Information Literacy

After allowing the mass amount of information we received at the last training to set in I have discovered a few things. First, we have a large amount of resources for social studies on the GCMS destiny page. Second, I should be having students go to these resources more frequently and have signed up for more lab time to make this happen. There is such a specific focus that these different sources can bring to the classroom. I am excited to see how the students enjoy working through the information that is presented to them through the many different online library resources. Third and final, I feel that only using the destiny page is not good for students. We talked about teaching students how to choose the proper website. If I give too much instruction then they are not choosing the site but just following instructions. I feel that a Google search can teach students valuable lessons on how to find credible information online. Definitely a lot to work with and a lot to think about.