HIT: Curriculum- Information Literacy Skills K-12

[Mike Nyerges <NYERGESM@CANANDAIGUASCHOOLS.ORG>]

INFORMATION LITERACY SKILLS CURRICULUM K-12

Includes library media, research, information literacy and computer =
literacy skills. =20



NATIONAL STANDARDS

- The Nine Information Literacy Standards for Student Learning (AASL). =
http://www.ala.org/aasl/ip_nine.html

- National Educational Technology Standard (NETS) computer literacy =
standards. http://cnets.iste.org/pdf/nets_brochure.pdf.

- Big6 Skills Overview. http://www.big6.com/overview.htm.



STATE AND SCHOOL DISTRICT STANDARDS

COLORADO

- Power libraries. http://www.cde.state.co.us/action/curric/info/power.htm.=
 Examples of research and information literacy skills integrated into =
content-area units, grades 1-8. Provided by the Colorado Department of =
Education.

MARYLAND

- Library Media Essential Curriculum
http://www.wcboe.k12.md.us/mainfold/supportse/reslib/Cur.htm. Library =
media and information literacy skills standards and performance indicators =
by grade level, K-12, by the Washington County Public Schools, Maryland.

- Office of Library Media Services: Library Media Learning Outcomes. =
http://www.pgcps.pg.k12.md.us/~media1/outcome.html. Prince George's County =
Schools (Maryland) provides standards, commencement outcomes, and =
indicators of achievement, K-12. Correlates Maryland Library Media, AASL =
and NETS standards.=20

- Teacher Role for Library Media Specialist. http://www.bcps.org/offices/li=
s/office/teacher.html. K-12 scope and sequence and outcomes for Baltimore =
County Public Schools. Includes Maryland, AASL and NETS standards for =
students.

MINNESOTA

- Minnesota Electronic Curriculum Repository: Inquiry and Research. =
http://mecr.state.mn.us/la.pl?OBJ_REQ=3DVIEW&LA_ID=3D5. Samples of =
content-based units that integrate research skills at the primary, =
elementary, middle school, and high school levels.

- Tech Skills Categories. http://www.rochester.k12.mn.us/instructional-tech=
/techskls.htm. Rochester Public Schools (Minnesota) curriculum based on =
the NETS standards for students with links to performance indicators K-3, =
4-5, 6-8, 9-12.

MISSOURI

- Library Media Center Curriculum. http://sedalia.k12.mo.us/media/page1.htm=
. K-12 scope and sequence for library media program at the Sedalia School =
District 200 (Sedalia, Missouri).

- Library Media Center Curriculum Guide Contents. http://www.republic.k12.m=
o.us/guide/library.htm. A K-12 scope and sequence for a library media =
program at the Republic School District (Republic, Missouri).

NEW YORK

Nonprint Media and Technology Literacy Standards for K-12 Teaching and =
Learning. http://cela.albany.edu/standards/index.html. A proposed set of =
computer literacy standards based on non-print media and electronic =
technologies at the elementary, middle, and high school levels, integrated =
with English language arts standards. (National Research Center on English =
Learning & Achievement, University at Albany.)=20

NORTH CAROLINA

- Computer/Technology Skills Curriculum. http://www.ncpublicschools.org/cur=
riculum/computer.skills/index.html..North Carolina outcomes and competencie=
s for computer literacy skills, K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12.

- Information Skills Curriculum. http://www.ncpublicschools.org/curriculum/=
information/index.html.
North Carolina state outcomes and competencies organized K-2, 3-5, 6-8, =
and 9-12.

TEXAS

- Librarian's Lounge: Curriculum - Scope and Sequence by Grade Level. =
http://www.hisdlibraryservices.org/HISDHome.asp?page=3D9&lounge=3D1. =
Library media skills scope and sequence developed by the Department of =
Library Services, Houston Independent School District.=20

- SEE ALSO: http://www.houstonisd.org/LibrarySvcs/scope_and_sequence-grade%=
20level.htm. [Alternative URL for Houston Independent School District =
scope and sequence. Internet Explorer 5.5 may lock.]

WASHINGTON

- Essential Skills for Information Literacy. http://www.wlma.org/Literacy/e=
slintro.htm. Big6-based Washington State standards with 6 benchmark sets =
of competencies--approximate grade levels of fourth grade for benchmark 1, =
seventh grade for benchmark 2, and tenth grade for benchmark 3. Developed =
by the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction and the =
Washington Library Media Association.

WISCONSIN

- Wisconsin's Model Academic Standards for Information and Technology =
Literacy. http://www.dpi.state.wi.us/dpi/standards/pdf/infotech.pdf. PDF =
document that identifies four categories: Media and Technology, Information=
 and Inquiry, Independent Learning, and the Learning Community. Provides =
performance standards in these categories for grades 4, 8, and 12.




RESOURCE DIRECTORIES

- Hotlist on Curriculum and the LMC. http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/pa=
ges/listcurriculcu.html. A directory of curriculum sites developed by =
Sucile Mellor of Kingsley Area Schools, Kingsley, Missouri.

- Educational Standards and Curriculum Frameworks for Library Media. =
http://putnamvalleyschools.org/StSu/Library.html. Part of an extensive =
directory on K-12 curriculum and standards developed by the Putnam Valley =
Schools, (Putnam Valley, New York).





Michael Nyerges
Canandaigua Academy Library
http://www.canandaiguaschools.org/academylibrary/

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