IMPACT: Teaching and Learning for the 21st Century
South Carolina K-12 Information Literacy and Technology Integration Guide
Table of Contents
Introduction
I. General Information
- Collaborative Planning Guide
- Establishing Teaching collaborations
- K-12 Information Literacy Scope and Sequence
- Overview of Student-centered Learning
- Overview of The Big6
- Productivity Software Suggestions
- Skills guide
- Suggestions for Student Final Projects
II. K-12 Integration Guides
(These integration guides are also called Curriculum Overlays because the suggested classroom activities could be used in any classroom and in any subject area. In other words, these activities could "overlay" any grade or subject.)
III. PowerPoint Presentations to Support Curriculum Integration
(These presentations work with the other resources to provide a total picture of what curriculum integration of information literacy and technology looks like. These presentations are designed for use in professional development sessions; however, several of them are appropriate for student instruction. Permission is granted for educators to use these presentations in an instructional setting with the condition that appropriate copyright information is included.)
- Building Better Research
- Collaboration
- Copyright and Plagiarism
- Inquiry-based Learning
- Putting the Pieces Together
- The Big6
- What Students Must Know
The most effective way for them [students] to acquire these skills [information literacy] is for the teacher and the school librarian to be active partners in the learning process. (Grassian, Esther S. and Joan S. Kaplowitz. Information Literacy Instruction: Theory and Practice. New York, NY: Neal-Schuman Publishers, Inc. 2001.)