Final Information Literacy Summer 2019

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Information Literacy

A Guide for Parents

2019
By: Perla Huertero
CSUF
Summer 522
The ability to identify, locate and access appropriate sources of information and to effectively use regardless of format (Shane, 2011).

Information Literacy is:

Why is information literacy important?

It's not easy to find high-quality information!  
effectively manage information
1.
Critically evaluate information
2.
Ethically apply information
3.
To solve a
Problem
(Shane, 2011)
Tips & Strategies to Support Information Literacy 
1. ABCs of Website Evaluation 
2. The Five W's 
3. Dates 
Authority
Is the author a well-known author that you trust?

Bias
Is the website trying to persuade rather than inform?
Citations
Did the author provide a bibliography?
ABCs of Website Evaluation
(Green,2001; Schrock, 2002)
The Five W's
Who wrote the pages and are they an expert in the field?
What is the purpose of this site?
When was the site created?
Where does the information come from?
Why is the information useful for my purpose?
(Schrock, 2002)
Dates
Date of last update
Date the data was collected
Date the website was created
Look for current information
(Schrock, 2002)
Working with your child
References

Green, T. (2001) Teaching students to critically evaluate web pages         [PDF File]. Retrieved 
     from file:///Users/phuertero/Downloads/green_web_evaluation.
     pdf

Schrock,K. (2002) Teaching media literacy in the age of the                   
     internet [PDF File]. Retrieved from
     http://www.kathyschrock.net/uploads/3/9/2/2/392267/
     weval_02.pdf

Shane, J. (2011) What is information literacy. Retrieved from 
     https://www.philau.edu/infolit/what_students.htm

Final Information Literacy Summer 2019

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