POSTER SESSION KEEPING CURRENT IN THE CLASSROOM

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POSTER SESSIONKEEPING CURRENT IN THE CLASSROOM

• Prepared by
• Laura L. Moody
• San Francisco State University

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TIPS FOR THE CLASSROOM

• MAKE SURE TO VARY VOCAL TONE AND MAKE EYE CONTACT
  WITH STUDENTS IN CLASS.
• MAKE INSTRUCTION RELEVANT TO CLASS ASSIGNMENTS
• DONT BE AFRAID TO USE NEW TOOLS SUCH AS YOUTUBE,
  FLICKR, AND WIKIPEDIA
• 4. KEEP UP WITH THE MILLENNIALS BY USING
  SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES

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MOTIVATORS

• ENTHUSIASM
• Speak with tonal variety and quality-no one
  likes to listen to a drone.
• Move around and show facial expressions-but
  not too much!
• Make direct eye contact with students in
  class-helps to read faces.
• CLARITY
• Check in with the class every once in a
  while to make sure they are still with you.
• ORGANIZATION
• Start session with a few traditional library
  resources, then wowem with the non-traditional.
• INTERACTION
• Leave some time at end of class to work
  directly with students. This helps to instill
  confidence and
• allows the librarian to remain approachable
  if students need further assistance.

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Sample Class
Focus on keeping examples relevant to assignment.
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YOUTUBE.COM

• Students today are used to using technologies
  such as You Tube to find information.

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Non-traditional Resources
YOUTUBE.COM-they can see a performance.
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Non-traditional Resources
Flickr.com also offers visual aids, and can Help
the student understand what tags mean.
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FLICKR.COM
Flickr is a very useful visual resource that can
help motivate the student to find further
information.
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WIKIPEDIA
Im constantly amazed at what I find in
Wikipedia. Offers the opportunity to talk to
class about evaluation of web resources, too.
Wikipedia is user friendly and will lead
students to other resources.
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SYNTHESIZE
Wikipedia is reliable and is a good place to
start.
Flickr.com offers photographs
Search YouTube for Tex- Mex music
Students can watch videos of musicians performing
these types of music.
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SOCIAL NETWORK SITES
Most everyone is aware of MySpace and Facebook.
Ive recently set up a space on Windows Live
Spaces, which allows users to set up pages that
can be openly visited by members of the general
public, or you can set up the system to just
allow those you invite. You can set up something
for a class and the students can do there when
they are available. You can post videos,
booklists, and set up an IM service through
MEEBO.
http//spaces.live.com/
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Articles and Books of Interest

• Gibson, Craig, ed. Student Engagement and
  Information Literacy. Chicago Association of
  College and Research Libraries, 2006.
• Jacobson, Trudi E., and Lijuan Xu. Motivating
  Students in Information Literacy Classes. New
  York Neal-Schuman, 2004.
• Oblinger, Diana. "Boomers Gen-Xers Millennials
  Understanding the New Students" Educause Review
  July-August 2003 37-47
• McHugh, Josh. "Synching Up With the Kid" Edutopia
  October 2005 33-35.
• How the New Generation of Well-Wired
  Multitaskers is Changing Campus Culture
• The Chronicle of Higher Education
  Information Technology Column. January 2, 2007.
  
• Hidi, Suzanne and Judith M. Harackiewicz.
  Motivating the Academically Unmotivated A
  Critical Issue for the 21st Century. Review of
  Educational Research
• 132 (Summer 2000) 151-179.
• Brown, Susan. The 21st Century Classroom.
  Techniques Connecting Education Careers. 752
  (October 2000) 22-26.

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Articles and Books of Interest (Cont.)

• Carlson, Scott. The Net Generation in the
  Classroom. The Chronicle of Higher Education.
  527 (2005) 34-37.
• Manses, Jack M. Library 2.0 Theory Web 2.0 and
  Its Implications for Libraries. Webology (June
  2006) 32, Article 25. Available at
  http//www.webology.ir/2006/v3n3/a25.html
• Stephens, Michael. Web 2.0 Libraries Best
  Practices for Social Software. Library
  Technology Reports. (July-August 2006) 424
  1-67.