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Objective 1-1: Learners will develop a definition of the term information literacy. Objective 1-2: Learners will evaluate their knowledge of information literacy.

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 * What is information literacy?**

Activity 1: In a world where information is literally available at our fingertips through online resources, it is important to develop skills to effectively access that information and determine its validity and relevance. Alan November, a nationally known educational technology expert, has said that we must learn the “grammar of the Internet.” But why is this important?

To find out, let’s read the true story of young Zack, a student who has been assigned a history report. You may download the [|teaching-zack-to-think.pdf] or access the article online at @http://novemberlearning.com/resources/archive-of-articles/teaching-zack-to-think/

Please note this disclaimer is also found on the website: “**NOTE: This article was originally written in 1998 and contains many outdated links. For the sake of keeping the story accurate and intact, we are leaving the links as originally written. To view any non-working sites, paste their URLs into the Wayback Machine found at @http://www.archive.org.”

Zack is like many of us today. He found some information on the web that he thought looked pretty good and even seemed like it was from a reliable source. But, he did not take the time to verify the information. There are lots of strategies we can learn to avoid this type of situation. Keep Zack’s story in mind throughout these lessons. We will keep coming back to see how we can help Zack do better next time.**

Activity 2:
 * Let’s define information, or web literacy. Visit at least 3 of the following websites and to learn about information/web literacy.

• National Forum on Information Literacy • Information Literacy • Parkside Information Literacy Tutorial • Info Lit • Information Literacy Series Overview • What is Information Literacy? • Literacy 2.0**

Discussion #1 When you have finished, develop your own definition of information literacy and post it to the discussion forum for this topic.
 * Wrap It Up #1:**

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Activity 3:
 * How information literate are you? Let’s take a short quiz to find out.

Download the [|Information Literacy Quiz.doc] document or access the quiz from November Learning at: @http://novemberlearning.com/resources/information-literacy-resources/i-information-literacy-quiz/

You can access the answers to this quiz online from November Learning at: @http://novemberlearning.com/resources/information-literacy-resources/ii-information-literacy-quiz-answer-key/

How did you do? Was the quiz a little tricky? If it was, don’t worry we will be covering many of these topics during the course.**


 * Wrap It Up #2:**

Discussion #2 Please post the following to the discussion forum for this topic: Share with the group 2 things you knew right away and 2 things you had difficulty answering or learned from the quiz. Respond to two other posts.

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