What the Research Tells Us

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 the Research Tell Us

Books I Have Recommended: • "Building Academic Vocabulary" - Robert Marzano (Neat website with academic vocabulary - Oswego, NY) • "Classroom Instruction That Works" - Robert Marzano • "The New Circles of Learning: Cooperation in the Classroom and School" - David W. Johnson • "Q Tasks: How to Empower Students to Ask Questions and Care About Answers" By Carol Koechlin • "Read Anything Good Lately?" - Susan Allen; ISBN 0761318895 • "Strategies That Work" - Stephanie Harvey • "Summarization in any Subject" - Rick Wormeli • "Teaching Writing in the Content Areas" - Vicki Urquhart
Other Links: • LiteracyMatters.org - Content Area lessons for reading and writing • NETC: Focus on Effectiveness - Online resurce promotes student achievement by targeting research-based proven instructional practices (Marzano, etc) enhanced by effective technology use • Reading Strategies That Affect Content Area Learning - Sarasota, FL. • TALK: Technology Literacy Knowledge • Transforming Teaching Through Technology - Technology ideas to support Marzano's "Classroom Instruction That Works" strategies
ISTE NETS: National Educational Technology Standards for Students • NETS Students - 2007 • NETS Teachers - 2008 • NETS Rubrics - Learning Point/NCREL • Reporting 8th Grade Technology Literacy and NCLB (Washington State Resources)	Be S.M.A.R.T. about Classroom Collaboration • Poster pdf • List pdf
	Girls Go Tech Math, Science and Technology for Girls!
More Links of Interest • Information Literacy Standards for Student Learning (look for pdf file) / review of standards • eSchool News Video Resource Center • enGauge 21st Century Skills / Partnership for 21st Century Skills • Put Reading First / Based on National Reading Panel report • Research Ideas by Tom Snyder Productions • iSkills - ICT Literacy Assessment (high school/college but quite interesting; be sure to look at the "demo")