Information literacy now requires learners to evaluate in many formats (transliteracy, digital literacy, metaliteracy) and is rapidly becoming top priority for school librarians.
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Information Literacy in Digital Culture for K-12
1. Information Literacy in
Digital Culture for K-12
Dr. Valerie Hill
LISD School Librarian
Texas Woman’s University
School of Library & Information Studies
2. Current Needs K-12 School Libraries
IL
Oh, so many hats
librarians wear!
Programming, Circulation, Collection Development &
Management,
Instruction,
Teacher
Collaboration, Information literacy, Webmaster, Social
Media, Content Curation, Web 2.0, Technology
Integration, IT, Curriculum Liaison, Digital Citizenship(photo
3. Top Priority in Digital Culture:
Information Literacy
photo creativecommons Cristóbal Cobo Romaní _digitalNatives
5. How have I determined needs
(with colleagues)?
My PLN (personal/professional learning network) helps me learn
more than a physical meeting with colleagues in my school building.
6. What’s a school librarian to do?
• Develop your PLN
• Explore 21st Century
Learning Standards
• Model digital citizenship
• Balance tradition &
innovation
• Embed library skills in
multiple formats
• Maintain physical, virtual
& augmented space
• Delegate!
7. Fifth graders built a digital citizenship
game in Minecraft. (View on Youtube.)
8. iPads & Digital
Devices (BYOT)
• Becoming a
technology expert
• Apps, apps, apps!
• Troubleshooting
technology issues
(Librarian as front-line HELP
desk for access in all
formats)
9. Evaluating Effectiveness
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Validation from colleagues
Librarian listserv
Google groups-docs-apps
Global PLN
Current research
Become an embedded librarian- without
boundaries
• Be your own judge (personal responsibility in the
digital age)
10. Future Challenge
In digital participatory culture, the biggest challenge we face is the
enormous personal responsibility for digital citizenship in both our
information intake and our production (digital footprints).
Too many gates are opened. Show users the best gates.
11. Valerie Hill, PhD
Valibrarian Blog http://vhill.edublogs.org/
Twitter @valibrarian
IL
Slideshare Valibrarian
Youtube Valibrarian
Virtual Worlds: Valibrarian
ALA (2012) http://www.ala.org/aasl/guidelinesandstandards/learningstandards/standards
Barlow. A. and R. Leston. (2012). Beyond the Blogosphere: Information and Its Children. Santa
Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, LLC.
Bigfoto (2012) http://www.bigfoto.com/
Carr, N. (2010). The shallows: What the internet is doing to our brains. New York: W.W. Norton
& Co.
Davidson, Cathy N.. (2011). Now You See It: How the Brain Science of Attention Will Transform
the Way We Live , Work, and Learn. New York: Viking.
Gant, Scott. (2007). We’re All Journalists Now. New York: Free Press.
Jeepers Media (2013). http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeepersmedia/
Lanier, J. (2013). Who Owns the Future? New YorkL Simon and Schuster.
Rheingold, Howard. (2012) Net Smart: How to Thrive Online. Cambridge, MASS: MIT Press.
Rainie, Lee and Barry Wellman. (2012). Networked: The New Social Operating System.
Cambridge, MASS: MIT Press.
Editor's Notes
, cataloging, programming, circulation, collection development & management, instruction, teacher collaboration, information literacy