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Here's to a great 2008!
Warmup / Lecture:
The Amazing World of Colorgenics - Let the program load and read all the directions
Grades:
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
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
Ask a Reference Librarian 24/7
Review Chapter 7 Quiz
Warmup / Lecture: “You quote it, you note it!” - http://library.acadiau.ca/tutorials/plagiarism/
Quiz - Chapter 7
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:
Extra Credit: SMART Thinking Extra Credit project - Details
here!
- Smart Thinking
web site
Lecture:
Librarians Index to the Internet
javascript:alert(document.lastModified)
Warmup activity:
Think fast!
- Just follow the directions
Lecture:
Review Quiz on Chapter 4
Warmup: Practice test
Lecture:
Quiz on Chapter 4
Student Instructor Evaluations!
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:
Warmup: A RealAge Memory Crossword puzzle
Quiz: Chapter 3
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
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
Warmup: Work on del.icio.us exercise (below)
Lecture:
Shift Happens - http://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
Warmup:
Review and be ready to discuss regarding your own web evalutions.
Lecture:
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
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
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
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/
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
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
Warmup activity:
Who wants to be a Computer Genius?
Lecture:
- Three Centers of Gravity in Cyberspace
- Web Site Design Characteristics
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!!!!
Warmup activity - Try the Wheel of Terms
Class activity - Review:
Quiz: Chapter 6
For Wednesday review:
- Three
Centers of Gravity in Cyberspace
- Web Site Design Characteristics
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
Warmup activity:
Who
wants to be a Computer Genius?
Portfolio review:
Lecture:
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/
Warmup activity - Fly Puzzle mouse exercise
Lecture:
Bryant and Stratton Email Tutorial
Hardware Powerpoint lecture - .ppt file
Activity:
Extra email resources:
Introduction to Email from Lakewood Public Library
A Beginner's Guide to Effective Email
Word Document:
Word Document:
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