VOLUME 26, NUMBER 5 — May 2006 Computers in Libraries Complete Coverage of Library Information Technology
This Month: Info Literacy/Tech Literacy
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Building and Using a Tool to Assess Info and Tech Literacy Students who are information-literate can find data and evaluate it to see whether it’s trustworthy. But they need to be able to do more than that. They have to be able to digest the data they find and manipulate it to deliver it to others in useful ways. In order to measure this whole skills set, the Educational Testing Service worked with librarians to design a test that will assess both information literacy and technology literacy. Here’s the whole story. By Stephanie Sterling Brasley
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Teaching People to Be Savvy Travelers in a Technological World When you teach people about information technology, are your lessons geared toward teaching a certain skill so the people can pass a certain test or class? Why not teach them broader concepts instead? That way they come away with knowledge they can build on for years, rather than skills they can use for a few months. This librarian details eight steps for teaching long-term technological literacy. By Brenda Hough
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How Gaming Could Improve Information Literacy
Most students aren’t exactly thrilled about learning library skills, no matter how much they need them. So why not customize the training for the audience? Teens love games, especially electronic ones. This author tells you how gaming can become part of your information literacy training and how games can help you entice students to learn. By Ameet Doshi
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