This is a long video but worth watching. Howard Rheingold talks about literacy, information literacy, digital literacy and critical thinking. One of the things that stands out to me is he borrows the term "crap detection" from Ernest Hemingway. So while he is applying it to the internet the importance of critical thinking has been around long … Continue reading Howard Rheingold on New Literacies – Crap Detection
Tag: information literacy
Video from Knight Commission on the Information Needs of Communities in a Democracy
http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=8061367&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1 Knight Commission on the Information Needs of Communities in a Democracy from Knight Foundation on Vimeo. In October 2009 the Knight Commission on the Information Needs of Communities in a Democracy released its report. The report itself is over 100 pages and worth reading. It is available to download as a pdf or to … Continue reading Video from Knight Commission on the Information Needs of Communities in a Democracy
Transliteracy is 3D
Since posting the Libraries and Transliteracy slideshow I've been asked many times to define transliteracy. Its a slippery term, people often confuse it with digital literacy or technology literacy. Sometimes I'm not sure I even have a good grasp on the concept. So a colleague and I sat out to hash out the details, here … Continue reading Transliteracy is 3D
My second session of the day – Information Literacy: using technology to reach and teach students
Information literacy synchronous & asynchronous communication online tutorial camtasia to record screen & add audio library instructional videos library blog – rss feed to libraries page meebo for IM service on ground instructions nilrc.org/imlis/default.asp _ NILRC information literacy toolkit
Librarian by Day 