Digital Literacy

"Uncover and Discover"

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Quizzes and Games in the Curriculum

Literature: Information Literacy and Gaming

Doshi, A. How Gaming Could Improve Information Literacy. Computers in Libraries v. 26 no. 5 (May 2006) p. 14-17
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Alexander, B. Games for Higher Education: 2008. New Horizons. EDUCAUSE Review, vol. 43, no. 4 (July/August 2008).
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Alvarado, R. Overcoming the Fear of Gaming: A Strategy for Incorporating Games into Teaching and Learning. Educause Quarterly v. 31 no. 3 (2008) p. 4-5
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Create Your Own Games

Wisc-Online has created templates to allow others to enter content into a variety of game formats.  Games can be added to web pages and  course management systems.  To get started sign in to Wisc-Online and select the GameBuilder link.  Visit www.wisc-online.com for step-by-step instructions. Sample games are at Game List.

Developing Student Research Skills with Quizzes

You think you know this stuff

http://www.stonybrook.edu/library/tutorial/mod1/05d_hitme.shtml
Focus:  Decide if phrases are topics or research questions.

Infometer

http://www.stonybrook.edu/library/tutorial/mod2/05infometer.shtml
Focus:  Determine which sources are most useful in answering specific types of research needs.

Concept Mapping

http://gemini.lib.purdue.edu/core/default.cfm
Focus:  Develop a concept map.  Select Topic Exploration from menu.  You will need to click through to get to the concept map feature.

Developing Student Research Skills with Games

Think Fast

http://132.177.228.39/mod1/16-thinkfast-game.htm
A rapid-fire, multiple choice question/answer game.

Library Squares

http://lib1.uwec.edu/TILT/module2/libsquares_mc.htm
A tic-tac-toe style game from TILT.

Guess the Google

http://grant.robinson.name/projects/guess-the-google/
Presents a montage of Google Images associated with a particular word, you must guess that word.

Bubbl.us

http://bubbl.us/
A tool for brainstorming which could be used for concept mapping.

IMSA 21st Century Information Fluency Project

Power Searching

Teaches how to use synonyms tp know which words in a free text phrase will be most appropriate for searching.

More Games for Finding Effective Search Terms

Query Assessment

http://21cif.imsa.edu/rkitp/assessment/v1n0/query_assessment.swf

Internet Search Challenge

http://21cif.imsa.edu/rkitp/challenge/SC_rollercoaster/SC_010.swf

Internet Page Evaluation

Info Lit Game at UNCG

http://library.uncg.edu/game/mygame.asp
Description: A game for 1-4 players. The game covers the following categories:

Audience: Any level