Teaching information skills: professional development CD-ROM

(Awarded the International Association of School Librarianship / Social Issues Resources Series (IASL/SIRS) Commendation Award in 1997.

Multimedia CD-ROM Macintosh / Windows platforms on the one disk

This professional development software is designed for teachers, teacher librarians, information specialists and those involved in the development of information skills and competencies in students. The CD-ROM invites the user to explore, discuss and learn about implementing the information process, collaborative planning and teaching, resource based teaching and learning, and assigning levels of information skills development.

The software provides a unique professional development opportunity for educators to enhance their understanding of the information process. It helps to develop confidence and competence in teaching information skills across the curriculum and also provides strategies and collaborative planning processes that help teachers work towards the progressive development of skills and competencies using integrated resource based programs.

The CD-ROM provides information on introducing information skills, implementing information skills, levels of skill development and case studies.

The case studies:

• explore 12 primary and secondary curriculum units from around Australia,
• follow experienced classroom teachers and teacher librarians who model methods of implementing the teaching of information skills and competencies,
• view collaborative planning ideas, teaching methods, useful resources and student work samples in different learning environments, and
• inform how teachers reconcile the evidence from students' work samples with levels of information skills development.

The Commonwealth of Australia under the National Professional Development Program (NPDP) funded the development of this software package.

Included in the Learning for the future: a professional development kit pack 2

Last updated 27 January 2004