Information/Media Literacy Operations and Concepts
Students demonstrate a sound understanding of information sources and media concepts.
Students will:
1. Understand and use of media and information systems
- Apply information and media terminology appropriately in practical situations
- Employ a range of media formats and information sources effectively
- Locate materials in various types of libraries
- Appreciate the impact of proper library etiquette on the school community
- Know the variety of ways in which information can be carried in both digital and print formats
- Use the library catalog proficiently
- Use internet search engines and databases proficiently
- Evaluate suitability of information and media resources for a task, and then use appropriate tools for a project of significant complexity
- Build upon previous experiences with information sources to learn new information and media resources
2. Select and use information sources effectively and productively
- Evaluate suitability of information and media resources for a task, and then use appropriate tools for a project of significant complexity
3. Transfer current knowledge to learning of new information sources and applications
- Build upon previous experiences with information sources to learn new information and media resources
Communication, Collaboration, and Ethical Use
Students use information and media resources to communicate and work collaboratively and ethically, including at a distance, to support individual learning and contribute to the learning of others.
Students will:
1. Interact, collaborate, and publish with peers, experts or others employing a variety of media and information tools
- Plan and implement a complex collaborative project with others in and beyond the classroom using a wide variety of information and media resources while also employing a wide range of presentation tools
2. Create products that apply to authentic, meaningful contexts.
- Solve a complex problem with a wide variety of resources that has an impact beyond the classroom or curricular activity
- Use a wide variety of media/information resources to receive feedback from an authentic audience
3. Understand human, cultural, and societal issues related to media and information tools.
- Debate and reflect on the social and technological implications of using emerging and existing media and information resources
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Analyze and evaluate how media forms, content and products are constructed for and will impact specific audiences
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Demonstrate how the use of various techniques and effects (e.g., editing, music, color, rhetorical devices) can be used to convery meaning in media
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Design, create, and display media messages in a variety of forms, targeting a variety of audiences and purposes
4. Practice safe, legal, and responsible use of media and information
- Explain issues related to the responsible use of online information sources
- Explain and employ practices to protect one's personal safety and privacy online
- Appreciate the dynamic of copyright in society
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Monitor potential plagiarism in their own work through using Safe Assignment
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Create academic papers using current MLA standards
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Assume personal accountability for responsible media use (e.g., adherence to copyright laws, proper attention to citations) and respond appropriately
Research Skills, Problem Solving and Decision Making
Students inquire, think critically and apply information and media resources to conduct research, solve problems and make decisions.
Students will:
1. Apply or use JIS 6 Research Skills to complete a task.
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Defining
- develop a list of
- keywords/descriptors to use as search terms
- define and clarify questions
- expand or narrow a topic
- develop a purpose or thesis statement.
- identify information needed (to solve the information problem)
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Locating
- determine all possible sources (brainstorm)
- locate sources (intellectually and physically)
- use indexes, tables of contents, bibliographies, and chronologies to locate information within a source
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Selecting
- evaluate the authority, accuracy, currency, bias and relevance of resources, including media messages
- verify facts by checking multiple resources
- distinguish between fact and opinion in resources
- use bibliographies to find other resources
- monitor own information-seeking processes for effectiveness and progress, and adapt as necessary
- seek appropriate help when it is needed
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Organizing
- use primary and secondary sources as needed
- collect evidence and details to support the topic
- use note-taking techniques
- (paraphrasing, summarizing, quoting) to identify and record relevant information
- interpret new information based on cultural and social context
- verify facts by checking another resource
- distinguish between fact and opinion in resources
- organize from multiple sources
- make generalizations from content and relate them to the purpose of the material
- combine ideas and information to develop and demonstrate a new understanding
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Presenting
- create a well-organized product that clearly expresses ideas and provides supporting evidence
- determine the best presentation format for a topic
- deliver planned informative and persuasive presentations using visual aids and contemporary technology
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Evaluating
- develop personal criteria for gauging how effectively own ideas are expressed
- devise strategies for revising and improving process and product
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2. Plan and manage activities to develop a solution or complete a project
- Apply a range of project management techniques in the creation of a complex product involving media/technology resources
