I think the integration of information literacy into the curriculum across all disciplines is the key to building a foundation for lifelong, independent learning related to finding, using, and evaluating information tools, formats, sources, and products. At Anwatin thanks to the MILI Grant we have started doing this through the Social Studies department. The next logical progression for me as the Media Specialist would be to work closely with the Science department. Now that I will be back in the media center full time next year introducing all science students to our many onlline resources is a must. Our MILI team (social studies department) has already been talking about how we can introduce more staff to the Web 2.0 online research tools. We would all like to share our knowledge with others. The article "Truth: Can You Handle It", by Monica Hesse made in her article concerning what happens to the concepts of truth and knowledge in a user-generated world of information saturation? Our students except that the first answer back from Goggle is the right answer, but so often it's wrong. But what is a media specialist to do when Wikipedia is found to be only slightly less reliable than Encyclopedia Britannica (four errors to Britannica's every three). When everyone thinks what is wrong is right, does that make it right? It is for this reason that I ask my students to double check with World Book Online.
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