About Claire Gordon Expertise I am a very avid reader and am able to answer general questions about books for young adults. Keeping in mind that I have read a lot of books I may be able to answer more specific questions as well. I am also more than happy to help a reader find books that they may be interested in. I can also help you find books when you are in that stage of thinking about reading more adult books, even if you've never found any you like.
Experience I've been reading for many years and have pretty varied tastes. Because of the number of books I read I'm able to recommend specific books for young adults.
Education/Credentials I have no credentials, as I am a highschool student. But I'm the perfect age to recommend young adult books and have been reading for many years.
Expert: Claire Gordon Date: 8/1/2007 Subject: AllExperts - Question
Question I am a teacher in Wisconsin. Information literacy is really important in schools. What are some of the strategies I can follow to help promote information literacy in my school and community? How could a school district, county, or state establish an information literacy plan?
I would love to hear your views.
Thanks,
Madeline
Answer I'm not sure I'll be able to answer this question.
My one main thought on promoting information literacy would be please do not try all those average lame ploys to get young people interested in reading. You know putting up posters that say things like "Reading is cool!" those are just embarrassing.
I think what would work best is to get some sort of events together like book sales or book readings...maybe even book clubs. I think these are the only things that could really spark interest. Remember you can't force people to sit down and read.
I'm sorry I wasn't more help...I'm not sure there's a good way to start an information literacy "plan" exactly except as I said starting up events maybe in schools. Ones that give people the choice to find something that interests them, not forcing them to do something.
