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An Educator's Guide to Information Literacy: What Every High School Senior Needs to Know http://0-ebooks.abc-clio.com.ilsweb.lvccld.org/reader.aspx?isbn=9780313094675
Building on the concern that high school and college librarians have that high school seniors are not ready to tackle the college library and college level research assignments, this book will offer practical help and guidance to high school teachers and librarians as well as inform students as to what they need to know. Grades 9-12.
Cyberbullying http://www.lvccld.org/library/hot_topics/topic.cfm?guideID=100
Great resources for learning and teaching about Cyber Bullying.
Information Literacy Skills http://infolit.org/information-literacy-projects-and-programs/
We need to produce learners who not only know how to think, but know how to problem solve within a diversified information and communication technology universe. This explains the Information Literacy Skills needed for our students today.
Living Languages: Multilingualism across the Lifespan http://0-ebooks.abc-clio.com.ilsweb.lvccld.org/reader.aspx?isbn=9780275999131
This book is about multilingualism across the lifespan: how languages are learned at different life stages, why this is so, and how to take advantage of this knowledge to more efficiently integrate them into our lives.
Lesson Plans
S.O.S for Information Literacy http://www.informationliteracy.org/
A multimedia resource that includes peer-reviewed lesson plans, handouts, presentations, videos and other resources to enhance the teaching of information literacy (K-16).
Scratch http://info.scratch.mit.edu/Scratch_1.4_Download
SCRATCH is a new free programming language that lets you create your own interactive
stories, animations, games, music, and art. Be sure to check out the
Getting Started Guide for how students can use the program. Many of the S.O.S Information Literacy lesson plans use the program as a way students can showcase what they learn.
Technology
Free Technology for Teachers http://www.freetech4teachers.com/
A great blog where he shares free technology you can use in your classroom. Includes lesson plans to teach students technology.
Literacy for the New Millennium
Literacy for the New Millennium: Volume 2 Childhood Literacy http://0-ebooks.abc-clio.com.ilsweb.lvccld.org/reader.aspx?isbn=9780313071409
Literacy for the New Millennium: Volume 1 Early Literacy http://0-ebooks.abc-clio.com.ilsweb.lvccld.org/reader.aspx?isbn=9780313071393
Literacy for the New Millenium: Volume 3 Adolescent Literacy http://0-ebooks.abc-clio.com.ilsweb.lvccld.org/reader.aspx?isbn=9780313071416