Web-based resources are an excellent alternative or supplement for textbooks. When I was student teaching, textbooks were used mainly for reference material - one course, desktop publishing, didn't have a textbook at all. I used web-based resources to find activities that I thought met the students' interests. I believe this helped with student engagement and gave them authenetic learning activities.
2.What opportunities for the development of information literacy skills for students if they began to learn without textbooks?
Through learning without textbooks, students have to wade through a wide variety of information as opposed to the narrowed-down, politically correct and sterile information they receive in textbooks. In the process, students would have to develop information literacy skills to help determine what was vital and accurate information.
3.How do these articles change or support your stance on using Wikipedia as learning resources in the classroom?
These articles further support my stance that Wikipedia can be used by students as a learning resource. Through Wikipedia, students are exposed to collaboration and use critical thinking skills to evaluate articles.
4.Find an image that relates to information literacy and schooling.Embed the image in your blog and provide proper attribution.
Resources:
Ansary, Tamim (November 2004). A
Textbook Example of What’s Wrong With Education. Retrieved from http://www.edutopia.org/muddle-machine
Ruth, Geoff (February 2005). No Books,
No Problem: Teaching Without a Text. Retrieved from http://www.edutopia.org/teaching-without-text
It surprises me how little involvement experts in subject areas contribute to the writing of textbooks
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