Please add useful links by age group and a brief description of their content.

Pre-Emergent

Zero to Three: http://www.zerotothree.org

From the Start: A Ready to Learn Resource for Pre K-2 Educators: http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/prek2.htm

Guiding Young Children Toward Kindergarten: A Primer on Early Learning Standards: http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/prek2/issues/index.shtm

Get Ready to Read: http://www.getreadytoread.org/grtr_early_literacy_info.php

Emerging (7-14 years)

Educators' Spotlight Digest: http://www.sosspotlight.org/

Creating/Narrowing Search Strategies: http://www.noodletools.com/debbie/literacies/information/5locate/adviceengine.html

Media Literacy Clearinghouse for K-12 Educators: http://medialit.med.sc.edu/

Center for Media Literacy "Media Lit Kit" http://www.medialit.org/bp_mlk.html

District 214 (Arlington Heights, IL) "Big6 Information Problem-Solving Process" Page

http://whs.d214.org/results/whslibspecial/researchhelps/bigsixalphabetical.html

Developing (15-18 years)

Digital Information Fluency: http://21cif.imsa.edu/resources/difcore

Library and Information Literacy Core Library Skills Grade 9-14+: http://rrlc.entrexp.com/documentview.asp?docID=312

In new CAI research conducted by Don Mc Cabe (released in June, 2005), levels of cheating and plagiarism remain high. Honor Codes and Modified Codes are shown to be effective in reducing academic misconduct.

http://www.academicintegrity.org/cai_research.asp

Competent (19+ years)

http://www.mwcc.mass.edu/HTML/Library/classresources/workbook2005editionedited.doc

ALA/ACRL Objectives for Information Literacy Instruction: A Model Statement for Academic Librarians (Includes competency standards!) http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlstandards/objectivesinformation.htm

TILT (Texas Information Literacy Tutorial) is a Web-based, educational site focusing on fundamental research skills. It was designed for use by any students within the UT System, but students from other schools as well as instructors, administrators, librarians, and all others are welcome to register as a First-Time Visitor or preview the site as a Guest: http://tilt.lib.utsystem.edu/

Information Literacy & You, from the Penn State University Libraries: http://www.libraries.psu.edu/instruction/infolit/andyou/infoyou.htm

OWLS: Online Workshops for Library Skills are are part of the Humboldt State University Library's information literacy program. OWLS teach introductory college level skills for using the Library in both its physical and virtual manifestations. OWLS can be used independently or in connection with a class. They can be used individually or in any combination. Each OWL includes a statement of its purpose, a list of specific objectives, "handouts" to supplement workshop content, suggested exercises, and a quiz to check your success in meeting the objectives.

http://library.humboldt.edu/owls/

UNC Greensboro Information Literacy Game: Single player or multiple-player online game that teaches information literacy skills! Cool!

http://library.uncg.edu/de/infolitgame.asp#

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Florida International University Libraries "Information Literacy on the WWW" page, with many links to competencies, standards, outcomes, programs at the college level, and research on information literacy: http://www.fiu.edu/~library/ili/iliweb.html

National Assessment of Adult Literacy, archived webcast: http://www.nifl.gov/nifl/webcasts/20051215/webcast12-15.html