Information+Literacy

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
 * 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 - Design - Design

Resources
Information Literacy Resources