My WebQuest: Developing Information Literacy Skills

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It is no more pertinent than today to acknowledge that students live in a technology driven world where information and communication technologies are integrated into everyday situations (QSA, 2007). Prensky, 2001 suggests that it is now clear that as a result of the abundant technological environment and students’ substantial level of interaction with it, that today’s students think and process information fundamentally differently from their predecessors. With this in mind, it is crucial that as a future educator, I bring to the classroom new and innovative ways of teaching and learning in order to motivate and interest these ‘digital natives’ (Halat, 2008).

Blummer (2006) proposes that WebQuests in partnership with teachers can facilitate the development of information literacy skills among students. This is due to the interactive nature in which information is presented to students through a WebQuest, which appeals to students style of learning (Blummer 2006). The WebQuest – Tjukurpa – The Dreaming provides an authentic and relevant learning opportunity for students to develop their information literacy skills through the key learning area of SOSE and additionally incorporates the ICT Cross-Curricular Priorities to the end of Year 3. The intended learning the WebQuest intends provide students with, is to gain knowledge and understanding of the unique connection Indigenous people have with the land. Dreamtime stories provide a source of information for students to engage and analyse this unique connection, which is the design concept behind this WebQuest.

The Association of College and Research Libraries, (2000) defines Information Literacy as an understanding and set of abilities enabling individuals to ‘recogn...

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