Dead Fish on Rickenbacker Lake

II. The Tutorial Storyboard:
Introduction

1. Opening Screen

DEAD FISH ON RICKENBACKER LAKE - AN ENVIRONMENTAL MYSTERY

An Information Literacy Tutorial Presented by the Acterra Environmental Library

Graphics: Animated graphic of lake with dead fish floating on its surface

Sound: "Mystery" music (play once)

Notes: This would most likely be a Flash animation page

Dead Fish on Rickenbacker Lake is an educational Web site designed to introduce high school and new college students to research skills and sources within the Acterra Environmental Library and beyond. The tutorial offers an introduction and two sequential modules. Each should take you approximately 25 minutes.

You can navigate through the tutorial using the green bars at the top and side of the screens. The top bar offers tips and navigation related to the entire site. For example, the TERMS section offers definitions of terms you may not know. The side bar helps you move around each module. Choose OUTLINE to see a content outline for the module you are in. Both modules conclude with a quiz; it may be helpful to take notes.

Whether this site provides new information or reviews what you may have already seen, Dead Fish on Rickenbacker Lake can help you focuson the resources you need to successfully complete your project or paper. The skills you learn here can prepare you for better research in all your courses!

Graphics: No special graphics

Sound: None

3. What is Information Literacy?

What is Information Literacy?

Information literacy is all about:

knowing when you have a need for information
identifying information needed to address a given problem or issue
finding needed information and evaluating the information
organizing the information
using the information effectively to address the problem or issue at hand.

"Ultimately, information literate people are those who have learned how to learn. They know how to learn because they know how knowledge is organized, how to find information, and how to use information in such a way that others can learn from them. They are people prepared for lifelong learning, because they can always find the information needed for any task or decision at hand."

American Library Association. Report of the Presidential Committee on Information Literacy (Internet Address: http://www.ala.org/acrl/nili/ilit1st.html)

Becoming information literate will help you both in school and beyond.

4. What is the Acterra Environmental Library?

What is the Acterra Environmental Library?

We are a small library affiliated with Acterra: Action for the Earth [link], and are located at 3921 East Bayshore Road in Palo Alto, California (see [link to map] for directions). We're open weekdays, as well as evenings by arrangement, although a librarian may not be on duty when you visit. The library has extensive information on local environmental issues as well as more general environmental topics. Holdings include books, journals, videos, an extensive clipping file, environmental impact reports, maps, and pamphlets. You won't be able to find many of our materials in any other library, or at least not in one place. [link to library main page: More…]

graphics: Acterra logo; library clip art