January 2011
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Information Literacy from the School Library...
The articles I selected from school library professional journals had a common theme of how school librarians can incorporate an effective information literacy curriculum into their schools. Unlike public librarians, school librarians are also teachers and share the responsibility of educating students so that students graduate with certain knowledge and skills. The first article I read,...
Reference Backtalk: Screencasting for an Audience... →
This article includes a list of recommended screencasting tools that we didn’t talk about yet as well as a list of tips for great screencasts. I found it helpful!
Online Library Instruction
Griffis, Johnston, and Yelinek et al all write about the value of using online software to create video tutorials and pathfinders to help students use online resources such as databases and course management systems. These types of online pathfinders and tutorials are great for the basic “provision of resources and tools” role of libraries, but they are not a substitute for all the types of...
How People Learn, ch. 1 + 2
The first chapter of How People Learn, “Learning from Speculation to Science,” supported much of what I have learned in my education courses at U-M, especially in Psychology in Teaching and Learning (EDUC 606). Unfortunately, it did not reflect many of my experiences as a student in K-12 or higher education. For instance, on pages 4 and 5, Bransford, et al, discuss the new concept of “knowing’...
