The Internet & Information Skills

Description

As a result of recent developments in teaching and learning, teachers and educators are being encouraged through their training to use ICT to develop more innovative teaching methods, and students are frequently required to use electronic information resources as part of their assignments.

Networked internet access is now the norm in both primary and secondary schools, and is available not only in the school library but in computer suites and classrooms. Increasingly both teachers and school librarians recognize that information literacy is a key skill needed by today's pupils, who are tomorrow's workers in the knowledge economy. Thus the need for students to become effective information users is paramount.

This new book provides teachers and school librarians with the ability to exploit the internet effectively both as a learning and a teaching resource; in particular to improve their skills in accessing the most relevant parts of the internet to improve their teaching and provide suitable information sources to aid students' learning. It offers valuable insights into information literacy skills and provides help with, and examples of, the most effective ways of teaching information skills to students

Introduction: the internet and the need for effective information
skills xiii
1 The learning and teaching context
Introduction
Learning
Teaching
Conclusion
References
2 The internet
Introduction
E-mail and listservs
Search engines
Effective search strategies
Keeping up to date with search engines
The deep web
In-service training and search engines
Conclusion
References
3 Evaluating websites
Introduction
Technical criteria
Reliability criteria
Educational criteria
In-service training
Conclusion
References
4 Subject gateways
Introduction
Evaluating subject gateways
General subject gateways
Subject-specific gateways
Commercially available subject gateways and online sources
In-service training
Workshop for school librarians on educational gateways
Conclusion
5 Information skills (with Anne-Marie Tarter)
Introduction
Definitions
Information skills models
Using the PLUS model in schools
Information skills and web resources: searching for information
Information skills and web resources: evaluating websites
In-service training
Conclusion
References
6 The PLUS model and the web
Introduction
Purpose
Location
Use
Self-evaluation
In-service training
Conclusion
References
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7 Developing a school website
Introduction
Purpose of the site
Designing a storyboard
Elements of design
Information skills on the school website
Developing an intranet
In-service training
Conclusion
References
8 Developing an instructional website
Introduction
Approaches to instructional website design - purpose and
audience
Evaluating instructional websites
Design techniques
Resources and information skills
Collaboration between teachers and the school librarian: a case
study of Linlithgow Academy
Filamentality
WebQuests
Conclusion
References
9 Future developments
Introduction
The future curriculum
Future trends in the internet
Implications for teaching information skills
Future roles of the teacher and the school librarian
Conclusion
References
Contents