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IS 551Melissa Robeson & Craig
CasteelDecember 5, 2006
Information LiteracyKids InfoBits:
Utilizing the Teacher Toolbox
Kids InfoBits:Teacher Toolbox
• Presentation directed at elementary teachers
• Goals: – Introduce features in the Teacher Toolbox
– Bring awareness to Kids InfoBits
TN Benchmarks – 4th Grade Writing
• 4.2.spi.1. Choose a topic sentence for a paragraph.
• 4.2.spi.6. Complete a graphic organizer.
• 4.2.spi.8. Identify the most reliable sources of information for preparing a report.
• 4.2.spi.10. Select details that support a sentence.
• 4.2.spi.14. Supply a missing piece of information in a simple outline.
• 4.2.spi.16. Select an appropriate concluding sentence…
Resources Needed
• 1 Laptop and LCD Projector
• One Computer per 2 teachers
• Packets of Teacher Toolbox Worksheets
Teaching Strategies
• Lecture/Powerpoint
• Partners – Exploring Kids InfoBits
Teacher Toolbox
• Located above the search bar
• Wrench and hammer symbols
• Next to Help and Dictionary
Teacher Tools
• Tools for Getting Started– Choosing a Topic, Judging Information, Creating a Web, Creating an Outline, How to Write a Topic Sentence
• Tools for Wrapping Up - Organizing a Report, How to Cite a Source, How to Write a Conclusion, How to Create a Visual Representation
Teacher Tools: Worksheets
• All tools have worksheets
• Download or print worksheets
• Some tools have worksheets at different levels
Choosing a Topic
• First part of the process
• Examples included
• Asks students to write the assignment in their own words
Judging Information
• Asks students for copyright dates
• Asks students to rate the reliability, details, and up-to-date information of each source used
• Asks students to decide if a site is useful
Creating a Web
• Used after information has been gathered
• Helps organize ideas
• Choose a simple template– Offers a topic and simple details
• Choose a complex template– Offers extra lines to add several details
Creating an Outline
• Used as an alternative to a web or as reinforcement
• Demonstrates a simple outline
• Students brainstorm, sort information, and create an outline
How to Write a Topic Sentence
• Defines and explains topic sentences
• Offers practice
• Integrates earlier webs and outlines
• Students create their own topic sentence on the worksheet
Organizing a Report
• Use worksheets with or without webs
and outlines
• Teaches students how to break a report
into three parts – introduction, body,
conclusion
• Offers tips throughout the section
How to Cite a Source
• Discusses plagiarism in terms of stealing
• 3 things to do when citing a source– Provide the name of the source– Provide the title of the source– Provide the date of the publication
• 2 ways to cite sources– Identify sources in the report– Create a simple bibliography
How to Write a Conclusion
• More detail than Organizing a Report
• Offers strategies– Use highlighters to mark main ideas – List strong words to use in restating the main point.– Write several possible conclusions.
• Provides examples of good verbs, adjectives, and adverbs to use in a conclusion
How to Create a Visual Representation
• Demonstrates the use of graphs in Presentations
– Pie Charts– Bar Graphs
• Offers a help icon to assist those inexperienced with graphics
Assessment
• Provide teachers with a survey– Give to teachers after they have had time to use Kids InfoBits with students– Ask for observations of student writing after exposed to the database– Ask teachers their opinions of the Toolbox
• Conduct informal interviews with students as they come into the library
QUESTIONS ???
SOURCE: Kids InfoBits via the Tennessee Electronic Library