Bryant and Stratton College

LIBS 100 - Introduction to Information Literacy and Research

Mr. Ed Rossman


FINAL GRADES FOR FALL 2007

Section 401

Section 403

This web site will remain online for a while, even though I won't be teaching.

Here's to a great 2008!



12/19

Warmup / Lecture:

The Amazing World of Colorgenics - Let the program load and read all the directions

Grades:



12/17

Warmup:  Play the Information Literacy Game!

Lecture:

How to Evaluate Health Risks (Without Going Insane)
- http://www.stats.org/in_depth/evaluate_healthrisks/How_eval_health_risks.htm

- Go through the 12 page tutorial

Questions You Should Ask When You Read a Published Report of a Survey Project (Word document)

- Review your Portfolio 2 or Literature Review Assignments; ask yourself the questions above about a study you might've found

Ask a Reference Librarian 24/7



12/12

Warmup:  Library Research - Review this case study on library research and be prepared for a class discussion to compare/contrast your own library experience and skills gained in the Libs 100 class.

Lecture:

Bloglines - A great directory of web logs - http://www.bloglines.com/

Netiquette - http://webopedia.internet.com/TERM/n/netiquette.html

What is Rss?  - http://webopedia.com/TERM/R/RSS.html

Exercise: Google nursing rss

Review

Demonstrate:
My.Yahoo for capturing news feeds

Ask a Reference Librarian 24/7

Review Chapter 7 Quiz



12/10

Warmup / Lecture:  “You quote it, you note it!”  -  http://library.acadiau.ca/tutorials/plagiarism/

Quiz - Chapter 7



12/5

Warm Up:
Federal Trade Commission - Consumer tips - Check out  the Diet, Health and Fitness and Identity Theft sections.

Review of Quiz - Chapter 5

Lecture:
The Information Cycle

Review upcoming Projects:

Portfolio #2- Due 12/12/07

Portfolio #3- Due 12/19/07

 Portfolio #3 example
 

Extra Credit: SMART Thinking Extra Credit project -  Details here!
- Smart Thinking web site



12/3
Warmup activity:
Tilt-o-meter - Read the first 4 screens then test yourself using the Tilt-o-meter; pick the database you think is best for finding the answer to the information need.

Lecture:

Librarians Index to the Internet

Infomine

Google

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11/28

Warmup activity:
Think fast! - Just follow the directions

Lecture:

Review Quiz on Chapter 4

Ohio University Information Literacy Tutorial - Review Module 1- Starting Smart! and Module 4 - Finding Articles



11/26

Warmup: Practice test

Lecture:

Quiz on Chapter 4

Student Instructor Evaluations!



11/21
Warmup: Practice test - This will show you pages in the Introduction To Computers book you should review

Lecture:

Review Quiz on Chapter 3

Review literature review sample - You'll also need xeroxed covers of books and entries in librarything.com

Librarything tutorial - This is a large Word document. It may take a minute or two to download.

Collect Portfolio #1 and Mail List Project

Grades:

Section 401

Section 403



11/19

Warmup:  A RealAge Memory Crossword puzzle

Quiz:  Chapter 3



11/14

Lecture:
10 Things to know about evaluating medical resources on the web - http://nccam.nih.gov/health/webresources/index.htm
-Review  exercise

Review:  Library Catalog Tutorial

Next Project: Literature Review - Due 12/05/07



11/12

10 Things to know about evaluating medical resources on the web - http://nccam.nih.gov/health/webresources/index.htm

Review and do exercise

Lab time to work on projects:

Delicious exercise - 5 points extra credit Due 11/14:

Go to http://del.icio.us/ and click on "Get Started"

1. Register. For the User name use libs and your name's initials ex: libsear. If already taken, add a number to make it unique ex: libsear56
Add your Full name as normal.

Ignore the options to add buttons.

2. Use the "Post" and add the URL for our class homepage: http://www.1079.com/bs

3. Add details:
Title: Mr. Rossman's Libs 100 page
Notes: Information literacy and research class
tags: information_literacy information_research tutorials libsfall07

4. add entries for your personal web evaluations; include the web page title, your description of it in notes and use at least 3 descriptive tags plus libsfall07

5. Print page and hand in Wednesday 11/14; Late extra credit work not accepted

Web Evaluation Project (50 points) - Due 11/14
- Instructions
- Example
- Pathfinders for Careers
 

Mail List project - Due Wednesday Nov. 21

Portfolio #1- Due Wednesday Nov. 21

Portfolio #1 example



11/07

Warmup: Work on del.icio.us exercise (below)

Lecture:

Shift Happenshttp://www.slideshare.net/jbrenman/shift-happens-33834  - One of many you can find if you google Shift Happens

How Classification Systems work - http://www.lib.duke.edu/libguide/fi_books_dd.htm

Quiz: Chapter 2



11/05

Warmup:

10 Things to know about evaluating medical resources on the web - http://nccam.nih.gov/health/webresources/index.htm

Review and be ready to discuss regarding your own web evalutions.

Lecture:

Delicious tutorial

Del.icio.us exercise:

Go to http://del.icio.us/ and click on "Get Started"

1. Register. For the User name use libs and your name's initials ex: libsear. If already taken, add a number to make it unique ex: libsear56
Add your Full name as normal.

Ignore the options to add buttons.

2. Use the "Post" and add the URL for our class homepage: http://www.1079.com/bs

3. Add details:
Title: Mr. Rossman's Libs 100 page
Notes: Information literacy and research class
tags: information_literacy information_research tutorials libsfall07

4. add entries for your personal web evaluations; include the web page title, your description of it in notes and use at least 3 descriptive tags plus libsfall07

5. Print page and hand in



10/31

Warmup:
Wheel of Terms

Lecture:
Bryant and Stratton Virtual Library - Reference desk encyclopedia resources

Quiz:  Chapter 1 - If you have problems try correcting the URL



10/29

Warmup:

Learning styles assessments & review of learning style tips
http://www.engr.ncsu.edu/learningstyles/ilsweb.html

Homework Tips based on Learning Styles
http://www.lkwdpl.org/sharpenup/tips/index.htm

Lecture:

Mail List project - Due Nov. 21

Bryant and Stratton Virtual Library - Reference desk encyclopedia resources

Ebsco Tutorial - Academic Search Premiere

Bryant and Stratton Student Success - Reading Skills



10/22

Warmup:
A Memory Game:  http://www.zefrank.com/memory/index.html

Lecture:
Bryant and Stratton APA Style Guide

Bare Bones 101: A Basic Tutorial On Searching The Web - Another Library training tutorial.
Check out Chapter 10, Troubleshooting Tips! http://www.sc.edu/beaufort/library/pages/bones/lesson10.shtml

The Internet Detective - Good for learning how to search for and evaluate web sites.
http://sosig.ac.uk/desire/internet-detective.html

The Pandia Goalgetter - Very good review of query syntax, troubleshooting and other tutorials.
http://www.pandia.com/goalgetter/index.html

The Pandia site also has this great recommendations guide for searching on the web -
http://www.pandia.com/goalgetter/recommendations.html

AskScott - You pick a topic and Scott, the virtual reference librarian, points you in the right direction.
http://www.askscott.com/



10/17

Warmup activity:
 The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly - Look at the criteria and their sample links.

Lecture:
Intro to Search Engines - http://www.lkwdpl.org/classes/search.htm



10/15

Warmup activity:
Yahoo Keyword Selector Tool - http://inventory.overture.com/d/searchinventory/suggestion/
Formerly called the Overture Keyword Selector Tool and the Overture Search Term Suggestion Tool before that, this free service is primarily designed to help advertisers who wish to select terms to target with ads on the Yahoo network. But you can use it to see how popular particular terms are.

Book web site:
Internet Research 3rd edition - http://www.course.com/downloads/illustrated/research3/

Exercise:
Using Boolean Operators

Web Evaluation Project (50 points)
- Instructions
- Example
- Pathfinders for Careers



10/10

Warmup activity:

Who wants to be a Computer Genius?

Lecture:

Three Centers of Gravity in Cyberspace

Web Site Design Characteristics



10/3

Warmup activity - Try the Wheel of Terms

Class activity - Review:  Chapter 6

Lecture:

Three Centers of Gravity in Cyberspace

Web Site Design Characteristics

Next Class is Wednesday 10/10!!!!



10/1

Warmup activity - Try the Wheel of Terms

Class activity - Review:

Chapter 9

APA 2 answers

Portfolio #1- Due 11/21/07

Portfolio #1 example

Quiz:  Chapter 6

For Wednesday review:

Three Centers of Gravity in Cyberspace
Web Site Design Characteristics



9/26

Warmup activity: Who wants to be a Computer Genius?

Lecture: Bryant and Stratton Virtual Library, Reference desk, Citing Sources

Quiz:  Chapter 9

In Class Activity - APA 2 Assignment



9/24

Warmup activity:
Who wants to be a Computer Genius?

Portfolio review:

Portfolio #1- Due 11/21/07

Portfolio #2- Due 12/12/07

Portfolio #3- Due 12/19/07

Lecture:

APA 1 Exercise



9/19

Warmup activity - Try the Practice test - Answer the questions and then you will see the correct answers and page number of where they are discussed in the book.

Lecture:

Word Processing lecture from Lakewood Public Library
http://lkwdpl.org/classes/word/



9/17

Warmup activity - Fly Puzzle mouse exercise

Lecture:

Bryant and Stratton Email Tutorial

Hardware Web Page - .htm file

Hardware Powerpoint lecture - .ppt file

Activity:

Webopedia

Hardware Exercise - .doc file

Extra email resources:

Introduction to Email from Lakewood Public Library

A Beginner's Guide to Effective Email



9/12

Word Document:

Class Syllabus and schedule

Word Document:

What is Information?

Website activity:

Gone to the dogs!
- Click on The Game
- Write down your answers to the 10 questions.
- Match the raw data to the dog's description.
- Reset and try other answers.
- Are you still the same dog?

Academic tips:

Word Documents:

10 Ways to improve your note taking

10 Ways to Improve Your Reading Comprehension

How to use a book

10 Tips for test taking

10 Questions to ask before beginning a search

10 Qualities of an A paper