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"Students are natives to cyberspace, where the rest of us are immigrants."
—Douglas Ruskoff, Playing the Future, 1996

Information Literacy at Addison Trail has been defined as “the ability to understand, locate, evaluate and use information.”  The Addison Trail High School STUDY model promotes Information Literacy and Fluency. It is a dynamic process that is the framework for thinking and learning with information.  With the recent proliferation of information, it is more important than ever for students to be fluent in this process for critical thinking and problem solving with text. 

S	T	U	D	Y
State the question	Track down resources	Use the information	Do the project	You evaluate
The Assignment Begin your project by defining your topic.  Find resources that will address your research question. 4What do you need to know? KWL 4Know that your question will be refined as you learn more about your topic. Formulating Questions What is a thesis statement? Plan your time.  Check out the organizational sheets to help manage your time: 4Work Habit #1 4Work Habit #2 4Work Habit #3 4Work Habit #4 4Work Habit #5 4Work Habit #6 4Work Habit #7 Info Pros Sample Rubrics: Display Rubric #88 Writing Rubric Presentation Rubric Presentation w/Display Process Log Rubric Speech Rubric Written Report Rubric Info Lit General Rubric S.T.U.D.Y. Project Rubric Dist #88 Info Lit Outcomes Dist #88 Info Lit Outcomes (Modified) Planning Organizers:    Grade 9    Grade 10    Grade 11    Grade 12	AT's Media Center Need an overview? Here is a PPoint AT-LMC Things to know before you start searching. 4Review your    Search Skills 4Starting Smart Tracking Down Resources Key words are everything when you are searching! Search Words Search Overview Save time with the Find Command Keep track of your work with one of the following: 4Working    Bibliography 4Source Cards 4Note Cards	How good are your sources?  You are the judge! Web Evaluations 4Evaluating    Sources 4Source Evaluation    Worksheet 4Critical review of    sources THINK as you read: 4Interact w/Text 4Taking notes 4Compare/Contrast Use your own words to summarize. Paraphrase - use your own words: 4What is    plagiarism? 4Avoid Plagiarism 4Plagiarism Links 4AT English    Department's    Policy Inspiration & more graphic organizers: Inspiration tour 4Access from the desktop in the AT LMC or LSC	Need help writing? Think about organization for your thoughts!Presentation Organization Integrity is key to academic success: Citations W/Parenthetical 4Citations 4Citation Formats 4MLA Resources  4NoodleBib HELP! Turnitin: 4Instructor    Quickstart Guide 4Student/User    Quickstart Guide 4Training Video Works Cited Additional Help	Self Evaluation of Project  Self Evaluation of Process Peer Team Evalution Team Self Evaluation Group Evaluations: 1. With cards 2. Form

Frequent opportunities help students move on the continuum from basic literacy to fluency.  Fluency is defined as students owning the strategies and thinking independently with information to solve given problems.  In order for fluency to be achieved, direct instruction and practice is necessary.

This system is tailored to meet the expectations of the AT Academic Departments.  The links and documents  are provided  to assist educators to facilitate the implementation of the Information Literacy process.   Needless to say, many educators may have best practices for these areas already in place.  There are many options under each process step and educators are encouraged to select and to adapt to meet the needs of the given project and specific students.  Many of the forms have been placed on the Word template located on the computers at Addison Trail High School, so that they can conveniently be adapted for classroom use.  Input and feedback from faculty is welcome.

12/06 Updated
8/03 Created by Media Center Director  Elaine Buch, Ph.D. The updating process (03) was supported by Kathy Smead (Learning Support Center & ESL).