Publisher's Synopsis
The considerable growth of information and communication technology and its excessive influence on different aspects of life have affected many activities, especially educational activities such as changing students' educational requirements, students and teachers' essential skills, teaching methods, and the application of information and communications technology in the process of teaching. The ability to accommodate oneself with the changes, competitiveness, and lifelong learning are the means of success in the contemporary society. The Internet is used extensively by children and teenagers, both at home and at school. At home, they communicate with friends through instant messaging, surf the Web to find information about the latest mobile phones and create their own Website or Weblog. At school, the Web has become a popular information resource and is increasingly used as an alternative to printed resources. Although many teachers acknowledge the Web's potential as an educational tool as well as the Web's motivating power, they also struggle to find meaningful applications of the Web in their educational practices. The Web is a learning tool that differs from other tools used in education because students acquire a great many Web skills in an out-of-school context and also regard themselves as skilled Web users. This is reflected in the perception of many teachers that their students' Web skills are superior to their own, which may result in underestimating the support students need when using the Web for educational purposes. This volume covers state of the art studies that offer advice, strategies, and tips to help school staffs evaluate, use, teach, and develop Internet resources more effectively. This book focuses on the knowledge and skills needed by teachers and teacher librarians to be information literate web users and to develop these abilities in their students. Consequently, the technical skills of web searching are often taught separately from academic curricula or left entirely unaddressed. This volume covers study focused on research methodology to document, evaluate and reflect on students' use of evaluative frameworks.
