Digital Information Fluency (DIF) is the ability to find, evaluate and use digital information effectively, efficiently and ethically. DIF involves knowing how digital information is different from print information; having the skills to...
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Digital Information Fluency (DIF) is the ability to find, evaluate and use digital information effectively, efficiently and ethically. DIF involves knowing how digital information is different from print information; having the skills to use specialized tools for finding digital information; and developing the dispositions needed in the digital information environment. As teachers and librarians develop these skills and teach them to students, students will become better equipped to achieve their information needs.
Guyana has suspended its search for a U.S.-registered plane with three people aboard that disappeared over dense Amazonian jungle two weeks ago. Transportation Minister Robeson Benn says government teams have unsuccessfully scoured mountainous forests near...
Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang will step down from his job as CEO, said sources close to the company, as soon as the board finds a replacement for him, in what sources close to the situation call a joint decision by him and the company's directors.
Users can soon ask their iPhone a question and get search results from Google (GOOG) thanks to a new application on the Apple (AAPL) iPhone apps store. According to news reports and blogs, the voice search application, which was expected to be unveiled on Friday will be available for free at the...
Last year, John Delling was accused of shooting and killing two former Boise classmates, David Boss and Bradley Morse. The state will take 30 more days to evaluate him.
A federal judge on Monday ordered the Justice Department to release the information it used to persuade the courts to let it search the home of a former Army scientist who was exonerated in the 2001 anthrax attacks. U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth said the...
Sam Gustin writes: Google's much-ballyhooed voice-based search application for Apple's iPhone was a no-show last Friday. But after a mysterious delay, the service is set to launch today, according to TechCrunch.When word surfaced last week that Google planned to introduce ...
BUSINESS Times and American Express have launched the search for Malaysia's chief executive officer (CEO) of the year for 2008. This is to recognise and acknowledge entrepreneurial and managerial expertise and performance among leaders of Malaysian corporations.
Council has revved up its search for a new airline for the Mudgee-Sydney route after crisis talks last Thursday night left general manager Warwick Bennett and mayor Percy Thompson fairly confident Air Link would cease local operations on December 20.
Authorities will search Sunday for victims in the scorched wreckage of 500 Southern California mobile homes that were destroyed by one of the raging wildfires in the area.
As the Obama family continues to search for the perfect first dog, two of the Hub shelter dogs featured in a Herald article on presidential pup contenders now have found new...
Philadelphia police launched a region-wide search for a woman who was abducted by her ex-husband from her home in the Sharswood section of North Philadelphia on Saturday.
Rescue workers in Marion County said they are looking to recover a body as they resumed a search for a man who went missing during a late night scuba dive.