Information Literacy has changed.

It happened this afternoon. I was responding to an email I had recieved asking about a particular book a friend had mentioned. I knew the title but wasn’t sure of the spelling of the author’s name. So I typed the name into my google toolbox on Mozilla FireFox and as I typed it suggested keywords. About halfway down the list was the author’s name.

Imagine what it is going to be like for our students as adults.

As cellphones become more computer like, our students will be able to access much more information than they’ll ever be able to remember. Will they have the skills to know how to find information, assess its accuracy and relevence and know what to do with it? How are we preparing them for that world?

As a student, I would have had to go to the library to find the answer or if I was really lucky one of my parents would have known it.

Information Literacy has changed.