Spartan Savvy: Integrative Model for Information Literacy

Students will ask and answer questions about the characteristics of a source in order to critically evaluate it.

Using segments from different sources, students will reflect on how to use sources when constructing an argument.

Self paced tutorial that helps students "identify the characteristics of information, which contribute to its value".

In small groups, students are asked to develop "rules" for the use of something that they have created. After considering an information source they have used in an assignment, students will reflect on the source's rules of use and the perspective of the creator of that source.

Discussion of hashtags and subject headings as metadata to help locate information.

The class contributes to the creation of a concept map that shows how a variety of sources contribute to robust learning of a topic.

Pin-the-tail-on-the-donkey activity and discussion using Vanessa Otero’s Media Bias chart.

Students learn how to read scholarly articles and how to use them as evidence for claims.

Using clips from the “Just Google It”: Algorithms of Oppression video and searching activities, students are asked to "critically examine results of google image searches as an illustration of inequities". Students created a shared file with images and thoughts that represented what they learned.

Discussion of purpose and value of citing sources in academia.