Get IT

Student Leaders for Information and Technology Literacy

Information Technology

Get ITAt East Side Community School

The scene: East Side

600 students 46 teachers 300 computers

(100 new)

More technology brings more needs:

to improve the quality of students’ sources of information and critical assessment of sources.

to promote synthesizing and representing ideas effectively, responsibly, and ethically.

To provide support to students and teachers in using technology.

Program Plan

Most school or district technology plans call for the inclusion of all stakeholder groups as key to creating a sense of ownership and support that will lead to long-term success. However, these plans often ignore the largest stakeholder group of all—the students.

-Martinez and Harper (2008)

Information literacy is critical thinking

“To be information literate, a person must be able to recognize when information is needed and have the ability to locate, evaluate, and use effectively the needed information. The information literate individuals are those who have learned how to learn” (ALA)

Knowledge and experience with digital media is required!American Library Association definition of information literacy: http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlpubs/whitepapers/presidential.htm.

Goal 1: Prepare students to use digital tools for information literacy

Objective I. 100% of 9th graders will attend sessions on digital citizenship, review access to database resources and access a Google account

Digital CitizenshipStudents: A. advocate and practice safe, legal, and

responsible use of information and technology.B. exhibit a positive attitude toward using

technology that supports collaboration, learning, and productivity.

Excerpted from ISTE, NETS for Students 2007

Objective II: 60 students will attend a series of workshops/online lessons to prepare as student leaders and be certified in the basics of information and technology literacy.

• focus on selected tools such as: database resources, Google searching, Google Docs, Delicious (social bookmarking) and Easy Bib (citation maker).

Goal 2: Increase use of information literacy skills and technology tools for teaching and

learning with student leaders

• Provide training to teachers on the GetIT project• Involve student leaders to support the integration of

information literacy/technology in class and through individual tutoring.

• Promote students as experts in the learning community by involving them in:– working committees, – teaching individuals and groups, – and leading technology projects.

Get IT in Action

More support, and

opportunities to collaborate and

share best practices

Teachers use information literacy and

common tech tools

Student Leaders give in-class

support

Student leaders give individual

tutoring

Student leaders work on school-

wide projects and committees

Free, cloud-based tools will work at any computer and allow for easier teacher reviews, peer feedback and collaboration, real-time sharing, and long term storage

Information literate students’ processes and tools

Adapted from Wendy Drexler, 2010 “The Networked Student Processes and Tools” retrieved from blog: http://teachweb2.blogspot.com/2010/01/personal-learning-environments-student.html

Learning from Experience

• Get IT is similar to models based on student leaders for tech education – Gen Yes/Tech Yes and Mouse Squad with demonstrated positive impacts on both leaders and school community.

• Recommended strategies include good preparation, providing structures for student leaders (logs, help tickets or blogs), and providing recognition and/or course credit.

Budget

Marketing costs for printing/teacher recognition $300

Project Person/Est. hoursPrepare curriculum/assessments Librarian 45Train teachers Librarian 645 Teachers in training x 1.5 hours Teachers 67.5Train students Librarian/other 49.5Support students/assessments Librarian/other 72Marketing Librarian 21Assessment Librarian 10Total hours 271 staff hours

TimelineSpring/summer 2012: • Assess teacher/student needs • Prepare curriculum, assessments,

structures & incentive details• Pilot project • Prepare teacher training

Fall 2012: • Train teachers• recruit students leaders• Train 1st group of student leaders

Winter 2012/13: • Recruit 2nd group of student leaders• engage 1st group of leaders• assess digital citizenship workshops

Spring 2013: • Recruit student leaders• engage 2nd group• assess teacher perceptions• analyze results and report• recognize participants

Pilot Project

Current library interns:• Make and assess a

demonstration project (such as 7 cool things you can do on the NYPL website)

• Teach or tutor on how to create username, change PIN and access NYPL resources

Marketing: Goals

1. Attract students to become student leaders in information technology.

2. Attract teachers and students to working with information literacy/information technology.

3. Promote the librarian and student leaders as digital information management leaders

4. Get parental support for students to participate in digital learning.

Marketing: Key messages

Connect with Get IT student leaders in the classroom to help teach basic information literacy skills through free digital tools:• where and how to access information, • how to assess it, organize it and use it

ethically and safely.

to teachers and administrators

Want help with getting your class up to speed with technology?

Marketing: Key messages

Knowledge IS power IS knowing how to use technology. Get IT.

Google like an expert. Get IT.

Information technology= finding the best information and using it to make yourself look good. Get IT.

To students (here in bookmarks)

Marketing: Key messagesTo parents in brochure

Digital Information literacy skills are basic skills for success in the 21st Century.

Get IT (Information Technology) trains and supports student leaders to assist teachers, peers and the school with the integration of technology tools while giving student leaders experience and school credit.

Marketing: Promotional Strategies

• Advisory Announcements• Principal letters• Hall fliers $ • Bookmarks $• School newspaper• Website promotion • Teacher recognition $• Brochure (for parents) $• Posters in library $• Video (near end of program) • Librarian e-signature

Assessment: student preparation

1) Student leaders and a teacher will assess and track student performance based projects using checklists and rubrics:

Leadership workshop digital portfolios in four information literacy skill areas

Digital citizenship workshops projects:• Easy multi-media presentations on digital citizenship

(Animoto, Voki),• Google Doc of Enrichment Binder

2) Surveys to teachers, students and administration will give feedback about perceived impact of digital citizenship workshops and information literacy skills

Assessment: student leadership

• Survey teachers for feedback about impact of working with student leaders

• Focus group with student leaders

Get IT Student leaders will address School Needs

Prepare students to use digital tools for

information literacy skills

Support teachers in integrating technology

Involve youth as experts in the learning

community

Enhance culture of inquiry & technology

Credits• Image of laptop cart from: http://ceg-pa.com/blog/2009/05/28/intelligent-laptop-cart/• Image of ESCS students from: Liz’s advisory

http://www.eschs.org/www/eastside_newvisionsk12/site/hosting/YearbookMay27/lizadvisory/index.htm• Quote from: Martinez, S. and Harper, D. (November, 2008). Working With Tech-Savvy Kids, Educational

Leadership. 88(3). Retrieved from: http://blog.genyes.org/index.php/tag/service-learning/• Image of Atlantic magazine cover July/Aug 2008 from:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Is_Google_Making_Us_Stupid%3F• Image of Time magazine cover December 26, 2006 from:

http://www.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,20061225,00.html