Michael's MLIS Jots, Gems, Jabs & Jaunts

Photo by Mika Baumeister on Unsplash Given the topic of information literacy and technology for this blog post, I thought it would be apropos to try some of the online content generators. So, I popped the topics of information literacy, news literacy, fake news, and information diets into a few of the blog content/headline tools. Portent.com suggested the following headlines: Why information diets will make you question everything << Not too bad. Why everyone is obsessed with information diets Why information diets are more popular than Beyonce How a top model makes information diets work << I almost used this one as the title of this post. ContentRow.com generated: News literacy is failing us Is it just me, or is fake news totally overrated? The simple formula for success in news literacy What your relationship with fake news says about you << The one I did use! NeuralText.com offered up less sensational headlines, like: How to...

In this post, I take a deep dive into the national standards for school libraries and technology integration. Both sets of standards are currently well established, guiding educators’ practices throughout the US. AASL standards framework The American Association of School Librarians ([AASL], 2018b) standards framework identifies six categories of shared foundations (i.e., curriculum standards) for K-12 learners: Inquire Include Collaborate Curate Explore Engage In addition to the shared foundations, there are four domains —Think, Create, Share, and Grow — with two to four specific competencies for each domain.  As Ehler-Hansen and O’Meara (2019) note, the four domains reflect increasing levels of complexity for learning, similar to Bloom’s Taxonomy or Webb’s Depth of Knowledge levels , and the four domains overlap with cognitive, psychomotor, and affective domains of learning . With multiple experiences in each domain of a shared foundation, learners become mor...

 In the theme of every Wordpress blog ever created, I am titling my first sample post as "Hello, World!"  I will be using this blog as part of my Masters in Library and Information Science (MLIS) course ISCI 761 (at the University of South Carolina ) to post discussions, thoughts, examples, musings, and technology integration strategies during Summer 2023. Photo by Nick Morrison on Unsplash