This website has been designed and developed by information professionals from key UK organisations actively involved in the field of information literacy. The site supports practitioners by providing news, case studies, examples of best practice and freely available tool kits. The aim is to provide a practical resource that information professionals regularly visit to discover […]
Resources
Digital Citizenship in Schools
‘Digital Citizenship in Schools’ is a blog created and curated by Judy O’Connell, who describes herself as an educator, learner, blogger, librarian, author, and consultant. The blog covers news stories and current issues in relation to technology and education, ranging from the power of social media to personal security and using technology in the classroom.
The Partnership for 21st Century Skills: Publications
P21’s reports and publications support a vision for learning to ensure 21st century readiness for every student. These documents have been developed through a comprehensive process involving thorough input from partners, educators, researchers, organizations and businesses across the country. All materials are available for download in PDF format.
The Partnership for 21st Century Skills: Online Tools
P21 offers various tools and resources to assist educators in fusing the three Rs and four Cs. These tools were developed through a comprehensive process involving hundreds of educators, researchers and employers across the United States.
Story-based inquiry: a manual for investigative journalists
This manual provides a guide to basic methods and techniques of investigative journalism, and it consciously fills a gap in the literature of the profession. The majority of investigative manuals devote a lot of space to the subject of where to find information. They assume that once a reporter finds the information he or she […]
Don’t Buy It: Get Media Smart!
Don’t Buy It: Get Media Smart is a media literacy web site for young people that encourages users to think critically about media and become smart consumers. Activities on the site are designed to provide users with some of the skills and knowledge needed to question, analyze, interpret and evaluate media messages.
Digital Citizenship and Creative Content: A Teacher’s Guide
This resource is a free, turnkey instructional program. The goal is to create an awareness of the rights connected with creative content. The curriculum addresses many different subject areas, including: civics, economics, language arts, technology, computer science, and fine arts. Each activity within the curriculum includes a descriptive overview and a list of related subject […]
How Social Networking Can Reinvigorate American Democracy and Civic Participation
On June 28 2011, the Center for Technology Innovation at Brookings convened a discussion forum focused on using social networking and digital tools to reinvigorate democracy and extend electronic engagement from campaigns and grassroots-activism to governance. Participants discussed strategies for voter empowerment, citizen engagement, and governance transformation.
Social Networking and Our Lives
This resource is the result of a recent survey that explored people’s overall social networks and how use of these technologies is related to trust, tolerance, social support, and community and political engagement.
Think Literacy: Media – Cross-Curricular Approaches, grades 7-12
This resource is a conceptual framework for developing an informed and critical understanding of the nature of mass media, the techniques used by them, and the impact of these techniques. The concepts learned in the module can also be used for the effective construction of media texts for a variety of purposes.
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