Information Literacy
Minitex News articles tagged with "Information Literacy" (41):
The “CRAP” Test
The “CRAP” test is not necessarily one for your sensory system, right? Rather, the “CRAP” Test, as you likely know, is one for building information evaluation skills. There are many good, freely available resources for teachers and students for building these skills. I’d like to sh
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Empowering Researchers Prepared for Life Ahead
Do you struggle to get students to use relevant library resources for their classes? How do you teach your students to use Google and library resources for research? Check out my newly created website that takes a look at these
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Information Literacy Interactive Tutorial
The ILI-L listserv typically yields a number of good ideas, conversations, tips, and resource links. Recently, I learned about the Information Literacy Interactive Tutorial through the listserv. The
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Skills for Lifelong Learning after College: A PIL Report
Project Information Literacy has released a report on phase one of its research into lifelong learning.
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Going Beyond Google
Recently, ALA’s American Libraries Live host, Dan Freeman, moderated a panel of four on the topic of “Going Beyond Google.” Panelists Joanna Burkhardt, Professor and Head Librarian at the University of Rhode Island (URI) Branch Libr
It’s Complicated….Indeed!
With no shortage of research on youth and technology, and specifically social media and teens, dana boyd, herself not a stranger to the library community, wrote It’s Comp
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ELM Interactives for Grades K-8
Utilizing the Student Interactives available on the ReadWriteThink website, Minitex Reference Outreach & Instruction staff
Latest Research Reports Highlight Information Literacy and Value of Libraries
In December 2013, Project Information Literacy (PIL) released the latest research report from their ongoing project entitled “Learning the Ropes: How Freshmen Conduct Course Research Once They Enter Colleg
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Seeking Information: An Information Literacy Series
This fall I created an Information Literacy series designed for middle school students to help with beginning the research process.
Education Minnesota 2013: Information Literacy Workshop
I gave a two-hour workshop on information literacy skills at the Education Minnesota annual conference this year. The session was well attended - with mostly all teachers in the audience and one media specialist.