K12> IMSA Info Literacy MicroModules: free online learning for teachers, students

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From: Christopher Kolar <ckolar@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 08 Jan 2004 13:45:13 -0600
Subject: MSA Info Literacy MicroModules: free online learning for  teachers, 
students

IMSA's 21st Century Information Fluency Project is pleased to announce a
new teaching and learning resource.  IMSA MicroModules is an online
teaching and learning package consisting of short, self-directed learning
modules to enhance your skills in locating, evaluating and using Internet
resources for the classroom.  These web-based learning materials are
suitable for use with middle and high school students, as well as faculty
and staff.

The 21st Century Information Fluency Project is funded by the US Department
of Education and the State of Illinois.  The micro modules are being made
available free of charge to all librarians, teachers, students, and
learners on the Internet via our portal at http://wizard.imsa.edu/teach/micro .

A perfect complement to IMSA's 21CIF courses and workshop, this highly
flexible and portable program enables you to:
     * Use a single module on an Internet topic that you or your students need.
     * Combine modules to facilitate comprehensive Internet skills training
sessions for teachers and students in your school.
     * Use an online teacher's guide that helps you determine which modules
best address learning objectives for your students.
     * Use a first-step Assessment tool to begin to gauge student knowledge
outcomes.
     * Address information technology standards, including those established
by the National Educational Technology Standards Project, the American
Library Association and the Illinois State Board of Education's Illinois
Learning Standards.
You'll find the IMSA MicroModules at http://wizard.imsa.edu/teach/micro, a
full listing of the modules available at this time will be appended to this
note.  We hope that you find this a valuable resource as you implement new
and emerging information literacy standards in your curriculum.

You can subscribe to our occasional e-newsletter by sending an empty
message to
infoliteracy-subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, we will be using that list to
announce additional modules as they are published.

21st Century Information Fluency Project
Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy
1500 West Sullivan Road
Aurora, IL 60506
http://wizard.imsa.edu


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Christopher G. Kolar
     Research and Evaluation Associate
     Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy
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Initial IMSA MicroModule Catalog: January 2003
(http://wizard.imsa.edu/teach/micro)
     * Accessibility Awareness: Section 508 & ADA
     * Active Links in Presentations
     * Annotated Lists
     * Author: Who Wrote This Web Page?
     * Bookmarks for Internet Explorer: Tips and Tricks
     * Bookmarks for Netscape: Tips and Tricks
     * Browser: Creating a Searcher's Home by Customizing Your Browser
     * Citation
     * Copyright
     * Date: How Recently was the Page Published or Updated?
     * Design of Web Pages
     * Find Command
     * Formats: How can you search for documents in non-HTML formats?
     * How Fast is the Web Growing?
     * Hyper- and Hypo- Nyms
     * Incorporate Images
     * Incorporate Text
     * Integrate Resources into Engaged Learning Experiences (for teachers)
     * Invisible Web: How Can You Search It?
     * Links From
     * Links To
     * Nyms: How Lesser Known Nyms Help You Improve a Search
     * Opaque: What is the nearly invisible or opaque web?
     * Operators
     * Publish on the WWW
     * Publisher: Who Published This Web Site?
     * Query: What is a Query?
     * Results Ranked: How are Search Results Ranked?
     * Search Engines
     * Search Process
     * Sitemaps: What are they and how do they work?
     * Subject Indexes
     * Synonyms
     * Traditional Sources
     * URLs: How do URLs Work?
     * Using Keywords Effectively
     * Vanishing Web
     * WWW: How many pages are there on the WWW?

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Christopher G. Kolar
     Research and Evaluation Associate
     Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy
   ckolar@xxxxxxxx  --
<http://staff.imsa.edu/~ckolar>staff.imsa.edu/~ckolar --  PGP Public Key
ID: 0xC6492C72

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