UELMA Resources

Information Literacy

Big 6

Big 6
“The Big6 is an information literacy model. Some people call it a metacognitive scaffold, or an information problem solving strategy. Developed by Mike Eisenberg and Bob Berkowitz, the Big6 is the most widely-known and widely-used approach to teaching information and technology skills in the world. When you apply the Big6 steps, you have an essential framework to approach any information-based question.” (From the Big 6 website)

Super 3
The Big 6 for younger students.

Citing Sources

Landmarks Citation Machin
An interactive web tool to spin out bibliographies in both MLA and APA style.

KnightCite
An online tool that produces bibliographies in MLA, APA, and Chicago styles.  You do not have to register to use this site.

Easy Bib
An MLA bibliography composer.

Copyright

The Educator's Guide to Copyright and Fair Use
Take a copyright quiz to test your knowledge. There is also a reproducible copyright chart to print out and post.

Copyright and Fair Use Guidelines for Teachers
A great, printable copyright chart.

Fair Use Harbor
A student-friendly website with tutorials and quizzes about copyright.

CyberBee : Copyright
An interactive site for students to test their knowledge of copyright.

Copyright and Fair Use in the Classroom, on the Internet, and the World Wide Web
To help us make informed decisions before using materials in the classroom.

Plagiarism

The Educator's Guide to Copyright and Fair Use
This is part of the informative Safety 'Net website about the safe and ethical use of the internet in education.

Educational Playground : Catching Digital Cheaters
A long list of links to plagiarism resources.

Plagiarism.org
This is the gateway website to the Turnitin resource whose goal it is to help "educators all over the world to fight plagiarism and help bring academic integrity back into our schools.

Evaluating Internet Resources

The Quality Information Checklist
A great site for students to learn the basics of website evaluation.

Checklist for Evaluating Web Resources
A concise list of criteria to consider.

Evaluation Criteria
Part of a larger work, The Good, The Bad & The Ugly: or, Why It's a Good Idea to Evaluate the Web

 

 

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