The following are of particular interest to me (and may be to you as well !) as I am a primary school teacher studying to be a Teacher Librarian in a primary school context...
Kathy Schrock adapts her definition of Information Literacy to apply more specifically to primary aged school students. It is adapted so as the students (as well as the Teacher Librarian or Teacher) can clearly understand what is expected in terms of Information Literacy:
'An information literate student should be able to create a quality product, learn independently, participate effectively as a group member and use information technologies responsibly and ethically' (Schrock, 1995).
An excellent guide for educating parents about how to instill Information Literacy in their children is as follows:
'Instruct your children to consider the reliability of information from the Internet. Explain to them that anyone can put information on the Internet. Teach them to look for the author's qualifications and to find out what the author's sources are. Ask them to consider whether the information on a Web site is being used to sell a product' (Abdullah, 1998; Branch, Kim, and Koenecke, 1999).
Both of these examples are definitely handy for teaching Information Literacy to children and their parents….. but will one of these be THE one chosen for ETL401 Assignment 2 ? Hmmmmm……:-)
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