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21st Century Literacy

Educational Consultant Alan November describes our generation as Information Age "immigrants". We can speak the "language" of technology but don't feel comfortable because it is not our first language.

November argues that our students are true second and third generation users of technology. They speak the "language" fluently and without hesitation. I only have to compare my high school age son e-mailing digital photographs to my 82 year-old father to see that November is right.

Below you can find links that will take you to sites for web site evaluation, copyright & plagiarism resources, ideas for effective web searches, "hoax sites," and online bookmarking sites such as Delicious.

Delicious All teachers should be using this social bookmarking network
Creative Commons A place to find Fair-Use resources. With free tools, lesson plans and information
CyberSmart Offers a K-8 curriculum with standards-based lesson plans and student activity sheets available free to educators
Curricular Materials for History Instructors Strategies designed to assist teachers seeking to help students understand and avoid plagiarism
BibMe My new favorite citation tool . . . completes forms automatically based on title, author, ISBN, etc. Creates organized bibliographies and allows you to save and export them. Very cool!

Web Evaluation Tools
21st Century Information Literacy
Provides news, information, tools, and standards-aligned instructional strategies for information literacy/fluency in K-16
Center for Safe and Responsible Internet Use
Strategies to assist in acquiring knowledge, skills, and self-control to behave responsibly when using the Internet
Evaluating Web Pages
Some nice tips from the University of California-Berkley library staff
A WebQuest for Evaluating Web Sites
Designed for middle school kids
Get Net Wise
Useful links and kid friendly search tools
Media Awareness Network
One of the world’s most comprehensive collections of media education and Internet literacy resources
Kathy Schrock's Web Site Evaluation Links
A series of evaluation surveys, one each at the elementary, middle, and secondary school levels
NetSmartz
An interactive, educational safety resource that teaches kids and teens how to stay safer on the Internet
SafeKids
Some nice articles and tools to keep kids and teens safe while surfing