Chapter #5 Researching and Evaluating Internet Information

Chapter #5 - Researching and Evaluating Internet Information

Focus Questions 1:  What is the meaning of information literacy for teachers and students?

• Instantly available information on the Internet is transforming the work of teachers, creating the need to teach students how to access and assess the resources and materials they find online.
• Teaching students how to do Internet research is a crucial element of information literacy and involves learning how to recognize and utilize high-quality electronic information.
• Information literacy and Internet research together enable students to act as critical readers and thoughtful researchers in Web-based environments.

Literacy is a multimedia database that provides access to resources for teachers to use in teaching information literacy skills to students.

The Internet have made tremendous amounts of information easily accessible, however, the quality and usefulness of information stream.  It is imperative for students to understand how to locate reliable data, it's appropriateness, and use it effectively.  For example, teachers can requiring students to think critically and comparatively about the quality of the information presented.  Accessing information efficiently and effectively, evaluating information critically and competently using information accurately and creatively.

Tech Tool 5.1:  Flickr

Flickr is an online photo managing and sharing tool with a number of instructional options for teachers. I find a lots a visual learning resources like photos into sets based on a theme.

Today's educators and students need to be able to locate, evaluable, use and share information.  They can successfully navigate through information resources. To improve their quality of education.  To learn additional tools, to reinforce course content and to enhance lifelong learning.


Resources:

Maloy, R. W., Verock-O, R. E., Edwards, S. A., & Woolf, B. P. (2010). Transforming
teaching with new technologies. Allyn & Bacon