Information Literacy: Guiding Student Research

Lessons Learned throughThe Maine Learning Technology Initiative

Barbara GreenstoneMLTI Statewide Integration Mentor

bgreenstone@mainelearns.org

What is MLTI?•Statewide 1-1 computing in 7th and 8th

grade

•Teacher laptops in high school

• Wireless networks in all middle schools

•Technical support

•Leadership teams

•Professional development

•Communication and collaboration

•Research and assessment of the program

One-to-one changes

everything!•Ubiquitous access to information

•Opportunities for more inquiry-based learning

•Increased communication and collaboration

The ability to find, evaluate, and use digital and print information effectively

and ethically is essential.

Lessons Learned•Research is a process that must be

explicitly taught, modeled and practiced.

•We must assess the process as well as the product and have checkpoints along the way.

•Collaboration with the school’s Library Media Specialist is key.

What might the process look like?•There are many models and

variations.

•The Big 6

•The Research Cycle (Jamie McKenzie)

•All incorporate basic steps.

•The process is recursive, not linear.

Essential Questions

•Provide a purpose for inquiry

•Engage students

•Guide the process

•Lead to foundation questions that help determine what information is necessary

Finding Resources• Print Resources

•Web Sites

•MARVEL

• “Invisible” Web

•Digital Partners

• Podcasts

• Television Shows

•Movies

• Surveys

• Interviews

Gathering Information

•Search strategies

•Evaluating resources

•Notetaking

Citing Sources

•Copyright and plagiarism

•Citation and bibliography tools

•Many online tools

•Source Aid

Organizing, Analyzing,

Synthesizing

•Graphic organizers

•Looking for patterns

•Revisiting the essential question

Creating a Product

• Pamplets

• Brochures

• Photo Essays

•Comics

•Maps

Possible Products

• Slide Shows

• Presentations

•Web Pages

• Videos

• Podcasts

Assessing the Process

• Essential Question

• Foundation Questions

• Possible Sources List

• Search Strategy

• Annotated Bibliography

•Notes

•Works Cited

Checkpoints•Organizing Outline

or Web

• First Draft

• Final Editing

• Plans for Publishing or Sharing

• Final Product

Tools We Use•Graphic Organizers

•Citation and Bibliography Tools

•Databases for Notes

•NoteShare

•Comic Life

•GarageBand

• KeyNote

• iPhoto

• iMovie

•MyWorld

• iChat

Importance of Library Media

Specialists•Information specialists.

•Overview of curriculum across grade levels.

•Collaboration and team teaching.

To Learn More• About information literacy

• IMSA 21st Century Information Fluency Project

• About MLTI

• http://www.maine.gov/mlti/

• http://www.mainelearns.org

• Teaching & Learning > Across the Curriculum > Information Literacy