ReadAcrossContArea

Supporting Reading Across the Content Areas with Digital Tools
Aurora University
Kellie Doubek, Instructor

Why do students need information literacy skills?

Teaching Zack to Think This article takes a look at what can go wrong when using Internet resources and how to use these mistakes as learning experiences.	NETS The National Education Technology Standards for teachers, students, and administrators.
21st Century Skills NCREL compiled the research on future realities and the skills students will need to be successful.	The "Forgotten" Language Arts Standard Language Arts Standard #5 says students will use the language arts to acquire, assess and communicate information.

Some Information Literacy Models and Definitions

The Big 6
Information Literacy skills defined by the American Library Association.

Engauge
This is what NCREL has to say about information literacy skills.

21st Century Literacies
This resource was created to support the Pacific Bell/UCLA Initiatives for 21st Century Literacies.

Readability

How can you use a cloze test?

Readability.info will calculate the readability of a web site.

What resources do I have for alternate text?
Search Engines for You

Here are some places to start looking for resources, but do a search on your own to see what you can find!

Resources for Researching and Primary Resources
But don't let me stop you here! This is just the beginning.

Last but not least, check out these research-based reading strategies that can be enhanced with technology.