ISAIL+Standards

= **I-SAIL Standards** =

**Accesses information efficiently and effectively to inquire, think critically, and gain knowledge**

 * Recognizes the need for information
 * Formulates questions based on information needs
 * Identifies a variety of potential sources of information
 * Develops and uses successful strategies for locating information
 * Seeks information from diverse sources, contexts, disciplines and cultures

**Evaluates information critically and competently to draw conclusions, make informed decisions, apply knowledge to new situations, and create new knowledge**

 * Determines accuracy, relevance, and comprehensiveness
 * Distinguishes among fact, point of view, and opinion
 * Identifies inaccurate and misleading information
 * Selects information appropriate to the problem or question at hand

** Uses information accurately, creatively, and ethically to share knowledge and participate ethically and productively as members of our democratic society **

 * Organizes information for practical application
 * Integrates new information into one's own knowledge
 * Produces and communicates information and ideas in appropriate formats
 * Devises strategies for revising and improving process and product
 * Practices ethical behavior in regard to information and information technology (including freedom of speech, censorship, copyright and plagiarism)

**Appreciates literature and other creative expressions of information and pursues information related to personal interests and aesthetic growth**

 * Is a competent and self-motivated reader
 * Develops a background in types of literature and literary elements
 * Derives meaning from information presented creatively in a variety of formats
 * Seeks information related to personal well-being, such as career interests, community involvement, health matters, and recreational pursuits
 * Designs, develops and evaluates information

Understands and practices Internet safety when using any social electronic media for educational or leisure purposes

 * Practices strategies that promote personal safety and protect online and offline reputation
 * Recognizes a variety of networked environments as public places that are governed by codes of behavior
 * Knows how to protect electronic devices from harm in an online environment