In its second year, the SPPS Metronet Information Literacy Project is a collaborative effort between Saint Paul Public Schools and Metronet, to implement the Minnesota Educational Media Organization Information and Technology Literacy Standards. Teams comprised of ibrary media specialists and teachers from six of the seven high schools will meet regularly throughout the school year as they work together to incorporate the Research Process, use of Reliable Resources and Responsible Use of Information and Technology into their instruction. Metro State University and the Saint Paul Public Libraries are also partners in this project. For more information: http://connect.spps.org/MILP

Participant Goals

Research

Improve the ability of students and teachers to conduct effective research by using a process that includes the following 5 steps:

Formulate a Question
Gather and Evaluate information
Conclude (form c conclusion)
Communicate information and conclusion
Evaluate process and product

Use Reliable Resources

All participants will identify and use available, reliable resources whenever possible. This includes but is not limited to, electronic, human, and print. Collaboration will be common practice rather than theory.

Responsible Use

Promote understanding and practice responsible use of information and technology. Advise and assist teachers in the creation of plagiarism-proof assignments. Help all involved to approach ethical use in the spirit of good citizenship rather than compliance.

Project Goals

The Metronet Information Literacy Project (MILP) goals are:

Improve the ability of participating 10^th graders to conduct research by teaching them a process which involves the following five steps:
- Question
- Gather and Evaluate
- Conclude
- Communicate
- Evaluate
Increase students’ understanding of the legal and ethical issues related to information use including plagiarism, copyright, and the responsible use of technology.
Foster greater library media specialist-teacher collaboration and teamwork and promote the implementation of the MEMO/MLA “Recommended Standards for Information and Technology Literacy.”
Demonstrate and stimulate increased levels of interlibrary cooperation among the types of libraries participating in this project: school library media centers, public libraries, and academic libraries.