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A Teacher-Librarian's Role in Teaching Informational Fluency A Pathfinder and Annotated Bibliography by: Tammy Reynolds
 * Supporting our 21st Century Learners
 * Supporting our 21st Century Learners



Welcome to my "Informational Fluency" pathfinder. The purpose of this pathfinder is to lead fellow Teacher-Librarians to resources that will help them teach their students the informational fluency skills needed to successful consumers of information in the 21st Century. Although the intended audience is teacher-librarians; classroom teachers wanting to teach these same skills will hopefully find this resource just as useful. Please note the terms, "Informational Literacy" and "Informational Fluency" are intended to describe the same processes and are used interchangeably through out the pathfinder.

My personal inquiry question that guided my research is, //**"Given the limited time a teacher –librarian has to work directly with students, what informational literacy skills are the most important to teach and assess, across the grades, to effectively support the student’s learning and teacher’s instruction?"**//

Supplementary questions I hope to investigate through my research and practice are:


 * Which information literacy skils are best suited to introduce to primary age children? to intermediate age children?
 * Which digital information literacy skills can be taught without access to the computer lab? When access to the lab is not available, how can I use a lap top and projector to engage my students and teach the necessary skills?
 * Will developing a scope and sequence of information literacy skills K-7 ensure that my students have the necessary skills to effectively explore personal and curricular inquiries?
 * What amount of time is realistic to set aside for the teaching of information literacy skills?
 * What assessment tools will most effectively communicate the students' understanding and progress to administration, teachers, parents and the students themselves?
 * What will be the most effective way of collaborating with teachers so the teaching of information literacy skills is in conjunction with classroom inquiries and subjects being taught and not taught in isolation?
 * Will advocating the teaching and assessing of information literacy skills bring awareness and necessity of having a trained teacher-librarian on staff?

=Table of Contents:=
 * 1) **Definitions**
 * 2) **Search Terms**
 * 3) **Subject Headings**
 * 4) **General Call Numbers**
 * 5) **Databases**
 * 6) **Journal Articles**
 * 7) **Authors/Experts in the Field**
 * 8) **Blogs**
 * 9) **Resources**


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