Helping Them to Get IT

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Helping Them to Get IT

• How Teachers
• and Library/Media Specialists
• Can Change the World!

Ferdi Serim, Janet Murray, Patty
Sorensen MultiMedia Schools Magazine and The
Online Internet Institute
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Our Purpose - To Develop

• Preparation for Information Literacy
• Practice for Independent Learners
• Perceptions of our profession that strengthen
  Social Responsibility

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Information Literate Learners

• Access Information Efficiently and Effectively
• Evaluate Information Critically and Competently
• Use Information Effectively and Creatively

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Independent Learners

• Pursue Information related to personal interests
• Appreciate Literature and other creative
  expressions of information
• Strive for excellence in Information seeking and
  Knowledge generation

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Socially Responsible Learners

• Recognize the importance of Information to a
  democratic society
• Practice ethical behavior in regard to
  Information / Technology
• Participate effectively in groups, to pursue
  and generate Information

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Who has the Keys?

• Finding Information
• Evaluating its quality
• Organizing and managing information

• Observing individual learning styles
• Assessing progress
• Organizing and managing activities

It Takes A Team.
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Information Literate Learners

• Access Information Efficiently and Effectively
• Evaluate Information Critically and Competently
• Use Information Effectively and Creatively

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• 1. Task Definition
• 2. Information Seeking Strategies
• 3. Location and Access
• 4. Use of Information
• 5. Synthesis
• 6. Evaluation

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Applying Big6 Skills andInformation Literacy
Standardsto Internet Research
By Janet Murray
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The student who is information literate . . .

• Standard 2 Evaluates information critically and
  competently, as described by the following
  indicators
• 1.determines accuracy, relevance, and
  comprehensiveness
• 2.distinguishes among facts, point of view,
  and opinion

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Independent Learners

• Pursue Information related to personal interests
• Appreciate Literature and other creative
  expressions of information
• Strive for excellence in Information seeking and
  Knowledge generation

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Where is the House that Music Built?
Its out in a field, 4 miles from town, next to a
sheep meadow
1891
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Where is the House that Music Built?
Its at the epicenter of culture, commerce and
communications
1891
1999
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What Happens in a Lifetime?
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Crossing Lines Through Essential Questions
How do people respond to life threatening
situations? How do they respond differently to
natural and man made catastrophes?
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Crossing Lines Through Essential Questions
How do we live now? What tools and technologies
do we use to live this way? Where did they come
from? How do we organize our economy?
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Crossing Lines Through Essential Questions
What do we believe? Do differences in what we
believe and what others believe make conflict
inevitable? What is the relationship between
Military might, Economic power and civil security?
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Crossing Lines Through Essential Questions
How do we form our view of the world? What roles
do communication, transportation and media
technologies play in shaping this view?
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Crossing Lines Through Essential Questions
How do artists process the life experiences and
current events of their era, and what role do
these reflections play in wider social
consciousness?
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Collaborative Prototyping Building a Learning
Center
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Collaborative Prototyping Building a Learning
Center
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Collaborative Prototyping Building a Learning
Center
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Collaborative Prototyping Building a Learning
Center
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Collaborative Prototyping Building a Learning
Center
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Socially Responsible Learners

• Recognize the importance of Information to a
  democratic society
• Practice ethical behavior in regard to
  Information / Technology
• Participate effectively in groups, to pursue
  and generate Information

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What IT Teams Can Achieve.
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Our Team Building Area