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21st Century Information Fluency Project

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• Introductions• Project Overview • Course Overview and

Instructor’s Expectations • Q&A

Agenda

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• The goal of this program is to build the capacity of librarians, educators and students in Illinois to – Locate – Evaluate – Ethically use digital information

resources • Funded by a Grant from the US

Department of Education, Funds for the Improvement of Education

• Envisioned as a 3-5 year project to work with 1200 Middle and High Schools in Illinois. We are now in our 4th year

• Create a National Model

21st Century Information Fluency Project

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• Information Literacy can be defined as “the ability to locate, evaluate and use information”

• 21st Century Information Fluency is a sub-set of Information Literacy that is the combination of aspects of Information Literacy and Technology Literacy that people need to locate, evaluate and use digital information resources - efficiently, effectively and ethically

• We call it “fluency” rather than “literacy” to emphasize that the abilities involved are more than basic abilities

Traditional Library Skills

Technology Skills

21st Century Information Fluency

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What to Expect After the Class?

• We will be contacting you to see how things are going in your efforts to share what you have learned in your school

• We always welcome your input as to how we can be of help

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Contact Us!Contact Us!

URL http://21cif.imsa.edu

General info 21cif@imsa.edu Dan Balzer dbalzer@imsa.eduCarl Heine heine@imsa.eduBob Houston rhouston@imsa.edu Dennis O’Connor doconnor@imsa.eduGautam Saha gsaha@imsa.edu

It’s all free – your tax dollars at work for you!