Presentation given to secondary teacher trainees on Thursday 28th June 2012 at College of Education, Invercargill

1. Information Literacy, Research
and Inquiry Skills
Embedding these skills into the curriculum
and your planning
Senga White, Library Manager, James Hargest College

2. What is Information Literacy?

3. What is Information Literacy?
The ability to find, use, evaluate and
communicate information
http://lilacconference.com/WP/
It is the cornerstone of learning and an
essential skill in this digital age and era of life-
long learning
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4. Hargest Definition
To be information literate is to have the
ability to:
Know what you need to find out
Know how to find information
Decide if what you find is useful & correct
Learn more for yourself
Organise the information you find
Communicate your new learning to others
If you have these skills, you have the tools

5. What is Inquiry Learning?
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6. What is Inquiry Learning?
 A questioning approach
 Emotional engagement
 Student choice
 Authentic, real life purpose –
“mattering”
 Student challenge
 Reflection Hmmm? So…oo?
 It’s not over till it’s over…
John Dewey, Educational theorist
Resources for Inquiry Learning
http://www.flickr.com/photos/stuckincustoms/6756753669/sizes/z/in/faves-sengaw/

7. Guided Inquiry
http://www.flickr.com/photos/avdleeuw/175662547/sizes/z/in/photostream/

8. Guided Inquiry
“A dynamic, integrated approach to
teaching curriculum content,
information literacy, and strategies for
learning”
“This innovative team approach
inspires students to gain deeper
understandings and higher order
thinking using the rich resources of the
school library, the community and the
wider world”
http://www.flickr.com/photos/avdleeuw/175662547/sizes/z/in/photostream/
Carol Kuhlthau, Professor Emerita of Library and Information

9. Other Literacies
http://www.flickr.com/photos/londonpubliclibrary/4881988061/sizes/z/in/photostream/

10. Critical Literacy
“To help students focus
on uncovering the
perspectives and
positions that underpin
texts and to ask and
judge what these
perspectives might mean
in terms of the social
construction of their
world”
Planting Seeds: Embedding Critical
http://www.flickr.com/photos/londonpubliclibrary/4881988061/sizes/z/in/photostream/ Programme,
Literacy into your Classroom

11. http://www.flickr.com/photos/londonpubliclibrary/4881988061/sizes/z/in/photostream/

13. Digital Literacy
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dheuts/3804259707/sizes/z/in/faves-sengaw/

14. Digital Literacy
The ability to use digital technology,
communication tools or networks to
locate, evaluate, use and create
information
http://digitalliteracy.us/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dheuts/3804259707/sizes/z/in/faves-sengaw/

15. Transliteracy
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dotsi/192011289/sizes/z/in/photostream/

16. Transliteracy
Transliteracy is the ability to read,
write and interact across a range of
platforms, tools and media from
signing and orality through
handwriting, print, TV, radio and film,
to digital social networks.
http://librariesandtransliteracy.wordpress.com/beginner%e2%80%99s-guide-to-
transliteracy/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dotsi/192011289/sizes/z/in/photostream/

17. So what does it all
mean?
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18. Critical Literacy
underpins the “evaluation” stage of research.
Students need to be able to make choices of
which source of information to use and then
how to choose which pieces of information in
that source is relevant to their needs
Digital Literacy
allows students to understand how to research
in the digital environment
Transliteracy
allows students to move between platforms and
environments to make sense and meaning from
their learning
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cobalt/4191469239/sizes/z/in/photostream/

19. Research Cycle
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20. Research Cycle
HOD’s of English, Social
Sciences and Science together
with the librarian decided on the
process to be used at Hargest
in 2005
Six step model:
o Decide
o Find
o Use
o Record
o Present
o Evaluate
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21. Research Cycle
How this looks
at Hargest
…….
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29. How this looks at James
Hargest College

30. Year 7 & 8
Year 7
o Introduction to Quality Information Checklist
Learning Intentions:
Introducing a way of evaluating websites
Year 8
o Template IL Unit to fit any research topic
(Being designed in 2012
Learning Intentions:
Lesson on how to use library catalogue to locate resources
Introduction to recording information in Dot Jot note format
Brainstorm using different types of resources including a
reference section

32. Year 9
Orientation Programme - Term 1
Learning Intentions:
First visit - English class
Tour of the library
Matching the Dewey Numbers and Subjects
game
Read a picture book
Second visit - Social Studies class
Using the library catalogue
Dewey Story game

33. Year 9
Social Studies:
Encyclopaedia Quiz - Prior to a research topic
Learning Intentions:
Familiarise students with how information is
arranged in Encyclopaedias
Introduce students to the use of Guide Words
at the top of each page
How to find related articles
Understanding what a cross reference means
and what phonetic spelling is

34. Year 9
Science:
Famous Scientists - Term 1
Learning Intentions:
Introduction to EPIC databases
Specifically Encyclopaedia Britannica

35. Year 9
English:
Top Secret Unit - 2nd half Term 1 - 1st
half Term 2
Learning Intentions:
Understanding the research process
Using print resources as research sources
How to use Dot Jot notes effectively
How to create a bibliography
Collecting facts vs. answering questions

36. Making Dot Jot Notes

39. Year 10
Science:
Hidden Killers - Term 1
Learning Intentions:
o Introduction to Health and Wellness Resource Centre
o How to cite information from a database for a bibliography
Social Studies:
Colossal Kiwis: Giants in Innovation - 2nd half Term 2 - 1st half
Term 3
Learning Intentions:
o Revise Dot Jot Notes and Bibliographies
o Evaluating Websites Lesson using Livebinders and Google
Survey
o Online search techniques using Google
o Introduction to Sweet Search

42. Years 11 - 13
English: Year 11 - 13
Connections and wide reading by genre - Term 1
Learning Intentions:
Resources for selecting suitable texts for English
Standards
o EPIC databases - Books & Authors and
Literature Resource Centre
o SLANZA Wiki Reading Lists
o Google

43. Years 11 - 13
History: Year 11
Assassination research standard - Term 1
Learning Intentions:
Consolidate IL instruction from Years 9 & 10
o EPIC Databases - Global History in Context and
Biography Resource Centre
o Reminder of how to reference articles found using a
database

44. Years 11 - 13
Physical Education: Year 12
Olympic Case Study - Term 3
Learning Intentions:
Revisit the selection of suitable reference material
o EPIC Databases - Global History in Context, Masterfile Premier and
Australia/NZ Reference Centre
o Online search strategies
Revisit citing online sources
Year 13:
Physical Activity or Trend Impacting NZ Society - Term 3
Learning Intentions:
Revisiting Referencing, Note-taking and effective
online searching
o EPIC Databases - Health and Wellness Resource Centre

45. Years 11 - 13
Media Studies: Year 12
Writing newspaper or magazine articles
Learning Intentions:
Effective researching of individual topics
o EPIC Databases - Masterfile Premier, ANZ
Reference and Global Issues in Context
o Index New Zealand for NZ-based topics

46. Tertiary Prep Unit
Six tutorials run three times weekly during study periods - Term 3
(possibly offered to Y12’s later in Term 3)
Learning Intentions:
Preparing students for academic research and
study
o Study techniques
o Effective online searching using Search Engines
o Using Google Scholar
o Note taking techniques
o Advanced searching using Databases
o Bibliographies
o Reference Lists
o In text citations
o Using Web 2.0 tools for research
o Academic libraries and how to use them
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49. Information Literacy
Units
o Top Secret Unit at Y9 English
o Astronomy Unit at Y9 Science
o Colossal Kiwis Unit at Y10 Social
Studies
o Y8 Unit template being developed in
2012
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51. Year 9 Unit Objective
o Entirely print based
o Element of choice by choosing a
book on a person to research
o Introduce research as a step by step
process
o Teach Dot Jot note taking technique
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56. Year 10 Unit Objective
Must use at least three different
types of resources
o One print, one website, one database
article
Introduce online search techniques
o Google and Sweet Search
Evaluating websites
o Lesson plan via Livebinders – student survey
using Google Docs
o Q.U.I.C.K – Quality Information Checklist
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64. Stand-alone Lessons
Y11-13
Through subjects tied
specifically to a new assignment
to highlight particular skill or
tool
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65. Teaching Tools
Livebinders
Diigo
Evernote
Online Tools Livebinder
Services to Schools
website
http://www.flickr.com/photos/37534757@N00/3559268644/sizes/z/in/photostream/

66. Other Resources
Collaborative Strategies
from a librarian’s
perspective
Links to resources and
lesson plans on Senga’s
website
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67. http://www.flickr.com/photos/info_grrl/6877909364/sizes/z/in/faves-sengaw/

68. Contact details:
sengaw@windowslive.com
library@jameshargest.school.nz
Twitter: @motherofwinter
Wordpress: sengaw@wordpress.com
tertiaryprep@wordpress.com
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