Characteristics of an Information Literate Person.ppt

Using the Internet to Improve Information Literacy: The New Role of the Library/Media Specialist IASL Conference 2000, Do you read me? Malm?, Sweden August 9, 2000 Presented by Dr. Sheila Offman Gersh City College of New York sogcc@ /twin The Need for Lifelong Learners 1998 – 70% of all jobs will require significant basic technology literacy 2010 – 100 % of all jobs will require significant technology skills 80% of the jobs don’t exist yet What is Information Literacy The ability to evaluate information for accuracy and usefulness To transform data to information to insight Essential Literacy Skills Text to make meaning of electronic text To discover relevant information Numerical How to translate and analyze data, crunch numbers, think mathematically, and understand about relationships Visual Strategies of advertising, emotions of paining, photography What Librarian/Media Specialists Need to do: Provide services and technology to gain access to information Provide students with the skills to manage information resources How to investigate, research and make meaning from data Show students how to navigate through the vast databases to locate information Changes is using information Pre-modem – students “found out about” research projects Post-modem – “students are making answers” to information Assumptions About Information What assumptions are made about accuracy, value, usefulness On what do they base the assumptions? Ricky Lake CNN Talk Show Hosts Newspapers Magazines Characteristics of an Information Literate Person Recognizes that accurate and complete information is the basis for intelligent decision making Citing Resources Assessing Information News sites Recognizes the need for information Locates information that can’t be accessed elsewhere /cybertours/tours/tour06/_tourlaunch1.htm http://www.SchoolN Formulates questions based on information needs Students should be directed to sites to find the information / /twin/searching_on_the_internet.ht