Information Literacy:
Steps for Success
• What Information Do You Need?

• Read and Understand Your Information

• Synthesize and Share Your Information

Curriculum
Lesson Ideas
• Social Studies
• Language Arts
• Math
• Science

More Ideas
• What Research Says

• Digital Cameras in the Classroom

• Tech Tips and Equipment
• Barb's Photos

• Other Links


What Information Do You Need and Where Do You Find It?

Information Literacy
• Big 6 for Kids
• Big 6 Assignment Organizer - St. Andrews
• Nuts and Bolts of the Big 6 Game
• Oregon School Library Elementary - Secondary
• NCRTEC Online Lesson Planner
• Washington State Social Studies Skills (Inquiry and Information Skills)
• Washington State GLE books
Asking Good Questions
• Think Tank
• QAR Poster
• QAR: Question Answer Relationships - lesson
• Poster: Picture QAR
• Applying Question–Answer Relationships to Pictures - lesson
Project Based Learning Online
Wonderful interactive resource for designing projects, and developing "driving" questions.
Excellent Print Resources
• Heinemann First Encyclopedia
• Britannica Student Encyclopedia
• Crabtree Publishing - excellent series on many countries of the world (800-387-7650)
Bloom's Taxonomy / Inquiry
• Applying Bloom's Taxonomy
• Revised Bloom's Taxonomy of Cognitive Levels
• Journey North - Inquiry Lesson Ideas		 Webquests
• The Webquest Page by Bernie Dodge -
• Building Blocks of a Webquest
• Bellingham Schools / Geneva Elem
• Explorers Homeport - Bellingham
• Classrooms@Work
• Exploring Explorers Webquest
Search Tools for Students
• Fact Monster / Scavenger Hunts
• Enchanted Learning
• Kids Click
• Ask for Kids
• Kid's Konnect - terrific gateway of Internet sites for kids
• Kid Space - Internet Public Library
• National Geographic Homework Help - lots of multimedia 		Other Search Tools
• Google - Kids and Teens / Advanced Search Tips; list of Search Tips by Vicki Blackwell
• Clusty
• Dogpile
Students Evaluate Websites
• Quick
• Choose Site and Why (pdf)
• Evaluating Website Checklist (pdf)
Thinkfinity by Verizon
Resources for every curriculum area
Search for your state
(formerly Marco Polo)
Organize Websites for Student Access
• Trackstar
• Filamentality
Online Resources - $
• Brain Pop and Brain Pop Jr. (Spanish)
• Britannica / Training ideas
• NetTrekker
• Discovery Streaming - Discovery Education
• World Book Online
• World Book CD version - Mac OSX ($49) or Windows ($40)
Info / Read / Share / Soc St / Lang Arts / Math / Science

©2008 Barb Bumgardner
BarbBumgardner@msn.com

Last Updated on August 3, 2008