Chart Competency

Information Literacy, as defined by the chart to the left, includes the elements of Media Literacy, Network Literacy, Computer Literacy, Traditional Alphabetic Literacy, Library Instruction, Cultural Literacy, and Visual Literacy. I confess that Network Literacy had not occurred to me since I am somewhat computer-phobic; however, as I work with our computer expert on campus, I learn a little more each day, so perhaps my computer literacy is improving. This is what Carol Kuhlthau is talking about in Guided Inquiry, Learning in the 21st Century. Teachers are guides for students as they learn to think critically and read with the best comprehension possible. Library instruction moves beyond Dewey Decimal System skill sheets to how students learn to gather, synthesize and draw conclusions from information they research. As students use resources from around the world and about people and places around the world, they develop a cultural literacy about the world in which they will work in the 21st century. For Carol Kuhlthau the information research process and information literacy go hand-in-hand.
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