• Jennifer Goodman C7 
Using Search Engines
Research using Web Pages
Research using Chat Rooms

• Cheryl Wright C20
Verify Web Page Information
Documenting Online References

• Joe Collier C4 
Research using Listservs/Newsgroups
Verify Listserv/Newsgroup Information Quality

• Multimedia on the Internet 

• Technology and Disabilities 

• Dark Side of the Internet

"The new education must teach the individual how to classify and reclassify information, how to evaluate its veracity, how to change categories when necessary, how to move from the concrete to the abstract and back, how to look at problems from a new direction - how to teach himself. Tomorrow's illiterate will not be the man who can't read; he will be the man who has not learned how 
to learn."                 -- Herbert Gerjuoy 

Quote obtained from the web site: 
http://www.surfline.ne.jp 
/janetm/big6info.htm 
 

INFORMATION LITERACY 

Because we now have a knowledge based society,  strong basic literacy skills are more important to personal  success than ever before. 

The need for access to immediate information, and the need to make timely decisions, will demand that all Americans upgrade their Information Technology  skills. And employers will require that workers have these skills to help them remain competitive in the global economy. 
 

Nine Information Literacy Standards 

http://www.ala.org/aasl/ip_nine.html 
The Nine Information Literacy Standards for Student Learning Excerpted from Chapter 2, "Information Literacy Standards for Student Learning," of Information Power: Building Partnerships for Learning. 

Information Literacy  
 
• Standard 1: The student who is information literate accesses information efficiently and effectively. 
• Standard 2: The student who is information literate evaluates information critically and competently. 
• Standard 3: The student who is information literate uses information accurately and creatively.

Independent Learning

• Standard 4: The student who is an independent learner is information literate and pursues information related to personal interests. 
• Standard 5: The student who is an independent learner is information literate and appreciates literature and other creative expressions of information. 
• Standard 6: The student who is an independent learner is information literate and strives for excellence in information seeking and knowledge generation.

 

Social Responsibility 
 

• Standard 7: The student who contributes positively to the learning community and to society is information literate and recognizes the importance of information to a democratic society. 
• Standard 8: The student who contributes positively to the learning community and to society is information literate and practices ethical behavior in regard to information and information technology. 
• Standard 9: The student who contributes positively to the learning community and to society is information literate and participates effectively in groups to pursue and generate information.