Information Literacy for Elementary Students

MassCUE November 13, 2003

Tiffany Davis, Technology Integration Specialist, John R. Briggs Elementary School

tdavis@awrsd.org

Lynne Pinsoneault, Library Teacher, John R. Briggs Elementary School

lpinsoneault@awrsd.org

I. Introductions/Agenda Review

II. Overview of John R. Briggs Elementary Technology & Information Literacy Curriculum

III. Overview of I-Search Model

IV. Examples of I-Search Projects

· Grade 5, Space the Final Frontier

· Grade 4, Visit North America

· Grade 3, MA Hall of Fame

V. Model I-Search Process

Resources

· John R. Briggs Elementary School. Information Literacy for Elementary Students. November 2003 www.awrsd.org/jrb.

Unit plans, lesson plans, handouts and web links available for all model projects by clicking on “Teacher Resources” then “MassCUE”

· Education Development Center. Make It Happen! November 2003 http://www.edc.org/FSC/MIH/i-search.html.

Information on I-Search philosophy and methodology.

· Duncan, Donna and Laura Lockhart. I-Search, You Search, We All Learn to Research. New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers, Inc., 2000.

A how-to-do-it manual for teaching elementary school students to solve information problems.

· American Association of School Librarians and Association for Educational Communications and Technology. Information Power: Building Partnerships for Learning. Chicago and London: American Library Association, 1998.

· Pacific Bell/UCLA. 21^st Century Literacies. November 2003 http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/21stcent/information.html.

Lesson plans for grades K-12 on teaching information literacy.

· Kathy Schrock’s Guide for Educators: http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/eval.html

Resources to help teachers and students critically evaluate information from the Web.