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2009

Information literacy

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Skills Needed For College Success, Sandra Shopshire, Rick A. Stoddart, Sara Seeley, Chareen Snelson Mar 2009

Skills Needed For College Success, Sandra Shopshire, Rick A. Stoddart, Sara Seeley, Chareen Snelson

Rick A Stoddart

A presentation on critical skills students will need to succeed in college in the 21st century.


Information Literacy: The Missing Link In Early Childhood Education, Kelly Heider Dec 2008

Information Literacy: The Missing Link In Early Childhood Education, Kelly Heider

Kelly Heider

The rapid growth of information over the last thirty or forty years has made it impossible for educators to prepare students for the future without teaching them how to be effective information managers. The American Library Association refers to those students who manage information effectively as information literate. Information literacy instruction has been a priority in many secondary schools since the American Association of School Libraries published the Information Literacy Standards for Student Learning in 1998. Although these standards were written for grades K-12, information literacy is still not the focus in many early childhood classrooms. This article discusses …