The Tool for Real-Time Assessment of Information Literacy Skills (TRAILS)

March 6, 2008, 3:30-4:30 p.m.

Join us for a free, interactive video conference professional development workshop for
teachers, librarians, curriculum coordinators, guidance counselors and technology
coordinators. CEU certificates will be provided.

Back by popular demand! This videoconference presentation was offered first semester with a large number of partiticipants and a number of other sites wanting a repeat.

The Tool for Real-Time Assessment of Information Literacy Skills (TRAILS) is
an online tool which can be used to measure students' information seeking abilities. It is
a free, online test of multiple-choice questions assessing a variety of information literacy
skills appropriate for high school students. The assessment is funded by ILILE.
Participants will learn how to create and manage an online account on the TRAILS site
and how the assessments and their results can be used to help plan and evaluate
collaborative lessons aligned with content standards. Hear others discuss their uses of
the tests, as well. The new 6th grade TRAILS test will be discussed as well.
For more information on TRAILS go to http://www.trails-9.org/.

Presenter: Paula Baco, Library Media Specialist, Trumbull Career and Technical Center.

Melissa Higgs-Horwell
Curriculum Integration Coordinator
SCOCA
175 Beaver Creek Rd.
Piketon, OH 45661
800-634-8828
Cell: 740-352-6820
Fax: 740-289-2082
melissah@scoca-k12.org