South American Andes

EDIT 6360 Information Literacy

Spring, 2005

 
  Dr. Julie Tallman

Email:jtallman@coe.uga.edu
  Office - 706-542-4031 Fax - 706-542-4032
  Home - 706-543-9617 North Carolina phone 828-389-2118
 
Office hours by appointment or virtually through the chat room on Tuesday at 7:30pm and Thursday at 7:30pm.
 

Syllabus
   
 
 

Course Description

 

Technology specialist's and school media specialist's role in collaborative planning partnerships with classroom teachers, integration of information literacy skills within the curriculum, and strategies for teaching information literacy (I-Search).
 

Course
Goals

 

 

Students will demonstrate a working knowledge of the research process through study and completion of an I-Search project, collaborative planning with classroom teachers integrating information literacy strategies, and curriculum planning with teachers. This class will concentrate on the integration of technology and information literacy skills and strategies within the curriculum through the research process.
 

Course Objectives

 
  1. The student will demonstrate an understanding of technology and information literacy strategies underlying the research process.
  2. The student will demonstrate and document the process of collaborative planning through the creation of 2 different units with one or more classroom teacher colleagues.
  3. The student will identify and integrate a number of technology and information literacy skills and strategies within the curriculum units and integrate them through the I-Search research process. The student will have personally experienced many of these strategies through the I-Search assignment.
  4. If at all possible, the student is encouraged to teach at least one of the units during the term.
 

Course
Texts

 
  1. Joyce, M., & Tallman, J. (1997). Making the writing and research connection with the I-search process. NY: Neal-Schuman. 1-55570-252-x. Required, has more theory than Duncan.
  2. Duncan, D., & Lockhart, L. (2000). I-search, you search, we all learn to research. NY: Neal-Schuman. 1-55570-381-x. Optional, purchase this if your interests are at the elementary level. This text has many strategies and worksheets that are very useful. It will help you with the final assignment at the elementary level.

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Face-2-face
Class Meeting/Virtual Office Hours/Asynchronous work

 

 

Our class will meet face-to-face for the only time on January 15th, 9am-10:30am, room 1630, building A, Gwinnett University Center. This time comes in Dr. Fitzgerald's 6340 class.

Virtual office hours start Tuesday, January 18 from 7:30 to 8:30pm, thereafter every Tuesday and Thursday at 7:30. You need only attend one session a week. Archives will be kept on the webct course site.
  Last updated January 11, 2005
Syllabus