M1 Blogging Resources
InfoWhelm and Information Fluency (Youtube Video) Link
My Daily Info-Wrangling Routine Link
8 Ways Into Inquiry Learning Link
The Journey from Digital Literacy to Digital Fluency Link
(You may click the links above to watch the video and read the articles or as you read on you can click the pictures.)
InfoWhelm and Information Fluency (Youtube Video) Link
My Daily Info-Wrangling Routine Link
8 Ways Into Inquiry Learning Link
The Journey from Digital Literacy to Digital Fluency Link
(You may click the links above to watch the video and read the articles or as you read on you can click the pictures.)
All of the articles focused on how much information is available at the touch of a finger. From the Internet to Twitter and to Blogs, people everywhere can connect to learn and discuss their topics of interest. One main common thread is the overload of information and how to manage all of the information and how to use this information in the classroom. Another common thread is asking the question, "Why are we still teaching the same way?" Before technology and the internet, people had to go places to get information like school, the library, or conferences. Now, all of that information is readily available anywhere anytime.
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The video, "InfoWhelm and Information Fluency," shows the different places that the information is coming from and how it is increasing. It is comparing the number of books it would take to equal the gigabytes of information. This video makes you think about what the world will be in twenty years or ten years or even in five years. Then ends with the question, "Why are we still teaching the same way?" You may click on the picture to watch the video. In her article, "The Journey from Digital Literacy to Digital Fluency," Karen Lirenman talks about what it means to be digital literate and digital fluent. She describes how she goes about managing the digital world and all of the information. She says she is working on being digital fluent but realizes that this is an ongoing process that may never reached because the information and the technology keep involving and becoming more accurate and faster. Click the picture to read the complete article. Jane Hart, in her article "My Daily Info-Wrangling Routine," uses the following picture to convey how she handles this overload of information. Jane Hart describes how she uses this model to systematically go through all of the information and descides whether she should keep it or discard or even to leave for a more thourough reading later. I cannot even begin to imagine getting this much information at one time and then having to process all of the information. You may click on the link to read the full article. |
This article, "8 Ways Into Inquiry Learning," describes some tips on how to use all of this information in the classroom. Students today do not need to memorize and repeat the information that is so readily available. In the classroom, the teacher needs to show the students how to use the information and to decide if the information is accurate and what do they think. The teacher, also, needs to show the students how to use the different tools to create their own information and share with the world. This article discusses eight steps to create an inquiry classroom. Click on the picture to read the full article.
All of the resources were based on information overload but focused on different aspects. The video showed how fast the digital information is growing. The first article talks about the differences between being digital literate and digital fluent. The second article describes how Jane Hart manages and processes all of the information. The last article wraps it all up by giving us eight tips to set up the classroom to teach the students how to process and use the digital information.