Designing Digital Literacy Programs With Im-Pact: Information Motivation, Purpose, Audience, Content, and Technique (Best Practices for School Library Media Professionals) [Paperback]

Ruth V. Small (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 21, 2004 | ISBN-10: 1555705057 | ISBN-13: 978-1555705053

Information. Motivation. Purpose. Audience. Content. Technique. These are the key components to the IM-PACT model of teaching information literacy skills. Today’s librarians and educators must teach students how to understand, evaluate and integrate information in multiple, computer-delivered formats in order for them to succeed in the 21st century. Ruth Small, a leader in information literacy instruction and motivation, shows you how to develop a teaching style that keeps students motivated, excited, and ready to embrace the new world of information. Learn the importance of needs assessments, collaborative planning, developing goals and objectives, audience analysis, cognitive styles, learning styles, attitudes, motivational styles, information literacy models, presentation methods, learning materials, teaching techniques, and more. The author’s tips and lessons are supported by case studies, visual models, and thought questions. The practical format of this text lets librarians and other instructors fill in tables and charts, complete surveys to assess their understanding and improvement, and complete exercises and activities. Here are all the necessary tools and tips you need to master the IM-PACT method and implement it effectively in school libraries and media centers.

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

This book not only presents a new design for information-literacy programs, but also addresses trends in education and common practices and builds connections among existing theories and research. Small refocuses constructivist theory, Bloom's taxonomy, the ARCS models, national and state standards and initiatives, recent and accepted professional research, common learning activities, and more into her model and provides functional guidelines for implementing it as the foundation for library programs. IM-PACT challenges teachers to address Information Motivation, Purpose, Audience, Content, and Technique for all learning experiences. Small also provides six successful lesson guides and a template for designing individual IM-PACT learning activities, including a Web site motivational analysis checklist (WebMAC) that professionals will likely find useful both for selecting materials for students and for guiding them through learning how to evaluate Web resources. The content of this book is impressively thorough, and is supported with tables, charts, an index, and learning activities. The presentation, however, is flat, gray, and unattractive, which is a contradiction of the content–a gentle irony in the light that motivation itself shines on the process of IM-PACT.–Jodi Kearns, University of Akron, OH
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Product Details

• Paperback: 243 pages
• Publisher: Neal Schuman Pub (December 21, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1555705057
• ISBN-13: 978-1555705053
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.4 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,021,416 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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