Professionals: Frances Jacobson Harris
Librarian and Associate Professor at University Laboratory High School,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Frances Jacobson Harris team-teaches a required computer literacy course for eighth grade students, which includes information literacy and Internet ethics components. http://www.uni.uiuc.edu/library/computerlit
- Responsible for library instructional services for a five-year secondary school curriculum designed for gifted students.
- Presentations and publications on topics related to young adults, Internet ethics, and digital information.
University Laboratory High School Library Home Page http://www.uni.uiuc.edu/library/
Gargoyles Loose in the Library (Blogsite) http://www.uni.uiuc.edu/library/blog/index.html
Personal Webpage: http://www.uni.uiuc.edu/library/harrisvita.htm
School Website Recognized:
Website of the Month (by Walter Minkel)
School Library Journal (Nov. 2003).
http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA332689?
Artilcle & Document Online:
Evaluating Websites (2000, updated 2004)
http://www.uni.uiuc.edu/library/computerlit/evaluatingsites.html
Handout part of computer literacy instruction.
Harris, Frances Jacobson. "There Was a Great
Collision in the Stock Market”: Middle School Students, Online
Primary Sources, and Historical Sense Making. School Library Media Research;
5, 2002.
http://www.ala.org/ala/aasl/aaslpubsandjournals/slmrb/slmrcontents/volume52002/harris.htm This
paper describes the results of an exploratory study of eighth-grade
students and their use of online primary sources as part of an oral
history unit on family farming.
Book:
Harris, frances Jacobson. I Found It On the Internet:
Coming of Age Online.
Chicago: American Library Association, 2005. ISBN: 0-8389-0898-5
Book Chapter:
Harris, Frances Jacobson. Building Learning Communities
Using Technology. In Stripling, Barbara & Hughes-Hassell,
Sandra (Eds.), Curriculum Connections through the Library. Greenwood
Publishing Group, 2003.