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Information Literacy Skills/Activities

 * The set of skills listed below are accompanied by two expectations:**
 * 1) That each grade level builds on the previous grade's skills. E.G. - the focus for grade four and five is on productivity tools but the online communication and collaboration activities from the previous grade continue.
 * 2) That age-appropriate digital citizenship lessons/discussions are integrated into the activities.


 * Pre-K - Kindergarten: Focus on basic computer use and access**
 * logon and off the computer using a classroom username and password
 * create a picture using a draw or paint program such as [|Tux Paint]
 * create a story using [|Kerpoof]
 * listen and watch to online stories such as those from [|Storyline Online]
 * use teacher selected games and sites
 * as a class keep an online journal/blog of daily and weekly activities - including photos


 * Grade One, Two and Three: Focus on online connecting, communicating and collaborating**
 * log on and off the computer using a personal username and password
 * participate in online activities such as [|Loosey Goosey]
 * use programs/games such as [|Marcelino's Letters] to learn the keyboard
 * participate in writing activities using an online blogging tool
 * with assistance upload photos, digital pictures and scanned pictures to personal blog site
 * use online tools to communicate and collaborate with others - (students, classrooms and parents outside the school)
 * wikis
 * streaming video
 * flixn
 * podcasting
 * Skype
 * Yackpack
 * take a picture, record video

//Useful tutorials// e.g. [|Microsoft Office Tools] FireWorks or Photoshop Elements ([| photoshop_elements.doc])
 * Grade Four and Five: Focus on** **Productivity Tools** **and Digital Storytelling**
 * write a correctly formatted story using a word processing program (formatting tool bar)
 * create a flyer, newsletter or pamphlet (draw menu) using original artwork and/or photography
 * use presentation software to enhance an oral presentation using original artwork and/or photography
 * use a spreadsheet program to record and graph data
 * use a photo modification program to make basic edits to a photo or scanned artwork:
 * use online photo, slide and video sharing tools/sites
 * upload pictures and video to the computer
 * upload still and video to a online site
 * embed still and video images to a web, wiki or blog page


 * Grade Six, Seven and Eight: Focus - The Architecture and Grammar of the Internet**
 * use the advanced features of a search engine -[| boolean searching]
 * use online databases, encyclopedias and e-books - links available from the school library page
 * evaluate sites - [|Fact or Folly] (Media Awareness Canada)
 * URL deconstruction
 * authority, credibility, currency, relevancy and bias
 * organize and share information using online tools
 * [|del.icio.us]
 * Start pages (PageFlakes, ProtoPage, iGoogle)
 * train information to come to them - e.g. rss feeds and alerts
 * collect evidence and witnesses to support own ideas, points of views, thesis' and arguments
 * cite sources correctly and using a citation generation tool such as [|BibMe] create a reference or works cited page


 * Grades Nine - Twelve**
 * Design - a video project on Hamlet or another ELA subject that is subject flexible. (Voice Thread, Photo Story, Movie Maker etc..)
 * Network - with peers, with different grade levels and within the web for ideas.
 * Edit - critically assess their own work and others, time management, but specific skills that allows for greater use of technology (try another program if stuck, or is it possible to give the project a new look by utilizing another program).
 * Collaborate - on a project allows for peer to peer learning and enhanced experiences within the classroom and school.

Resources
Information Literacy Resources