When replying to what I would do to improve my students' research and information literacy skills, I would have to say the the first thing that I would need to do would be to educate myself in effective search methods, as well familiarizing myself with the information literacy sites that are available.

I would also need to model information literacy and teach my students the basic rules and methods of quality web searching.  I would begin by utilizing the lessons provided by
Google.  Once students learned searching techniques, my next focus would be on making them aware that not everything on the internet is factual, even if it appears to be.  I would accomplish this using the "French Model" commercial for State Farm Insurance," the site on Zapatopi about Saving the Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus, and "All About Explorers."

Finally ,  I would educate my students on copyright issues by utilizing Copyright Basics.

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