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Sub-Committee Meeting – March 24, 2010 Information Literacy In Attendance: Jennifer Dixon, Anthony Davidson, Sue Lercher, Laurie Foster, Ann McLocklin-Libbey, Carolyn Burton Discussion:
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 * 1)  The last time we met, we discussed the idea of sending a survey to the teachers. Since that time, several other technology sub-committees have sent surveys of their own. In light of this, we decided not to use a survey at this time.
 * 2)  Information Literacy should be a district commitment and therefore a curriculum should be put in place for all grade levels. It should include skills, standards and benchmarks for each grade level that are aligned with the proposed ELA Standards and other guidelines such as the ISTE National Educational Technology Standards, the American Library Association Information Literacy Standards and Approaches to Learning from MYP. Media Literacy skills which include accessing, evaluating, analyzing, summarizing and citing digital and visual imagery.
 * 3)  Training needs to be provided for teachers. We recommend that an Information Literacy Skills course be offered in sessions after school, on a Saturday and during the summer so that it reaches the most professionals. Staff Conference Day should always have a portion of the day dedicated to hands-on learning.