http://www.informationliteracy.org/searchNew Teaching Ideas http://www.informationliteracy.org/ideas/view/180Students will utitlize the Library of Congress's "American Memories" database to read the poetry of WWI soldiers. They will also read letters from a selected WWI soldier. Students will then create a "found poem" based upon that soldier's perspective. http://www.informationliteracy.org/ideas/view/184This webquest gives students the opportunity to examine the debate over the authorship of works attributed to William Shakespeare through examination of Shakespeare's writing and through the literature surrounding this controversy. Once completed... students must act as literary critics to answer the question: how do we know Shakespeare wrote Shakespeare? http://www.informationliteracy.org/ideas/view/192Students research a notable person from the past or present who has made a positive contribution to society. As a culminating event, students "become" their chosen person. http://www.informationliteracy.org/ideas/view/197In this unit students will be researching biographies in the library, then choosing one to focus on in order to create a paper and a short class presentation. http://www.informationliteracy.org/ideas/view/200In this activity, teams of students are guided in using and understanding various facets of the library by focusing on a selected topic related to the themes murder, mystery and mayhem. http://www.informationliteracy.org/ideas/view/204In this lesson students will learn about the Internet, the cool kinds of information available, and how to find that information. Students will do so through research about the heart. Created by Cindy Buerkle http://www.informationliteracy.org/ideas/view/242To gain and sustain attention, remember to vary the format of your information literacy lesson. All lecture or all one format generally results in losing some or all of your audience at some point. In addition to breaking up lectures with instructional conversations (discussions), group work, and the old standby PowerPoint presentation, consider varying the media you use. A relevant brief video clip can regain lost attention, or an audio clip featuring an individual critical to the content area (e.g., in a civics class, listening to the "I Have a Dream" speech by Dr. Martin Luther King can be a powerful attention grabber and sustainer). Enter "motivational strategies" into a keyword search to find other strategies for motivating your learners. http://www.informationliteracy.org/ideas/view/257Teaching Idea: Provide students who enjoyed reading a particular author's work opportunities to go beyond assigned tasks with a list of additional readings and Web sites on that author or by similar authors. Submitted by: The S.O.S. Team Credit: Small & Arnone, "Turning Kids On to Research: The Power of Motivation," Libraries Unlimited, 2000. http://www.informationliteracy.org/ideas/view/317In this lesson, students will learn about cyberethics by exploring the real hurt and problems caused by irresponsible use of computers or other technology. They will learn what is considered unacceptable use and the consequences for it. http://www.informationliteracy.org/ideas/view/321Here, students are introduced to Web site evaluation criteria such as author, purpose, and accuracy, and asked to assess given Web sites for reliability.