Super Searchers Go to School: Sharing Online Strategies with K-12 Students, Teachers, Librarians: Sharing Online Strategies with K-12 Students, Teachers, and Librarians (Super Searchers Series) - Softcover

"Super Searchers Go To School is a unique collection of 'thought provokers' from important thinkers in the field of information and technology literacy. Beyond philosophy to practicality, this book gives library media specialists and teachers the tools, techniques, hints, ideas, examples, methods, processes, and suggestions they need to enhance learning in an information-rich world for all students." --Bob Berkowitz, Co-Creator of the Big6 Skills Approach to Information & Technology Skills Instruction and Big6 TurboTools

Using an expert interview approach to K-12 research, this book shares ideas from professional researchers on the improvement of teacher awareness of critical information skills and the importance of information fluency. How educators and librarians can intrude respectfully when research becomes a largely self-serving pursuit, what the developmental issues are in teaching searching, and what a best practice looks like are discused. Other topics covered include motivating learners to care about improving their searching skills, selecting high quality resources, and how to engage an entire community, including classroom teachers, administrators, and parents.