Recognizing the Conversation: Introducing Information Literacy in First-Year Writing
Type of Presentation
Individual paper/presentation (20 minute presentation)
Target Audience
Higher Education
Location
Scarbrough 2
Abstract
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Presentation Description
This presentation discusses a series of activities that introduces first-year writing students to the underpinnings of research and information literacy. Stripping away formal information literacy instruction, students begin to recognize the broader conversation that unfolds within their own work. By examining popular magazine and internet articles, as well as comments and letters to the editor, students see where they have been engaging in discourse all along.
Keywords
College freshman, Writing and composition, Research process, Information literacy, Popular magazines, Internet articles, Editorials
Publication Type and Release Option
Presentation (Open Access)
Recommended Citation
Shemkovitz, Greg, "Recognizing the Conversation: Introducing Information Literacy in First-Year Writing" (2013). Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy. 76.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/gaintlit/2013/2013/76
Recognizing the Conversation: Introducing Information Literacy in First-Year Writing
Scarbrough 2
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