Information Literacy Skills for

Information Literacy Skills for Meaningful Research Projects

21st Century Literacy Skills: What are they and why do students need them?

National Education Technology Plan
Find out the Action Steps for the National Education Technology Plan, including the recommendation to move to digital content!

Why 21st Century Skills?
The rational for new literacies in a digital age.

Preparing for Research Projects

The Super 3
Information literacy skills for grades K-2.

Assignment Organizer for Grades 3-6

Assignment Organizer for Grades 7-12

These assignment organizers will take students step by step to plan their project.

Locating Digital Information
Tools for You

Google
Search for any resources from lesson plans and graphics, to presentations and virtual tours.

Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators
Find resources used by the World's Best Cybrarian!

Blue Web N
Check out these "blue ribbon" web sites. Sign up for weekly updates to keep up with new sites.

Readability.info

Calculate the readability of web sites you find.

Tools for Your Students

Yahooligans
A great place to start looking for resources.

Kidsclick

An approximate reading level is given for each site.

Ask Jeeves for Kids
Get kids asking good questions.

Onekey
Google's search engine for kids.

NoteTaking Tools

Trash-n-treasure is a great method of teaching note-taking.

Try using Power Thinking for note-taking.

Organize ideas from reading with these tools.

Primary Resources

History in the Raw
Why use a primary resource?

Strategies with Primary Sources
What teaching strategies should I use with primary resources?

Document Analysis Worksheets
What questions should I ask when using primary resources?

Resources from the National Archives

Records of Congress	On-line Exhibits
Presidential Archives	Federal Register

Social Studies Resources

Resources from the Library of Congress	Eyewitness to History
Ben's Guide	World Wide Primary Sources
History Buffs	From the Revolution to Reconstruction
America's Library	Private Art
First Person Narratives from the South	World Government Map

Virtual Tours/Simulations

Science Resources
Volcano World Real time data, lesson plans, and activities.	Cells Alive! Images, lessons and information about cell life.
NASA for Kids Filled with resources for students of all ages including lessons, activities, chats and real time data.	Owl Pellet Dissection A great resource when studying birds, vertebrates, or the skeletal system.
Interactive Cells! Biology movies, animations and simulations.	Science Simulations A great directory of simulations!
Science Simulations Simulations for diffusion and osmosis.	Sim Science Explore membranes, cracking dams and more!
US Geological Survey Science you can use! ;-)	Population Growth Maps Great visuals to get students thinking about the impact humans have on the environment.

Evaluating What You Find

Dihydrogen Monoxide This is a great site to get students thinking about the accuracy of web resources.	Cyberbee This evaluation site features a ratings guide for evaluation of Internet information and ratings for Web site design.
Quick Quiz The QUICK quiz is a great, "quick" tool for evaluating websites.	Kathy Schrock's Evaluation Resources Kathy has her own web evaluation tools and gives you resources to others.

Assessment Resources

Learning Contracts Numerous resources including self and peer assessments, checklists, and more.	Rubistar Create your own rubric or download one of your own.
Assessment resources from Kathy Schrock As always, Kathy's resources are a terrific place to browse.	Project-based learning checklists Manage independent projects by using checklists.

Other Lesson Helpers

Online Lessons from Kidsclick
Step by step lessons for information literacy.

Big 6 Lessons
Lesson plans to teach information literacy submitted by teachers.

Ideas from Cyberbee

Numerous ideas for Internet projects and lessons.

Teacher Resources from Yahooligans
Everything from lesson plans to age appropriate resources for using online resources.