A guide to developing an information literacy program designed to teach high school students basic library skills and competencies, and how to organize research projects, find resources on their selected topics, and create bibliographies.
Provides the information a media specialist needs to teach information literacy skills in a meaningful, useful, and strategic manner.
With the advent of the Internet and the limitless information it contains, we're less sure about what we know, who knows what, or even what it means to know at all. And yet, human knowledge has recently grown in previously unimaginable ways and in inconceivable directions. In To…
We used to know how to know. We got our answers from books or experts. We'd nail down the facts and move on. But in the Internet age, knowledge has moved onto networks. There's more knowledge than ever, of course, but it's different. Topics have no boundaries, and nobody agrees …
The web is now an integral part of students' lives in school and in society, and they need to be ever more web alert in order to gain the most from their education. This is a practical guide to using the web effectively in order to enhance learning and teaching in schools.
Media is everywhere but is often a poor source of information. Covering print, photography, film, radio, television, and new media, this textbook instructs readers on how to take a critical approach to media and interpret the information overload that is disseminated via mass co…
"This book provides an introduction and helpful guide to online education for librarians and educators in the K-12, public, and academic library settings."
At a time when students are bombarded with a seemingly infinite variety of information sources, this invaluable guide helps them build the skills they need to distinguish good sources from those that are less reliable.
At a time when students are bombarded with a seemingly infinite variety of information sources, this invaluable guide helps them build the skills they need to distinguish good sources from those that are less reliable
"At a time when students are bombarded with a seemingly infinite variety of information sources, this invaluable guide helps them build the skills they need to distinguish good sources from those that are less reliable"--
