What is your school’s current approach to using Wikipedia? Based on the readings for Module 5.1, what adjustments (if any) would you make to this policy? Is there an activity that you feel would engage students in learning how to use Wikipedia appropriately as a source? Wikipedia is widely used by students at my school. […]

This is a real issue in schools. Reading the article, Reducing the Information Literacy Gap in High school students (McPherson and Dube, 2016) i had so many moments of recognition. Students information literacy needs to be supported and explicitly taught. Students use technology daily but do not understand the implications of what they are doing. […]

Students in my context need to focus on searching with these 3 things in mind. This is the information literacy skills they are learning about currently. What’s next????? Boorlean searches!!!!!

Information literacy models can be used to frame TL programs and reference services. How does a child’s developmental stage impact their information behaviour and what is the influence of this on the role of the TL?   Teachers have expectations of a childs’ information behaviour based on their age. When a child is in infants, […]