busy teacher. Dr. Casey teaches how to use technology as a tool to bring writing alive for all level learners. One of my favorite activities that I have used in my classroom has been the Readers' Theatre. The students can write and illustrate their own stories on the computer, print the stories then let the students read and perform in class. Another level of integration with their stories is to convert the documents into a (.jpeg) file to import into the software application Photo Story 3 so they can record their voices reading their stories and create a digital story to video format. Students are so motivated to read and write because they want to use the technology tools to be producers and publishers.
Dr. Casey book will give teachers new ideas and inspire their creativity to come alive in themselves and in the lives of the students. This book also contains many valuable website resources. I would like to mention one such as, Assistive Technologies closes the gap on learning difficulties, [...]
Digital Literacy is a necessity in 21st century teaching!

I would like to thank Dr. Jean Casey for inspiring me in my teaching career.
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Discusses briefly the history of computers and their uses and includes a variety of activities designed to expand the user's facility in using the computer and to better understand its capabilities. ... Read more

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Promote the love of story, familiarize children with a variety of story forms and stimulate curiosity in diverse subjects while building basic literacy skills. In this guide, dozens of enchanting stories from around the world are accompanied by simple learning extensions for children (ages 4 through 8) that build such important literacy skills as print awareness, print motivation, vocabulary, phonological awareness, listening skills, and predicting and sequencing skills. Each of the 14 chapters begins with an interactive, illustrated folktale finger play as the starting point for a range of literacy building activities such as acting out, re-telling, writing, and discussions; and ends with a short list of related books. A great resource for library story hour, the book will also be invaluable to storytellers, teachers, day care centers, and after school programs. Grades PreK-3.

Enchant children with these interactive stories while building a solid foundation for literacy in young learners. This guide is designed to promote in children (ages 4 through 8) the love of story, familiarize them with a variety of story forms, stimulate curiosity in diverse subjects, and build literacy skills. It offers approximately 40 engaging and interactive tales from around the world along with related activities, and it provides educators and storytellers with a wealth of exciting material for literacy and storytelling programs. The book is organized in three sections-Exploring Structures of Stories, Exploring Themes and Characters through Stories, and Exploring Cultures through Stories. Each of the 14 chapters begins with an interactive, illustrated folktale finger play as starting point for a range of literacy building activities such as acting out, re-telling, writing, and discussions. Related stories and picture book references build upon such themes as tall tales, sharing, magical helpers, and the rain forest. Tips for working with younger children, as well as gifted and older children are also included. Grades PreK-3.

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Excellent for stories and activities
I teach early elementary at a school that places great emphasis on oral storytelling and multicultural traditions, and this collection of stories and story related activities is easily one of the best out there.There are stories from all over the world, with a variety of themes, morals, tones, complexity, and purpose.Some stories are lighthearted and whimsical and provide much laughter both to the kids and to myself, while others are more serious with important lessons that we all can learn from.
As diverse and rich as the stories are, the activities and suggestions that are included for each story are surprisingly enjoyable and actually worth doing.Frequently, post story suggestions in books like this feel like afterthoughts, but the activities in this collection- which include pre-reading and post-reading activities- provide excellent opportunities to expand on the details and themes of each story.Story Skeletons are provided for quick reference for oral storytelling, fingerplay illustrations, suggestions for acting out stories, literacy connections, and more.
After checking this b0ok out from the library repeatedly, I finally broke down and bought it.It is one of my favorite resources and my students, year after year, love all that we do in connection with it.
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At last! A developmentally appropriate, standards-based, hands-on approach to research for emergent readers! Standards-based, step-by-step approach to research featuring the AASL Standards for the 21st-Century Learner. Focused on collaboration between the library media specialist and the classroom teacher. Employs research-based best practices for use with your young, emergent readers and writers. With the academic pressures of No Child Left Behind and other state mandates, a focus on emergent readers and library integration is a prime topic for today's library media specialists. This book offers librarians and teachers hands-on research projects for emergent readers to help prepare students to meet challenging academic requirements. Targeted for media specialists, and for kindergarten and 1st grade classroom teachers who want to guide emergent readers through the library research process, this book provides background discussion and educational research on best instructional strategies, integrating curriculum standards, differentiating instruction, and step-by-step implementation of library research for emergent readers. Practical examples of library research units are the main focus of the manual.Find everything you need in this book to make your young students successful. ... Read more

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How to meet the standards that all modern American libraries must meet
Schools begin teaching at the age of 5 for a good reason - minds are most open to new, academic information at that time. "Library Research with Emergent Readers: Meeting Standards Through Collaboration" is a complete and comprehensive guide to teaching library research skills to younger readers and how to meet the standards that all modern American libraries must meet. Covering everything one would need to teach a young reader everything they need to know how to use the library to its full potential, "Library Research with Emergent Readers: Meeting Standards Through Collaboration" is highly recommended to community library science collections.
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