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​ Welcome to the SUSDInformationLiteracy wiki. This wiki will guide us on our journey through understanding the many important skills involved in becoming "Information Literate."

For questions, email fprather@susd.org.


 * How to Obtain SUSD Professional Development Credit for this Course **

The SUSD philosophy is that professional development should be active, hands-on, and performance-based. So, please complete the activities that are listed throughout.

1. Make sure that you registered for the course in My Learning Plan 2. Please open a Word document on your computer. 3. Type your name and school in the document. 4. Complete each of the **SEVEN** activities (1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, 3b, 4, and 5). 5. The activities are indicated by this picture: 6. Please label each answer--Activity 1, Activity 2a, etc. 7. When all activities are completed, save the document as "yournameInfoLit", for example, susansmithinfolit 8. Attach the document to an email and send to fprather@susd.org


 * Section 1: Why are we talking about //Information Literacy//? **

1. __What does it mean to be literate in the 21st Century?__ What is Literacy? What does it mean to be literate today? (A few sentences is fine).
 * [[image:dstpcomp.gif width="54" height="38"]]Activity1a**: Quickwrite //before// reading

[|Holum, A. and Gahala, J (2001). Critical Issue: Using Technology to Enhance LiteracyInstruction. North Central Regional Educational Laboratory (NCREL)].
 * [[image:dstpcomp.gif width="54" height="38"]]Activity 1b**: Read the following link, including the "expanded definition of literacy" hyperlink, through the Edyth Young Ph.D, video. After reading, do you agree or disagree with this view of literacy? Does it agree or disagree with your own thinking? Does it influence or change your own thinking? Why or why not?

Please continue to Section 2: 21st Century Skills