NECC07 Session 4: Five Obstacles to Information Fluency (and How to Remove Them)

Notes on Five Obstacles to Information Fluency (and How to Remove Them)

Presenters: Carl Heine, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy with Dennis O'Connor

21st Century Information Fluency Project - IMSA

• Used to be called "5 things digital natives cannot do"
• 1/3 of students do things effectively
• What do they need to do?

1. What? how do I translate a question into a query?
2. Where? Choose the best database in which to look
3. How? Recognizing information that's relevant, finding better keywords
4. How good? Verifying the credibility of the information
5. Ethical? Follow guidelines of fair use? How do I cite so that I don't plagiarize?

• Google results only so 85 pages, you'll never see ALL the results
• Presenters gave examples of very interesting Internet Search Challenges
• Tools and challenges and more details available at http://21cif.imsa.edu/