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AASL Position Statement on Information Literacy - The American Association of School Librarians presents its argument for information literacy initiatives in K-12 and postsecondary education.

Alliance for Childhood - Resources relating to the recently formed Alliance for Childhood on technology literacy.

Assessment of Information Literacy: Lessons from the Higher Education Assessment Movement - This paper reviews higher education assessment methods; identifies useful theories and practices; describes assessment programs in academic libraries; and makes recommendations for changes in library education and for future research.

Bridging the Gap Between Literacy and Technology - This paper discusses using hypermedia to eliminate the language barriers that limited English proficient (LEP) students experience in the school settings.

Critical Thinking in an Online World - Author Debra Jones argues that critical thinking is a key component of information literacy instruction in this conference paper from 1996.

Developing New Literacies: Using the Internet in Content Area Instruction - Paper discussing using the new literacy in content area instruction, how this area is changing, time restrictions, protection of children, keeping up with new developments and preparing children for their literacy and learning futures.

Do Presidential Candidates Use the Internet? - A survey of president candidates on how much they know how to use web sites.

Educational Technology: Media for Inquiry, Communication, Construction, and Expression - Describes a new way of classifying uses of educational technologies, based on a four-part division suggested by John Dewey: inquiry, communication, construction, and expression.

Educom Review: Information Literacy as a Liberal Art - The article suggests that a liberal education, originally based on the idea of the "Renaissance man" notion, should apply to technology as well. Shapiro and Hughes also, believe that this new definition of literacy affects the quality of liberty in society.

Expanding the Definition of Technological Literacy in Schools - Discusses role of schools in an Information Age where technology has become truly pervasive and defines our environments. The Industrial Age model of schooling vs. schooling in the Information age are discussed and misconceptions of technology are identified.

First Monday: Technology and Education - This article deals with the mainstreaming of technology into the education system and the chaos that often ensues, the benefits of this change, and how it might be managed.

Free at Last: The Future of Peer-Reviewed Journals - Stevan Harnad in this D-Lib Magazine piece argues for self-archiving of scholarly work.

FutureKids of South Florida - This organization is dedicated to "Helping teachers and children around the world master the power of the computer" along with providing "technology education solution for public and private schools as well as other organizations". FutureKids also offers computer classes for anyone: from the whiz kid to the adventurous grandparent.

Information Literacy:A Clarification - This article begins with a brief overview of the concept of literacy. It then focuses on a series of definitions that deal with an expanding notion of literacies, and finally refocuses on information literacy.

Interactive Instruction for Adult Learners - Links to adult literacy topics including interactive geography games, grammar, voter involvement, lesson plans with Internet-based resources and a link for low-level literacy learners.

International Society for Technology in Education - ISTE is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to supporting the use of information technology to aid in learning, teaching of K-12 students and teachers. A major goal of the organization is to bridge the "digital divide".

International Visual Literacy Association - An organization for those interested in visual literacy as a discipline, as well as across disciplines.

LIS391/COMM 391: Literacy in the Information Age - This course explores what it means to be information literate in today's world. Students examine a number of information literacies, from print to multimedia, from stand-alone to networked, and discuss a variety of themes including community, politics, and education.

Learning Online: Extending the Meaning of Community - A review of three programs from the Southeastern United States, which describes how online learning enhanced threee organizations: SeniorNet, Neighborhood Networks, and Bridging the Gap of Isolation/Powering Up

Literacy in the Information Age: Campus Honors Class - A capstone course that draws on students' experience throughout their undergraduate program to discuss a series of themes such as community, the political sphere and education which have been impacted by the new information technologies.

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