Episode 14: Questions are the Answer
As a leading teacher-librarian, Barbara Braxton knows about information literacy. In this episode, we talk with Barbara about the information process, the concept of literacy in the 21st century, the art of developing”thick questions”, and how to create tasks that minimise the need to plagiarise in the first place. Barbara is well respected amongst the Australian online teaching community and she has some great insights into how we get kids to use information. Oh, and a couple of political viewpoints as well….
Links mentioned in the podcast…
- Evaluating Internet-based resources - An article by David Warlick
- Jimmy Wales on Ted Talks - The insiders story on Wikipedia
- Velcro crop under challenge - If it’s on the Internet it must be true, right?
- From Now On - Great resources from Jamie Mackenzie
- Questioning.org - More great Mackenzie stuff
- The Quizzard of Oz - Barbara’s pet quiz project
Thanks to Barbara for making the time to chat to me on one of her fleeting visits back to Canberra. As always, listeners’ comments are welcome below.
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August 27th, 2007 at 6:59 pm
Hi Chris,
Just listened to your interview with Barbara Braxton. I have been reading Barb’s contributions to OZ Teachers and OZTL for many years and enjoyed your chat. She summarised many of the subjects so often discussed on these list servs. Nice to put a voice to the name and give her the kudos she deserves.
Virtual Classroom podcasts are great and I have benefitted from them all. Thank you for your work !
Celia
August 28th, 2007 at 3:38 am
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August 31st, 2007 at 7:35 pm
Really enjoyed listening to this interview. Thanks for what you are doing.
September 2nd, 2007 at 4:14 pm
Hi Celia and Christen… You’re both welcome. Glad you got something out of it. Barb is a wonderful person, and she’s a pleasure to talk to.