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This resource explores the essential practices for teaching elementary and middle school students about the responsible and appropriate use of technology and information systems. It emphasizes the importance of modeling behavior, evaluating sources, and providing proper citations to prevent plagiarism. Lesson examples include comparing planetary properties for potential life, representing social studies through visual means, and exploring Native American cultures. Tools like Diigo aid collaborative research, promoting critical thinking in debates. Educators play a crucial role in guiding students toward safe and effective technology use.
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Information Literacy Elementary Technology
Practice responsible and appropriate use of technology systems, software, and information • Lesson examples • Research tools
Responsible use • Policy does not allow for independent searching for elementary and middle school students
Responsible use • Teachers DO need to model • evaluating information based on the source • providing proper citations (plagiarism) • what to do if come across inappropriate content from websites
Lesson examples • Tra-viz-el Research Lesson- compare the properties of at least one other planet in our solar system to those of Earth to determine if it could support life as we know it
Lesson examples • The ABCs of Maryland- display social studies information from print and non-print sources usingvisual representations
Lesson examples • Unearthing My Own Tribe- compare and describe the elements of cultureof Native American societies
Research Tools • Diigo- collaborate, share, annotate resources (social bookmarking) • In this example students used Diigo to find and comment on articles for a debate on Arizona immigration issue. They were looking at facts/opinions for pro and cons in a debate on the subject.
Share • Add a message and share with a group or a list • Use tags to search by keywords add a message for group