Let the Trumpet Sound

Applying 21 st Century Literacy Skills
Let the trumpet sound . . . ! LIB 640 Information Sources and Services Summer 2008

21 st Century Literacy Skills?
AKA “New Literacies”
The new literacies is [ are? ] about online reading comprehension and learning skills required by the Internet and other information and communication technologies (ICTs), including content found on wikis, blogs, video and audio sites and in e-mail.
New Literacies: Entering the Future By Angela Pascopella June 2008

Why is this so significant?
A Changing World for Literacy Teachers
Global economies, new technologies, and exponential growth in information are transforming our society. . . . English/language arts teachers need to prepare students for this world with problem solving, collaboration, and analysis — as well as skills with word processing, hypertext, LCDs, Web cams, digital streaming podcasts, smartboards, and social networking software — central to individual and community success.
21st Century Literacies by National Council of Teachers of English (2007)

Multimodal Literacies
There are increased cognitive demands on the audience to interpret the intertextuality of communication events that include combinations of print, speech, images, sounds, movement, music, and animation. Products may blur traditional lines of genre, author/audience, and linear sequence.
A summary statement developed by the Multimodal Literacies Issue Management Team of the NCTE Executive Committee. Approved by the NCTE Executive Committee, November 2005

What You See Might Not Be What You Think You Get!! You need to evaluate what you find on the web

First: What is the Internet?
For one thing, it’s not really “the net”, it’s the “net s ”:
The internet is “ a cooperatively-run collection of computer networks that span the globe. ”

Is it the same as the Web?
Internet ≠ World Wide Web
The Internet is a massive network of networks, a networking infrastructure .
The World Wide Web , or simply Web , is a way of accessing information over the medium of the Internet. It is an information-sharing model that is built on top of the Internet.
The Internet, not the Web, is also used for e-mail , which relies on SMTP, Usenet news groups, instant messaging and FTP .
The Difference Between the Internet and the World Wide Web

Fishing the Internet Ocean
The Internet is No Pond!
ISC :
ISC Internet Domain Survey (January 2009): 625,226,456 hosts in the Domain Name System
Internet 2008 in numbers
186,727,854 – The number of websites on the Internet in December 2008.
31.5 million – The number of websites added during 2008
Compare : The Library of Congress has “138,313,427 items in the collections.” ( Year 2007 at a Glance )

Can You Use All the Fish You Catch in the Internet Ocean?
Anyone can (and probably will) put anything up on the Internet
It is often difficult to tell
Many things are not filtered or reviewed
Why we need to evaluate what we find on the Internet http://www.lib.purdue.edu/research/techman/eval.html Originally published 1996. Cosmetic update 2001. Minor nudge, 05/2004.

When You’ve Found Your Fish
Ask Yourself:
Is it fresh?
Look for a date, if currency is important
Does it have all the parts it should have?
Check for the accuracy of the statements
Check the coverage : does it include everything you’re looking for?
Does it come from a good, reputable source?
What is the authority ? Who is the author? Who is the publisher? Can you trust them? Do they show objectivity —or are they trying to present a particular point of view?
See Evaluating Information on the World Wide Web http://library.ups.edu/research/handouts/eval.htm

Compare these websites!
Martin Luther King: A True Historical Examination
http://www.martinlutherking.org/
The Martin Luther King Research and Education Institute
http://www.stanford.edu/group/King/
Look for differences in the way the material is presented! Do you get the same message from the two sites—or a different one?

The Beast as Saint : The Truth About “Martin Luther King, Jr.” by Kevin Alfred Strom
Hosted by Stormfront
Martin Luther King: A True Historical Examination
http://www.martinlutherking.org/

Keeping King’s Dream Alive for Future Generations
Building upon the achievements of Stanford University’s Martin Luther King, Jr., Papers Project, the King Research and Education Institute provides an institutional home for a broad range of activities illuminating the Nobel Peace laureate’s life and the movements he inspired.
Dissertation of Martin Luther King, Jr. (1955)

Some websites to examine The City of Mankato Mankato is a major regional center that has been designated as the 14th Most Livable Micropolitan City in the Nation. http://www.mankato.mn.us/ Mankato, Minnesota Home Page Its natural wonders, history, and culture. Let’s “Make It In Mankato” ! ! http://city-mankato.us

Articles you can read!
Whales in the Minnesota River?
On the web, it's sometimes difficult to distinguish truth from fiction. This New York Times article shows why skepticism is a good thing when dealing with information found on the web. Includes links to sites that help visitors know how to evaluate Internet resources.
http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/99/03/circuits/articles/04trut.html (You may need to register first to read it—it’s free, though)
But — I found it on the Internet!
An article from the Christian Science Monitor examining why it is crucial that students learn media literacy skills.
http://kathyschrock.net/planting2/pdf/group1.pdf

Some Critical Thinking Guidelines
1) Make sure you are in the right place .
2) When in doubt, doubt .
3) Consider the source .
4) Know what's happening .
5) Look at details .
6) Distinguish Web pages from pages found on the Web.
ICYouSee: T is for Thinking http://www.ithaca.edu/library/training/think.html

A Web Site About Evaluating
The Internet Detective Agency
The Internet Detective Agency , a WebQuest for grades 9-12 created in August 2004[, was] Created by Debbie Clingingsmith (email: [email_address] ), a sometime teacher and current information technology director for a high school in San Francisco.
The Internet Detective Agency WebQuest is designed for high school students.
http://imet.csus.edu/imet6/clingingsmith/html%20-%202nd%20tier/iMET6/WQ/IDA/IDA-Introduction.htm

Not all technology, though 21st Century Literacies refer to the skills needed to flourish in today's society and in the future.Today discrete disciplines have emerged around information , media , multicultural , and visual literacies. It is the combination of literacies that can better help K-12 students and adult learners address and solve the issues that confront them. 21st Century Literacies Homepage

Information literacy
Information Literacy
Accessing information efficiently and effectively, evaluating information critically and competently and using information accurately and creatively for the issue or problem at hand
Possessing a fundamental understanding of the ethical/legal issues surrounding the access and use of information

Information Literacy
information literacy (IL)
Skill in finding the information one needs, including an understanding of how libraries are organized, familiarity with the resources they provide (including information format s and automated search tools), and knowledge of commonly used research techniques.
Online Dictionary of Library and Information Science

What is information literacy?
If you are information literate, you are able to
know when you have a need for information
find the information you need
evaluate the information you find and use it effectively to meet your needs
INTRODUCTION TO INFORMATION LITERACY: THE PROCESS http://www.greece.k12.ny.us/ody/library/information%20literacy.htm

Guided Inquiry
What is Guided Inquiry?
Guided Inquiry is carefully planned, closely supervised targeted intervention of an instructional team of school librarians and teachers to guide students through curriculum based inquiry units that build deep knowledge and deep understanding of a curriculum topic, and gradually lead towards independent learning.

Six principles of Guided Inquiry
Students learn by being actively engaged and reflecting on that experience
Students learn by building on what they already know
Students develop higher order thinking through guidance at critical points in the learning process

Six characteristics
Students have different ways of learning
Students have different ways and modes of learning
Students learn through social interaction with others
Students’ development occurs in a sequence of stages
Children learn through instruction and experience in accord with their cognitive development

Implementing Guided Inquiry
Effective inquiry through the school library is guided and structured
Guided Inquiry revolves around mediation and intervention.
The Information Search Process provides a useful framework for understanding students’ journey of information seeking and use, and a basis for guiding and intervening to ensure learning is meaningful

Kuhlthau’s research-based research method
See also Kuhlthau: Information Search Process http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/~kuhlthau/information_search_process.htm
Information Search Process

Another research method

Big 6 for High Schoolers

The Super3 for K-2

Guided Inquiry Implementation (cont.)
Effective inquiry through the school library is shared.
Specific interventions are determined by the stage of the search process, the affective, cognitive and behavioral needs of the learners, and the curriculum standards and goals to be achieved
Guided Inquiry is an opportunity for the school to provide some comprehensive evidence of how the teaching and learning focus of the school library improves student learning outcomes

Learning Centered Model Third Space in Guided Inquiry Third Space first space ←←←←← ->->->->-> second space personal Merger curriculum student centered ←← learning centered ->-> teacher centered From: Kuhlthau, C. C., Maniotes, L. K., & Caspari, A. K. (2007). Guided Inquiry: Learning in the 21 st Century. Westport, CN: Libraries Unlimited, p. 32.

Creating Third Space
Interthinking
Neil Mercer (2000) refers to ‘interthinking’ occurring when people talk and develop ideas together. He proposes an Intermental Development Zone which we can imagine as the area between us when we talk together and combine our ideas. New knowledge is created.
“ Dialogue and Reflection ,” ProDAIT
Mercer, N. (2000). Words and Minds: how we use language to think together. London: Routledge.

Teaming philosophy
Community of learners
Students who are comfortable conversing and listening freely in small groups
Community of guides
Teachers who model personal connections and are comfortable with flexible team approaches to planning instructional experiences

Community of learners
Inquiry Circles (AKA Information Circles )
select relevant non-fiction resources on a specific topic for the students or guide students to select their own resources
introduce roles by distributing the role description and modelling their job in action
organize students into goups of 4 or 5 for a designated block of time; switch roles at the end of the time block or as needed
provide students with folders to help keep information organized
Taken from Info Tasks for Successful Learning by Carol Koechlin and Sandi Zwaan.

Roles—or jobs in inquiry circle

Our artifact as an example Our goal Record what we know of the trumpet in American history and develop an inquiry project based on our knowledge

Follow the Big 6

2 aspects of Task Definition
Inquiry circle job: Questioner (“Quiz kid”)
1.1 Define the information problem
What do we want to know?
Story of Valaida Snow’s life and her music
1.2 Identify information needs
Biographical information
Music samples

Big 6 Task 2
Information Seeking Strategies
Job: Evaluator
2.1 Determine all possible sources
Books?
Articles?
Web sites?
2.2 Select the best sources

Big 6 Task 3
Location and Access
Job: Data Digger
3.1 Locate the sources (both intellectually and physically)
In school’s media center, public or other library WorldCat http://www.worldcat.org
Search KYVL and Google
3.2 Find information within the sources

Some sources on Valaida
Books:
Allen, Candace. Valaida: A Novel . London: Virago, 2004.
Miller, Mark. High Hat, Trumpet and Rhythm: The Life and Music of Valaida Snow . Toronto: Mercury, 2007.
Articles:
Charles, Mario A. “The Age of a Jazzwoman: Valada Snow, 1900-1956. The Journal of Negro History , Vol. 80, No. 4 (Autumn, 1995), pp. 183-191.
Reitz, Rosetta. “Hot Snow: Valaida Snow (Queen of the Trumpet and Swings).” Black American Literature Forum , Vol. 16, No. 4, Black Theatre Issue (Winter, 1982), pp. 158-160

Websites about Valaida Musique dans les Camps de Prisonniers Danish site!

Big 6 Task 4
Use of Information
Job: Wordsmith
4.1 Engage (e.g., read, hear, view, touch)
4.2 Extract relevant information

Big 6 Task 5
Synthesis
Jobs: Reflector and Illustrator
5.1 Organize from multiple sources
5.2 Present the information

Big 6 Task 6
Evaluation
Job: Reflector
6.1 Judge the product (effectiveness)
6.2 Judge the process (efficiency)

Let the Trumpet Sound

by Johan Koren on Feb 04, 2009

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