Information Literacy inDigital Culture for K-12

Dr. Valerie HillLISD School Librarian

Texas Woman’s University School of Library & Information Studies

Current Needs K-12 School Libraries

Oh, so many hats librarians wear!

Programming, Circulation, Collection Development & Management, Instruction, Teacher Collaboration, Information literacy, Webmaster, Social Media, Content Curation, Web 2.0, Technology Integration, IT, Curriculum Liaison, Digital Citizenship(photo creative commons: JeepersMedia)

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Top Priority in Digital Culture:Information Literacy

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GLOBAL

PARTICIPATORY

How do I know IL is top priority for 21st century learning? Just look around!

Digital Participatory Culture

How have I determined needs (with colleagues)?

My PLN (personal/professional learning network) helps me learn more than a physical meeting with colleagues in my school building.

What’s a school librarian to do?

• Develop your PLN• Explore 21st Century

Learning Standards• Model digital citizenship• Balance tradition &

innovation• Embed library skills in

multiple formats• Maintain physical, virtual &

augmented space• Delegate!

Fifth graders built a digital citizenship game in Minecraft. (View on Youtube.)

iPads & Digital Devices (BYOT)

• Becoming a technology expert

• Apps, apps, apps!

• Troubleshooting technology issues (Librarian as front-line HELP desk for access in all formats)

Evaluating Effectiveness

• Validation from colleagues• Librarian listserv• Google groups-docs-apps• Global PLN• Current research• Become an embedded librarian- without

boundaries• Be your own judge (personal responsibility in the

digital age)

Future Challenge

In digital participatory culture, the biggest challenge we face is the enormous personal responsibility for digital citizenship in both our information intake and our production (digital footprints).

Too many gates are opened. Show users the best gates.

Valerie Hill, PhDValibrarian Blog http://vhill.edublogs.org/Twitter @valibrarian

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