Literacy

The Literacy Project
Another of the useful Google tools, this site guides you to resources specifically relating to literacy incl professional writing, student writing options, literacy organisations and blogs.

National Literacy Week
Homepage detailing events, information, competitions etc

Literacy and Numeracy Benchmarks
National benchmarks for use in reporting minimum acceptable standards of literacy and numeracy achievement, in support of the national goal established 1996

Clearinghouse for Literacy & Numeracy
Literacy related reports, competencies, assessment

Literacy and Numeracy
The nuts & bolts of VET

International Literacy Explorer
Presents an overview of literacy and basic education issues and practices in an international context

Nat Literacy & Numeracy Benchmarks
Detailed account of the development & implementation of benchmarks

Australian Council for Adult Literacy
Good links to other literacy websites

EdNA Online's School Literacy Category
Literacy-related resources, from EdNA

Reading Online
Journal of K-12 practice & research with emphasis on Literacy. Visual, media, critical literacy + more

Literature Circles
Part of New Literacy site. Contains details of goals, objective, method & outcomes

Cathy Puett Miller
From Education World website. Cathy shares a wealth of knowledge and experience on the topic of literacy.

Information Literacy

Online Research Model - Baltimore Public Schools
A critical thinking and information literacy process model with instruction tools linked. Each step in the research process links to a wealth of teacher tips and tools.

Six frames for Information literacy
A concepteducationual framework for interpreting the relationships between theory and practice. Article by Mandy Lupton, Dr Christine Bruce, and Sylvia Edwards - March 2006.

Big 6: Information Literacy for the information age
by Mike Eisenberg and Bob Berkowitz. Research and application of the information literacy processes. Includes conference proceedings and lesson plans.

From Now On
(FNO) by Jamie McKenzie. Leading educational technology journal dealing with issues of technology in education, plaigarism, assessment, effective research assignments and change in schools to name a few. Educational technology for engaged learning - educational technology for literacy.

Graphic organisers
F rom Score. Venn diagram, storyboard, concept mapping, spider map, clustering. Large variety of toolsto assist students in coming to grips with a research topic.

The Information Literate School Community
By Jamie McKenzie. What is an information literate school community? How do you know when your school has arrived? Information literacy has three major components, all of which contribute to learners being able to "make up their own minds." Prospecting, Interpreting, Creating new ideas.

Information Literacy: a whole school reform approach
Lesley Farmer 2001. Action research study for the implementation of information literacy standards. Redwood High School,USA.

Information literacy links
From Christine Bruce of QUT. Author of Seven Faces of Information Literacy. This page provides access to a wide range of information literacy resources.

Information Literacy tools for the 21st century
Detailed definitions and details of new literacies. Also includes teaching methods & pedagogical strategies for information literacy and excellent comparison of five accepted process models.

Information Literacy: ERIC Digest
Brief overview of the concept and its inception. Includes technology and information literacy.

Information Literacy on the WWW
by Florida International University. Rich source of information and links. Policies, goals and objectives, missions statement. Selective bibliography on the topic.

Essential Skills for Information Literacy
The Washington Library Media Assoc. Sample Information Literacy Curricula Information Literacy Models Theory into Practice: Practical ideas for teaching information literacy skills.

Information skills resources on the Internet
From IASL. Variety of links from Big6 to WebQuests, all dealing with information literacy and the development of an effective community of learners

Information Power: The Nine Information Literacy Standards for Student Learning
Excerpted from Chapter 2, "Information Literacy Standards for Student Learning," of Information Power: Building Partnerships for Learning.

Information skills rating scale
By The Oak Harbor, Washington. A rating scale to assist in assessing how well students are performing on the tasks associated with the Jamie MrKenzie's Research Cycle

ILPO: 6-Step information process - Hot Info with Steph Capra & Jenny Ryan
A process approach to the teaching of Information Literacy is advocated by researchers as an effective learning strategy. A significant challenge for educators is to develop the skills in students which will enable them to transfer knowledge of the processes from an academic focus to real life situations.

Mankato Schools Information Literacy Curriculum Guidelines revised 2003
These guidelines have been developed to help insure that all graduates of Mankato schools will have a variety of experiences using information and technology. These experiences will allow students to demonstrate mastery of a comprehensive group of specific skills.

Nueva Library Research Goal
Implementation of information literacy. The Building blocks of research: An overview of design, process and outcomes. Clearly presented in tables for easy reference.

Plugging In: Choosing and using educational technology
Introduces what we know about effective learning and teaching and put together and effective framework for teachers and policymakers. It pulls together all the latest information on how students learn best and guides educators to those technologies that are most useful in promoting learning. NCREL

Schools as collaborative learning communities
Carole Cooper and Julie Boyd. Learning where students are actively demonstrating their understanding, rather than students passing written tests as the sole sign of knowing. Learning, that is based on conceptual understanding and the ability to apply this knowledge in a variety of contexts, is a primary goal within a collaborative learning community.

Wrapping Up Research
By Central Highlands-Wimmera Region of Dept of Educ Victoria. This project has been designed for teachers to develop information literacy skills across the middle years of schooling. Practical classroom activities are presented for use in all areas of the curriculum.

The Information literacy place
The purpose of these pages is to: contribute to the discussion about information literacy: What is it? How should it be taught? Summarise some key issues, to build up a modest virtual textbook and give some key links to information literacy resources and people.

New Plagiarism: 7 Antidotes to Prevent Highway Robbery in an Electronic Age
By Jamie McKenzie. This article points out that it is reckless and irresponsible to continue requiring Topical "go find out about" Research projects in this new electronic context. To do so extends an invitation (perhaps even a demand) to "binge" on information. Offered here are 7 alternative approaches to assignments that encourage plaigarism and discourage active thinking.

Plagiarism

Plagiarism: sin or symptom?
Joy McGregor CSU. SLAV Conference handout relevant websites & ppt presentation.

Teach them to copy and paste
Presented by Jill Midolo and Sue Scott, CMIS, Dept Educ and Training, WA At the ALSA Conference 2003. A series of templates, tips and techniques, plus the conference presentation. Excellent.

Got Cheaters? Ask New Questions
Highlights the work of Jamie McKenzie. "A lot of concern (about plagiarism) is translated into more careful scrutiny," he says. "I would like to see the concern translated into better assignments."

Thin Line Splits Cheating, Smarts
Google Answers (Ask a question. Set your price. Get your answer) now offers students the answers they need to solve those research and homework problems in exchange for an agreed price. They don't write the research paper for students (much to the chagrin of this student) however teachers should be aware of this service.

My DropBox Suite
My Dropbox Suite integrates a renowned plagiarism prevention technology with a versatile digital learning environment that enables instructors to manage online assignments, organize electronic submissions and mark papers on the Web.