Improving Students' Web Use and Information Literacy

Directed toward teacher-librarians, school-technology personnel, and school administrators, this guide emphasizes the importance of information literacy and provides ideas and practical ways to develop web and technology resources. Chapter one begins with a review of what makes a good teacher, with a brief look at the learning theories of behaviorism and constructivism, lesson planning, and collaboration. Subsequent chapters include information and direction for becoming effective Internet searchers; how to use the skills as classroom resources; evaluating sites; defining and using Web 2.0 tools such as blogs, wikis, and photo sharing; ways to improve students' use of the web; utilization of web tools and developing websites in classroom instruction; and the future of information skills. Each chapter begins with a list of objectives. In-service training recommendations and a short conclusion followed by a reference list conclude each chapter. Numerous black-and-white figures and tables support the informative text, but some very small and blurry print used in some of the figures, as well as a few errors scattered throughout the text, tend to distract from the reading.—Susan Shaver, Hemingford Public Schools, NE