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 * __ Resources: __**


 * Books, Documents, Websites, Webcasts/Slideshares & Powerpoints **


 * 1. Books: **

== =**Teaching New Literacies in Grades K-3: R﻿esources for 21st-Century Classrooms [Paperback] **= Moss, B. (2010). "//Teaching new literacies in grades k-3: Resources for 21st-century classrooms//. New York, NY: The Guilford Press.
 * [|Barbara Moss PhD] (Editor), [|Diane Lapp EdD] (Editor) **

=**Teaching New Literacies in Grades 4-6: Resources for 21st-Century Classrooms [Paperback] **= Moss, P. (2010). //Teaching new literacies in grades 4-6: Resources for 21st-century classrooms//. New York, NY: The Guilford Press.
 * [|Barbara Moss PhD] (Editor), [|Diane Lapp EdD] (Editor) **

=**Teaching Information Literacy for Inquiry-based Learning [Paperback] **=
 * [|Mark Hepworth] (Author), [|Geoff Walton] (Author) **

=**Critical Multiliteracies and Children: A Handbook to Support Computer, Media, and Information Literacy [Paperback] **=
 * [|Kristen R. Clark] (Author) **

[|Violet H. Harada] (Author), [|Joan M. Yoshina] (Author) Harada, V.H., & Yoshina, J.M. (2004). //Inquiry learning through librarian-teacher partnerships//. Worthington, OH: Linworth Publishing Inc.
 * Inquiry Learning Through Librarian-Teacher Partnerships **

= Comprehension & Collaboration: Inquiry Circles in Action [Paperback] = [|Stephanie Harvey] (Author), [|Harvey Daniels] (Author) Harvey, S., & Daniels, H. (2009). //Comprehension & collaboration: Inquiry circles in action//. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.

= ﻿ Build Your Own Information Literate School: Building Skills in Reading, Writing and Research=

Koechlin, C. & Zwaan, S (2003). //Build your own infomation literate school: Building skills in reading, writing and research//. Salt Lake City, UT: Hi Willow Research and Publishing.



=Guided Inquiry: Learning in the 21st Century= Kuhlthau, C. C., Maniotes, L. K., Caspari, A. K. (2007). //Guided inquiry: Learning in the 21st century//. Westport, CT: Libraries Unlimited.

Harada, V. H. & Yoshina, J. M. (2005) Assessing learning: Librarians and teachers as partners. Westport, CT: Libraries Unlimited.
 * [[image:wiki_book_11.jpg width="86" height="117" align="left"]] Assessing Learning: Librarians and Teachers as Partners **

[|Lesley S. J. Farmer] (Author), [|James Henri] (Author) Farmer, L. S. & Henri, J. (2007). //Information literacy assessment in k-12 settings//. Lanham, MD:Scarecrow Press.
 * Information Literacy Assessment in K-12 Settings **

** Teaching & Testing Information Literacy Skills ** [|Jane Bandy Smith] (Author), [|Lisa Churchill] (Contributor) , [|Lucy Mason] (Contributor) Smith, J. B., Churchill, L., & Mason, L. (2005). //Teaching & testing information literacy skills//. Worthington, OH: Linworth Publishing Inc.

=Information Literacy Assessment: Standards-Based Tools and Assignments [Paperback] = [|Teresa Y. Neely] (Author) Neely, T. Y. (2009). //Information literacy assessment: Standards-based tools and assignments//. Atlanta, GA:American Library Association.


 * The following list was compiled using the University of Alberta Libraries search feature "books" and the key words "information literacy". RefWorks created this APA 6th edition bibliography. The same bibliography with abstracts is available on RefWorks.**

Andretta, S. (2005). //Information literacy : A practitioner's guide//. Oxford: Chandos Pub. Buzzeo, T. (2007). //Collaborating to meet standards : Teacher// (2nd ed.). Columbus, Ohio: Linworth Pub., Inc. Cappello, M., & Moss, B. (2010). //Contemporary readings in literacy education//. Los Angeles: SAGE. Carlson, C., & Brosnahan, E. (2009). //Guiding students into information literacy : Strategies for teachers and teacher-librarians//. Lanham, Md: Scarecrow Press. Cohen, V. L., & Cowan, J. E. (2008). //Literacy for children in an information age : Teaching reading, writing, and thinking//. Belmont, MO: Thomson/Wadsworth. Coiro, J. (2008). //Handbook of research on new literacies//. New York: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Taylor & Francis Group. Cox, C. N., & Lindsay, E. B. (2008). //Information literacy instruction handbook//. Chicago: Association of College and Research Libraries. Cvetkovic, V. B., & Lackie, R. J. (2009). //Teaching generation M : A handbook for librarians and educators//. New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers. Daugherty, A., & Russo, M. F. (2007). //Information literacy programs in the digital age : Educating college and university students online//. Chicago: Association of College and Research Libraries. Dubber, G. (2008). //Cultivating curiosity : Information literacy skills and the primary school library//. Swindon: School Library Assocation. Dubber, G., & School Library Association. (2005). //Information matters : Developing information literacy skills through the secondary school LRC//. Swindon: School Library Association. Eduasev.//Journal of information literacy [electronic resource]//. Bath, UK: Eduserv. Eisenberg, M., Lowe, C. A., & Spitzer, K. L. (2004). //Information literacy : Essential skills for the information age// (2nd ed.). Westport, CT: Libraries Unlimited. Farmer, L. S. J., & Henri, J. (2008). //Information literacy assessment in K-12 settings//. Lanham, Md: Scarecrow Press. Gavin, C. (2008). //Teaching information literacy : A conceptual approach//. Lanham, Md: Scarecrow Press. Germain, C. A., & Bernnard, D. (Eds.). (2004). //Empowering students II : Teaching information literacy concepts with hands-on and minds-on activities//. Pittsburgh, PA: Library Instruction Publications. <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 200%; margin-left: 22.5pt; text-indent: -22.5pt;">Gibson, C. (2006). //Student engagement and information literacy//. Chicago: Association of College and Research Libraries, American Library Association. <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 200%; margin-left: 22.5pt; text-indent: -22.5pt;">Grassian, E. S., & Kaplowitz, J. R. (2005). //Learning to lead and manage information literacy instruction//. New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers. <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 200%; margin-left: 22.5pt; text-indent: -22.5pt;">Grassian, E. S., & Kaplowitz, J. R. (2009). //Information literacy instruction : Theory and practice// (2nd ed.). New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers. <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 200%; margin-left: 22.5pt; text-indent: -22.5pt;">Harker, C., & Putonti, D. (2008). //Library research with emergent readers : Meeting standards through collaboration//. Columbus, Ohio: Linworth Books. <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 200%; margin-left: 22.5pt; text-indent: -22.5pt;">Hepworth, M. E., & Walton, G. (2009). //Teaching information literacy for inquiry-based learning//. Oxford: Chandos Publishing. <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 200%; margin-left: 22.5pt; text-indent: -22.5pt;">Horton, F. W., & Unesco.Z246 Information for All Programme. (2008). //Understanding information literacy : A primer//. Paris: UNESCO. <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 200%; margin-left: 22.5pt; text-indent: -22.5pt;">Hunt, F., & Birks, J. (2008). //More hands-on information literacy activities//. New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers. <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 200%; margin-left: 22.5pt; text-indent: -22.5pt;">Jacobson, T., & Mackey, T. P. (2007). //Information literacy collaborations that work//. New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers. <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 200%; margin-left: 22.5pt; text-indent: -22.5pt;">Jacobson, T., & Xu, L. (2004). //Motivating students in information literacy classes//. New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers. <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 200%; margin-left: 22.5pt; text-indent: -22.5pt;">Jansen, B. A. (2007). //The Big6 in middle school : Teaching information and communications technology skills//. Columbus, Ohio: Linworth Books. <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 200%; margin-left: 22.5pt; text-indent: -22.5pt;">Jansen, B. A. (2009). //The big6 goes primary! : Teaching information and communications technology skills in the K-3 curriculum//. Columbus, Ohio: Linworth Pub. <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 200%; margin-left: 22.5pt; text-indent: -22.5pt;">Johnson, K. A., & Harris, S. R. (2009). //Teaching literary research : Challenges in a changing environment//. Chicago: Association of College and Research Libraries. <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 200%; margin-left: 22.5pt; text-indent: -22.5pt;">Justice, L. M., & Vukelich, C. (2008). //Achieving excellence in preschool literacy instruction//. New York: Guilford Press. <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 200%; margin-left: 22.5pt; text-indent: -22.5pt;">Kuhlthau, C. C., Caspari, A. K., & Maniotes, L. K. (2007). //Guided inquiry : Learning in the 21st century//. Westport, Conn: Libraries Unlimited. <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 200%; margin-left: 22.5pt; text-indent: -22.5pt;">Langhorne, M. J., & Iowa City Community School District. (2004). //Developing an information literacy program, K-12 : A how-to-do-it manual and CD-ROM package// (2nd ed.). New York: Neal-Schuman. <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 200%; margin-left: 22.5pt; text-indent: -22.5pt;">Lau, J., International Federation of Library Associations and, & Institutions. (2008). //Information literacy [electronic resource] : International perspectives//. München: K. G. Saur. <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 200%; margin-left: 22.5pt; text-indent: -22.5pt;">Loertscher, D. V., Koechlin, C., & Zwaan, S. (2005). //Ban those bird units! : 15 models for teaching and learning in information-rich and technology-rich environments//. Salt Lake City, Utah: Hi Willow Research and Publishing. <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 200%; margin-left: 22.5pt; text-indent: -22.5pt;">Mackey, T. P., & Jacobson, T. (2008). //Using technology to teach information literacy//. New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers. <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 200%; margin-left: 22.5pt; text-indent: -22.5pt;">Mackey, T. P., & Jacobson, T. (2010). //Collaborative information literacy assessments : Strategies for evaluating teaching and learning//. New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers. <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 200%; margin-left: 22.5pt; text-indent: -22.5pt;">Miller, W., & Pellen, R. M. (2005). //Libraries and google//. Binghamton, NY, USA: Haworth Information Press. <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 200%; margin-left: 22.5pt; text-indent: -22.5pt;">Moss, B., & Lapp, D. (2010). //Teaching new literacies in grades K-3 : Resources for 21st-century classrooms//. New York: Guilford Press. <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 200%; margin-left: 22.5pt; text-indent: -22.5pt;">Moss, B., Lapp, D., & Gprc. (2009). //Teaching new literacies in grades 4-6 : Resources for 21st-century classrooms//. New York: Guilford Press. <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 200%; margin-left: 22.5pt; text-indent: -22.5pt;">Needham, J. (2009). //Teaching elementary information literacy skills with the Big6//. Columbus, Ohio: Linworth Pub. <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 200%; margin-left: 22.5pt; text-indent: -22.5pt;">Neely, T. Y. (2006). //Information literacy assessment : Standards-based tools and assignments//. Chicago: American Library Association. <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 200%; margin-left: 22.5pt; text-indent: -22.5pt;">Ragains, P., & Uaaug (Eds.). (2006). //Information literacy instruction that works : A guide to teaching by discipline and student population//. New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers. <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 200%; margin-left: 22.5pt; text-indent: -22.5pt;">Riedling, A. M. (2004). //Information literacy : What does it look like in the school library media center//. Westport, Conn: Libraries Unlimited. <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 200%; margin-left: 22.5pt; text-indent: -22.5pt;">Riedling, A. M. (2007). //An educator's guide to information literacy : What every high school senior needs to know//. Westport, Conn: Libraries Unlimited. <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 200%; margin-left: 22.5pt; text-indent: -22.5pt;">Secker, J., Boden, D., & Price, G. (2007). //The information literacy cookbook : Ingredients, recipes and tips for success//. Oxford: Chandos. <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 200%; margin-left: 22.5pt; text-indent: -22.5pt;">Smith, J. B., Churchill, L., & Mason, L. (2005). //Teaching & testing information literacy skills//. Worthington, Ohio: Linworth Books. <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 200%; margin-left: 22.5pt; text-indent: -22.5pt;">Taylor, J. (2006). //Information literacy and the school library media center//. Westport, Conn: Libraries Unlimited. <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 200%; margin-left: 22.5pt; text-indent: -22.5pt;">Taylor, T., Arth, J., Solomon, A., & Williamson, N. (2007). //100% information literacy success//. Clifton Park, NY: Thomson Delmar Learning. <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 200%; margin-left: 22.5pt; text-indent: -22.5pt;">Thomas, N. P. (2004). //Information literacy and information skills instruction : Applying research to practice in the school library media center// (2nd ed.). Westport, Conn: Libraries Unlimited. <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 200%; margin-left: 22.5pt; text-indent: -22.5pt;">Walton, G., & Pope, A. (2006). //Information literacy : Recognising the need : Staffordshire university, stoke-on-trent, united kingdom, 17 may 2006//. Oxford: Chandos Publishing. <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 200%; margin-left: 22.5pt; text-indent: -22.5pt;">Warschauer, M. (2006). //Laptops and literacy : Learning in the wireless classroom//. New York: Teachers College Press. <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 200%; margin-left: 22.5pt; text-indent: -22.5pt;">Watts, M. M. (2008). //Information literacy : One key to education//. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. //<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 200%;">Information literacy [videorecording] : The perils of online research. //<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 200%;">Weber, A. S., Demetrak, R., Radish Creative Group and Cambridge Educational (Firm) (Directors). (2006).[Video/DVD] Lawrenceville, NJ: Cambridge Educational.


 * 2. Documents: **

Asselin, M., Branch, J., & Oberg, D. (Eds.) (2003). Achieving information literacy: Standards for school library programs in Canada. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: The Canadian School Library Association and the Association for Teacher-Librarianship in Canada.
 * Achieving Information Literacy:**

Alberta Learning. (2004). Focus on inquiry: A teacher’s guide to implementing inquiry based learning. Edmonton, Alberta, Canada: Author. Retrieved at []
 * Focus On Inquiry:**

An University of Alberta capping paper by Lindsay Ross []
 * The Middle School Library in Moodle: Providing Online Support for an Information Literacy Period:**


 * 3. Websites: **

Information Literacy Skills: Kindergarten - Senior 4 ...developed by the River East Transcona School Division, Winnipeg, Manitoba, this document provides a comprehensive scope and sequence of information skills, checklists, and links to websites that support the development of the skills.

[|Building Information Literacy] ...strategies for developing informed decision-makers and life-long learners developed by educators of Prince Edward Island.

Information Studies: Kindergarten to Grade 12 ...created by the Ontario School Library Association, this website provides a comprehensive scope and sequence of information and knowledge skills required by today's students.

Research Helper ...shows students the steps to systematically solve research questions and real life inquiries.

The Big 6 ...walks students through the steps involved in becoming information literate. The site has a section for grades K-2, 3-6, and 7-12.

Media Awareness ...explains the 5 W's and the H for checking the credibility of Internet sites.

Discovery School: Kathy Schrock's Guide For Educators ...links to internet search strategies, search engines, and metasearch engines.

Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators - Teacher Helpers - Critical Evaluation Information ...list of checklists, rubrics, articles, and links to websites that could be used to teach students the basics of website evaluation.

Technology Tools for Teachers ...tutorial on how to conduct efficient and effective internet searches.

Noodle Tools ...links to various search engines depending on the expertise and need of the user.

Boolean Searching ...simple lesson on Boolean searching.

Kids Click! Worlds Of Web Searching ...a search lessons page for kids to practise using various search options.

Authenticating Online Information-Fact or Folly ...bilingual website for teachers and parents explains how to use the 5W's & H to separate the gems from the junk.

The Good The Bad and the Ugly, or Why It's a Good Idea to Evaluate Web Sources ...reasons why web sites should be evaluated.

How to Critically Analyze Information Sources ...explains how to critically analyze websites

Evaluating Web Pages: A WebQuest ...a WebQuest that leads the user through a process that will enable them to critically evaluate websites.

Trash or Treasure? How to Evaluate Internet Resources ...reasons for and methods used to evaluate internet resources.

Skimming and Scanning-42eXplore ...explores the different reading styles used for different purposes using activities for students to practise the skills and links to additional web sites for teacher use.

Mt San Antonio College Reading Strategies ...provides steps to follow when pre-reading, previewing, skimming, and scanning.

[|21st Century Learning] ... offers an extensive list of information literacy articles and information

[|21st Century Information Fluency] ... explanation of the digital information fluency model

[|Teacher-Librarian Ning: Information Fluency] ...this group is dedicated to the proposition that part of the mission is to teach 21st Century Information Fluency Skills to each other and our students.

[|Information Literacy Building Blocks of Research: Overview of Design, Process and Outcomes] //... information literacy is a transformational process in which the learner needs to find, understand, evaluate, and use information in various forms to create for personal, social or global purposes.//


 * 4. Webcasts, Slideshares & Powerpoints **:

BCELC [|British Columbia Education Leadership Council Assessment Webcasts] (Excellent webcasts introducing The Big 6 Assessment Practices. Extensively used by my school district)

Web Based Slideshares:

1. [|Information Literacy And Digital Literacy: Life Long Learning Initiatives]

2. [|Information Literacy: the 21st Century Skills]

3. [|Information Literacy and the future of learning]

4. [|Developing Student Information Literacy]

5. [|Fostering Lifelong Learning through Information Literacy education: Exploring conceptions in different disciplines and framing pedagogies for lifelong learning]

6. [|Information Literacy in the curriculum]

7. [|Using e-Learning To Facilitate 21st Century Learning]

8. [|21st Century Learners and Literacies]

9. [|Literacy & Learning in the 21st Century]

10. [|Literacy remixed in a Web 2.0 World.]

Accompanying PowerPoint and Acrobat Slides for the book -- Lance, K. & Loertscher, D. (2003). //Powering achievement 2nd ed.: School library media programs make a difference//. Salt Lake City, UT: Hi Willow Research & Publishing.

1. School Library Media Programs and Academic Achievement 2. Collaboration and Achievement 3. No More Bird Units 4. Information Literacy and Academic Achievement 5. Information technology and Achievement
 * [|One Minute Presentation PowerPoints]
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We Are Information Literate! The Video Cathy Marriott; Hi Willow Research and Publishing; ISBN 0-931510-92-9; 2003; $35.00


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