information literacy

Contains lesson plans for research projects in kindergarten through fifth grade that cover the Common Core Standards.

Compiles essays and articles to provide teachers and media specialists with strategies for teaching information literacy skills to students.

Identifies the six stages of the information literacy process, showing the progression of skills for each stage; applies the skills to individual grades from seven through twelve; and includes teaching tools.

Presents more than one hundred library lesson plans, arranged by grade level from kindergarten through fifth grade, which are based on the AASL/AECT information literacy standards and cover various learning styles.

Presents a resource guide for the elementary and secondary classroom that describes alternative activities that require students to analyze the information they collect in the library media center.

Presents an integrated approach to teaching curriculum content, information literacy, and strategies for learning.

Discusses finding information on the Internet and explains how to determine its credibility and present it.

Presents an introduction to designing digital literacy programs through an educational model called IM-PACT, and includes information on the theory and methods required for creating engaging lesson plans and instructional programs.