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Info Literacy skills/ Flex sched.

by JS

Jan 5, 2010

I am looking for creative ways to integrate information literacy skills into my work with teachers and students. Any suggestions? Also, my district (like many) has the library on a fixed schedule. How do schools move from a fixed schedule to a flex schedule? Ideally the LMC should be on a flex schedule, districts know this however, many seem to skip past this. How do you ask an administrator about this?

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techTeacher On 1/05/10, JS wrote: > I am looking for creative ways to integrate information > literacy skills into my work with teachers and students. > Any suggestions?

Flex schedules and libraries, I know nothing about. I do know something about digital literacy skills though and I'm kind of in the same boat as you with our faculty. I'm in...See MoreOn 1/05/10, JS wrote: > I am looking for creative ways to integrate information > literacy skills into my work with teachers and students. > Any suggestions?

Flex schedules and libraries, I know nothing about. I do know something about digital literacy skills though and I'm kind of in the same boat as you with our faculty. I'm in Texas and we have regional education centers that offer professional development workshops on an ongoing basis. I'd say most of the computer app workshops are also online (I think they're open to anyone, not just Texans). I'm always encouraging our teachers to take one, but I think the barrier is that they don't see how a class on the internet or spreadsheets would be of any value - after all, there's Google, right? And what on earth would I use a spreadsheet for? Oh my! How learning to use spreadsheets and databases has made tasks so much quicker and easier!

I think it's important to get teachers to use technology in the first place for themselves, to learn about what kinds of resources are out there and then they can be more comfortable with integrating it into the lessons that they've always done "that" way. I am constantly sending out links to my teachers of great websites for them and for their students along with ideas for how they could use them in their classes. Unfortunately, I don't follow up on them to see if the teacher actually looks at them or not.... I'm trying to gather a "library" of those resources based on subject matter and ages.

Perhaps you could do an inservice or a staff meeting for demonstrating some of these resources and how they can be used in lessons, or how an Office application can streamline teacher tasks? If my principal (or another teacher) knew about these things and could demonstrate them, s/he could surely then help me with it.

Another thing that teachers need to do to model responsible usage of information is to not use copyrighted materials and to not let their students use them either! Perhaps they need a reminder of what constitutes "fair use" and "public domain." There is a great new usable copyright now called the Creative Commons that allows users to adapt or even outright copy a work under certain conditions (usually just citing the source). I'm also gathering a list of CC resources of multi-media files that teachers/students can draw from without worry.

Teachers should also demonstrate how to properly use copyrighted materials and expect their students to do the same with proper citations - whether they're writing (or making a powerPoint presentation) for a history class, an art class or an English class, they should be required to properly cite ALL sources. Plagiarism/piracy/copyright infringement in college can lead to a student being expelled from that institution without a second chance. I don't think students understand what a serious crime copyright infringement is.

Perhaps bring in a librarian from a local college to give teachers some specific tips and tools that they can then pass on to their students as resources. Or a copyright lawyer to remind teachers of copyright laws and to explain the new Creative Commons copyright movement.

I hope this addresses your question....!

Jan 7, 2010

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