Net.Savvy: Building Information Literacy in the Classroom

Description

This easy-to-follow guide can help teachers become leaders rather than followers in the new high-tech, high-speed, digital era. Students and teachers, even the most technology-resistant, can learn to solve problems from sources like Internet sites, news groups, chat-rooms, e-mail and other Internet resources. Ian Jukes has been a teacher, an administrator, writer, consultant, university instructor, and keynote speaker. He is the director of the InfoSavvy Group, an international consulting group that provides leadership and program development in the areas of assessment and evaluation, strategic alignment, curriculum design and publication, professional development, planning, change management, hardware and software acquisition, information services, customized research, media services, and online training as well as conference keynotes and workshop presentations. Over the past 10 years, Jukes has worked with clients in more than 40 countries and made more than 7,000 presentations, typically speaking to between 300,000 and 350,000 people a year. His Committed Sardine Blog is read by more than 78,000 people in 75 countries. Foreword – Sara Armstrong PART ONE: THE INTERNET, INFOWHELM AND INFOSAVVY The Internet in Your Face! Understanding InfoWhelm Understanding InfoSavvy and NetSavvy PART TWO: SETTING UP THE NETSAVVY CLASSROOM Introducing the Ten-Minute Lesson Planner Stage 1 Asking Teacher and Student Tools Stage 2 Accessing Teacher and Student Tools Stage 3 Analyzing Teacher and Student Tools Stage 4 Applying Teacher and Student Tools Stage 5 Assessing Teacher and Student Tools PART THREE: THE NETSAVVY SKILLS FRAMEWORK PART FOUR: OVERCOMING EDUCATIONAL OBSTACLES Obstacle 1 Assumptions about the Agenda Obstacle 2 Assumptions about Learning Obstacle 3 Assumptions about Information Obstacle 4 Assumptions about Technology in Education Obstacle 5 Assumptions about Assessment The Case for NetSavvy