IMSA Information Literacy News (10.14.03)

Christopher Kolar <[email protected]> Tue, 14 Oct 2003 14:19:50 -0500
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Information Literacy News from the 21st Century Information Fluency Project 
(21CIF) at the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy

http://wizard.imsa.edu

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Infoliteracy News for October  14, 2003:

1. IMSA 21CIF Portal Adds New Guide: How to Create a 21CIF Program at Your 
School
2. 21CIF Fall Conference Appearances
3. New Portal Feature: Tip of the Week and Training Materials


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1.  IMSA 21CIF Portal Adds New Guide: How to Create a 21CIF Program at Your 
School

This HOWTO guide has been written to address requests from teachers and 
librarians who have wondered about how to put a program together for their 
school to share their 21CIF skills and resources.

In the site you will see some recommended steps and specific examples of 
well-established programs.  There are examples of lesson plans, ideas, web 
sites; other resources will continue to be added to in the future.   Our 
goal is to show a complete program with examples of the component 
parts.   Current program examples are provide by Dr. Elaine Buch, Addison 
Trail High School, Chris Balsano, Downers Grove High School, and Jane 
Sharka and Tom Bohdan, both of Naperville Central High School.

We know that every school and every situation is different and think of 
these steps as an outline.  Individual components  may or may not apply to 
your situation.   We hope that this will give you a good start, a place to 
see live examples and where you can ask questions of those who have already 
blazed this trail.

This new section may be found at http://wizard.imsa.edu/howto


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2.  21CIF Fall Conference Appearances

Members of the 21CIF team will be speaking and hosting booths at several 
fall conferences and meetings.  We hope that you will be able to pay us a 
visit.

Lora K. Kaisler, Coordinator of Online Learning for the IMSA 21st Century 
Information Fluency Program, will be presenting at the LearningTimes 
Library Online Conference, scheduled October 20-24, 2003.  Registration is 
available at http://www.libraryconference.com/register.shtml.  Lora will be 
facilitating a discussion on the "Obstacles to Learning to Evaluate 
Resources in an Online Environment", research conducted over the past few 
years.  The community will open October 13th for preliminary reading of 
discussion materials.  This is an international conference sponsored by the 
ACRL (Association of College & Research Libraries) among others.

Dr. David Barr, Director of Online Learning, will be speaking at the 
Illinois School Library Media Association (ISLMA) on Friday, November 7 in 
Decatur, Illinois.  David will be presenting a session on 21st Century 
Information Fluency at 8:30.  The 21CIF team will also be hosting a booth 
in the vendor area on both Thursday and Friday.  Please visit us during the 
User Group Time on Friday November 7 from 4:15 to 5:15 in the Platinum 
Room.  Conference information is available at http://www.islma.org.

Dr. David Barr and 21CIF Project Coordinator Bob Houston will be giving a 
presentation the following week at the Illinois Education and Technology 
Conference (IETC) in Springfield, Illinois.  They will be speaking Thursday 
at 11:45 on "21st Century Information Skills."  Members of the team will 
also be staffing a booth in the vendor area on Wednesday night and all day 
Thursday.  Conference information is available at 
http://www.il-edtech.org/conference/index.html.


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3.  New Portal Feature: Tip of the Week and Training Materials

Each Week IMSA will post a new tip related to 21st Century Information 
Fluency. These Tips are accompanied by training materials that can be 
downloaded in PDF format.  The tips are available online at 
http://wizard.imsa.edu/inform/totw.  Recent items include:

Tip #1: What is a Query?
Tip #2: Reliability of Information
Tip #3: Using Keywords Effectively
Tip #4: Search Engines
Tip #5: Ranking of Search Results
Tip #6: How Fast is the Web Growing?


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The 21st Century Information Fluency Project is funded by the US Department 
of Education and the State of Illinois.  Information is available at 
http://wizard.imsa.edu.  You can subscribe to this newsletter by sending an 
empty message to [email protected].




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    Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy
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Information Literacy News from the 21st Century Information Fluency
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Infoliteracy News for October&nbsp; 14, 2003:<br><br>
1. IMSA 21CIF Portal Adds New Guide: How to Create a 21CIF Program at
Your School<br>
2. 21CIF Fall Conference Appearances<br>
3. New Portal Feature: Tip of the Week and Training Materials<br><br>
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1.&nbsp; IMSA 21CIF Portal Adds New Guide: How to Create a 21CIF Program
at Your School<br><br>
This HOWTO guide has been written to address requests from teachers and
librarians who have wondered about how to put a program together for
their school to share their 21CIF skills and resources.<br><br>
In the site you will see some recommended steps and specific examples of
well-established programs.&nbsp; There are examples of lesson plans,
ideas, web sites; other resources will continue to be added to in the
future.&nbsp;&nbsp; Our goal is to show a complete program with examples
of the component parts.&nbsp;&nbsp; Current program examples are provide
by Dr. Elaine Buch, Addison Trail High School, Chris Balsano, Downers
Grove High School, and Jane Sharka and Tom Bohdan, both of Naperville
Central High School.<br><br>
We know that every school and every situation is different and think of
these steps as an outline.&nbsp; Individual components&nbsp; may or may
not apply to your situation.&nbsp;&nbsp; We hope that this will give you
a good start, a place to see live examples and where you can ask
questions of those who have already blazed this trail.<br><br>
This new section may be found at
<a href="http://wizard.imsa.edu/howto" eudora="autourl">http://wizard.imsa.edu/howto<br><br>
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2.&nbsp; 21CIF Fall Conference Appearances<br><br>
Members of the 21CIF team will be speaking and hosting booths at several
fall conferences and meetings.&nbsp; We hope that you will be able to pay
us a visit.<br><br>
Lora K. Kaisler, Coordinator of Online Learning for the IMSA 21st Century
Information Fluency Program, will be presenting at the LearningTimes
Library Online Conference, scheduled October 20-24, 2003.&nbsp;
Registration is available at
<a href="http://www.libraryconference.com/register.shtml.%A0" eudora="autourl">http://www.libraryconference.com/register.shtml.
</a> Lora will be facilitating a discussion on the &quot;Obstacles to
Learning to Evaluate Resources in an Online Environment&quot;, research
conducted over the past few years.&nbsp; The community will open October
13th for preliminary reading of discussion materials.&nbsp; This is an
international conference sponsored by the ACRL (Association of College
&amp; Research Libraries) among others.<br><br>
Dr. David Barr, Director of Online Learning, will be speaking at the
Illinois School Library Media Association (ISLMA) on Friday, November 7
in Decatur, Illinois.&nbsp; David will be presenting a session on 21st
Century Information Fluency at 8:30.&nbsp; The 21CIF team will also be
hosting a booth in the vendor area on both Thursday and Friday.&nbsp;
Please visit us during the User Group Time on Friday November 7 from 4:15
to 5:15 in the Platinum Room.&nbsp; Conference information is available
at
<a href="http://www.islma.org/" eudora="autourl">http://www.islma.org</a>.<x-tab>&nbsp;</x-tab><br><br>
Dr. David Barr and 21CIF Project Coordinator Bob Houston will be giving a
presentation the following week at the Illinois Education and Technology
Conference (IETC) in Springfield, Illinois.&nbsp; They will be speaking
Thursday at 11:45 on “21st Century Information Skills.”&nbsp; Members of
the team will also be staffing a booth in the vendor area on Wednesday
night and all day Thursday.&nbsp; Conference information is available at
<a href="http://www.il-edtech.org/conference/index.html" eudora="autourl">http://www.il-edtech.org/conference/index.html</a>.&nbsp;
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3.&nbsp; New Portal Feature: Tip of the Week and Training
Materials<br><br>
Each Week IMSA will post a new tip related to 21st Century Information
Fluency. These Tips are accompanied by training materials that can be
downloaded in PDF format.&nbsp; The tips are available online at
<a href="http://wizard.imsa.edu/inform/totw" eudora="autourl">http://wizard.imsa.edu/inform/totw</a>.&nbsp;
Recent items include:<br><br>
Tip #1: What is a Query? <br>
Tip #2: Reliability of Information<br>
Tip #3: Using Keywords Effectively<br>
Tip #4: Search Engines<br>
Tip #5: Ranking of Search Results<br>
Tip #6: How Fast is the Web Growing?<br><br>
<br>
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The 21st Century Information Fluency Project is funded by the US
Department of Education and the State of Illinois.&nbsp; Information is
available at
<a href="http://wizard.imsa.edu/" eudora="autourl">http://wizard.imsa.edu</a>.&nbsp;
You can subscribe to this newsletter by sending an empty message to
[email protected].<br><br>
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