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21st Century Skills Resources
 
Evaluating Internet Resources-Virginia Tech Thinking Critically about the Internet Evaluating Internet Resources
Comparing and Evaluating Websites Tutorials Information Seeking Behavior
Kathy Schrock-Discovery URL Diagram
Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary Sources AASL Standards for the 21st-Century Learner
Virtual Chase-Checklist
TeacherTap;Evaluating Resources
Virtual Chase-Evaluating Quality 5 Criteria for Evaluating ~ Cornell
Marshmellow Peeps ~ A website to Evaluate Common Sense Media - Material for Educators-New Safe Internet Surfing

MSAD#54 Three Questions 21st Century Lesson Page WebEvalChecklist-PDF-Teacher WebEvalChecklist-PDF-Student
Worksheets and Handouts created by S.Chiasson, D.Small, L.Richter

Big 6 Information Skills for Student Achievement Developed by Mike Eisenberg and Bob Berkowitz, the Big6 is the most widely known and widely used approach to teaching information and technology skills in the world.

Radcab “RADCAB” ™ A mnemonic acronym for information evaluation

Nuts and Bolts of College Writing....College essays stand or fall based largely on their use of evidence. In this section we'll consider how to do research, how to avoid common problems with using source material, and how to follow major citation styles for the humanities, the social sciences, and the natural sciences.

We begin where most college students now begin the task of doing research: with the Internet

Landmarks for Schools "This Web site is dedicated to the idea that the very nature of information is changing, practically before our eyes. It is changing in what it looks like, where we find it, what we look at to view it, what we can do with it, and how we communicate it. Here you will find information and tools designed to help us redefine literacy for the 21st Century." 21st Century Skills Route 21 The Partnership for 21st Century Skills is pleased to offer Route 21, a one-stop-shop for 21st century skills-related information, resources and community tools.

What is 21st Century Education? It is bold. It breaks the mold. It is flexible, creative, challenging, and complex. It addresses a rapidly changing world filled with fantastic new problems as well as exciting new possibilities.

The Partnership for 21st Century Skills... Maine Launches Statewide 21st Century Skills’ Education Initiative State Becomes Sixth to Join the National Partnership for 21st Century Skills
The Way Back Machine shows you what a web site looked like last month or last year. It creates snapshots in time of web sites for research purposes. To use the Way Back Machine, enter the domain name in the search box labeled "Take Me Back" on the main home page. Then, select a date snapshot to view from the returned list of years. Betterwhois covers more web site addresses than Whois and will often tell you the status as well as the owner of a web site. To use Betterwhois, enter the domain name in the search box and select "If you are researching this domain . ." from the returned list of options.
Kartoo shows a diagram of web sites that link to and from the web address under review. All WhoIs Like whois and betterwhois, allwhois is another tool to tell you a web site's status and owner.
UW-Parkside Information Literacy Tutorial...University of Wisconsin – Parkside site.  Contains online tutorial that covers a number of Information Literacy standards.  Looks well developed.  Quizzes have also been developed for the tutorial. MASL Resources that have already been coordinated by the Maine Association of School Librarians.  Includes information about assessment, best practices, and useful resources.
Web Research-Class Zone
Quizes, Guides, and Tutorials

CONCEPT TO CLASSROOM! Welcome to Inquiry-based Learning. Start here in the "Explanation" section, which is all about the CONCEPT. Then go on to "Demonstration" and the following sections, where we move from CONCEPT TO CLASSROOM!

Learning and Teaching Information Technology--Computer Skills in Context There is clear and widespread agreement among the public and educators that all students need to be proficient computer users or "computer literate.

IMSA 21st Century Information Fluency Project Hands on practice with Digital Information Fluency Concepts; Information about 21st Century Skills that includes a variety of online tutorials that are self-paced

 

  enGauge® 21st Century Skills This site is designed to help districts and schools plan and evaluate the systemwide use of educational technology.
Reviewed and Revised 6-30-08