Instruction

The Nine Information Literacy Standards from AASL are a basis for library/classroom collaboration activities. Kentucky Benchmarks for the AASL Information Literacy Standards in grades 3, 5, 8, 12 have been developed. Using Kentucky's Core Content and Kentucky's Learning Goals and Expectations, as well as, the Program of Studies Implementation Manual will insure support for information literacy, literature and reading.

Information Literacy Processes

To be information literate, an individual must recognize when information is needed and have the ability to locate, evaluate, and use it. S(he) must be an Information Problem Solver.

Big Six for grades K-12 - by Eisenberg and Berkowitz. This site provides explanations and links about information problem-solving and information literacy.
The Research Cycle - Jamie McKenzie - seven steps in a research model help students achieve and learn the information literacy process

Tools to Help Students Find and Use Information

Filling the Toolbox - McKenzie and Davis. Classroom strategies to engender student questioning

Graphic Organizers - from Online Resources for California Educators

Graphic Organizers - from the producers of Inspiration software.

Kentucky Virtual Library - All the Information in the Known Universe - K-6th grade

Kentucky Virtual Library - How to Do Research - High School

So You have to Do a Research Project?

MLA Bibliographic Style--A Brief Guide - from Springfield Township High School

Information Literacy Skills - Find links to assist in searching, organizing, evaluating, communicating information as well as tools to access the progress with the Information Literacy Process.

Tools to Help Educators Teach Students to Find and Use Information

Note taking Rubric - A printable guide for helping students and teachers assess the note taking process as it relates to the library

Teaching Students to be ethical users of information

Information Technology Ethics - resources for teaching information technology ethics to children and young adults by Doug Johnson.

Teaching Students about the Dewey Decimal System

Let's Do Dewey Dewey Duck. Melvil Dewey. Click on the appropriate Dewey to begin the Library exercise on the Dewey Decimal Classification System.
Do the Dewey - Basic guide to Dewey for grades 4-12.

Teaching Students about Evaluating Books and Websites

Kathy Schrock's Critical Evaluation Survey's Find a series of evaluation surveys to use with students who are learning to evaluate a website. You will find one each at the elementary, middle, and secondary school levels.
Evaluating Web Pages - a Webquest - Designed for grades 9-12

Teaching Students Electronic Searching Techniques

Web Searching, Sleuthing and Sifting (Series of tutorials with activities- Middle School +)
Research Cards (Elementary and Middle) a tool to help students organize your research for reports.

Other Instructionally Helpful Sites

International Children's Digital Library - a place where kids all over the world can find lots of books from many different countries. It's a place where kids can read as much as they want without having to pay a lot of money or travel very far to find the books. If you have a computer and access to the Internet, you can see books from places like Croatia, Egypt, Japan, New Zealand, the United States and more!
KET - Kentucky Educational Television is a resource for information delivery to Kentucky's students and staff

	Henry Hikes to Fitchburg by D.B. Johnson - This book is based on Walden by Henry David Thoreau and is for ages 4-104. Cyberbee has supplied activities, links and a teacher page to be used with students.
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ESL Online Lessons for Students
iSafe, Inc.

See also Best Practices of the Media Services website for instruction/programming help

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