Teaching Techniques for Librarians: Making Active Learning Simple

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Teaching Techniques for Librarians Making Active Learning Simple Donna Kearley, Annie Downey, & Gayla Byerly TLA Annual Conference 2009

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Teaching Techniques for Librarians

Making Active Learning Simple

Donna Kearley, Annie Downey, & Gayla ByerlyTLA Annual Conference 2009

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Why Use Active Learning?

UNT assessed 575 students 11% could perform a subject search

after instruction Added a worksheet to instruction

Success rate increased to 38% Other studies prove it works as well

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Design for Active Learning 1. Experience

Activity that brings the student’s experience into the teaching situation

Ex: Worksheet 2. Practice

Activity where the student is provided an opportunity to demonstrate their understanding of the new information

Ex: Assessment 3. Application

Opportunity to apply the information to a new situation

Ex: Research paper assignment

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Active Learning works because..

Students take an active role in learning

Students are more engaged Students feel more comfortable

participating and asking questions Takes into account that learning is a

process Facilitates assessment

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Active Learning works because..

Learning is demonstrated to the learner BY the learner

Facilitates teacher learning Different learning styles and

domains can be accommodated and addressed

Learning becomes personally meaningful

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Simple Strategies

Honor Silence!!! Expect participation Give students time to think When students answer questions,

reward them Make contact with students that look

interested Allow time for informal questions at

the end

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Worksheets

Individually or in groups Short and simple Customized for a specific subject

area or audience

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Group Work

Divide into groups of four Assign each group member with a

role Leader Searcher Recorder Reporter

Assign each group a searching task

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Deck of Cards Boolean

Give each student a card Ask students to hold up cards that

meet specific criteria to illustrate Boolean concepts

Explain the concepts as you go (have them hold up a card that

meets the criteria for the search)

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Brief Video

Show a brief 3-5 minute video on a research topic

Ask students to brainstorm the questions the video brought up for them

Break students into small groups Using the questions the brainstorm

brought up, develop a research question the group wants to investigate

List keywords based on research question

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Keyword Hot Potato

Show a brief 3-5 minute video on a research topic

Ask students to brainstorm the questions the video brought up for them

Break students into small groups Using the questions the brainstorm

brought up, develop a research question the group wants to investigate

List keywords based on research question

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Website Evaluation

Locate several websites you want students to evaluate – these should be a mix of “good” and “bad” websites

Print the web addresses on slips of paper – make one for each student

Either individually or in pairs, ask students to go to the website on their slip of paper and evaluate it

Have each student (as time allows) make the case either for or against their website

Ask the rest of the class to weigh in with whether they agree or disagree and why

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Game Shows

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Recent Older Really New

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Final Jeopardy

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Computer Games

Design a computer game to teach the concept.

Ask students to write or adapt a computer game to teach the concept involved.

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Hands On Ideas – CPS Units

CPS Units – can be used anytime you would use a multiple choice test.

We have usedCPS units with Kindergarten through adults

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Drama, Living History Museum, or Wax Museum

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Reader’s Theater/Skits

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Quilts

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Puppetry

Baby Got Nitrogen

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Biographies

Biography Hash – Anne Berry [email protected]

This lesson was adapted from an article by Judy Freeman in Library Talk (September/October 2000).

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Museum Walks – submitted by Pat Strawn

I do several museum walks with my students before they begin their Shakespeare unit, read the Odyssey, or study the Holocaust. 

Think of it as "Learning Stations" from elementary days. 

Who better than you knows where all of the great pictures are, the wonderful reference books that no one uses, and where the great articles from the databases are? 

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Instructions continued

The great thing about the museum walks is that you tailor it to your collection.   

If you were doing Civil Rights, you might pull up the audio (DVD, cassette, or VHS) of Martin Luther King's speech, or the children's book about Ruby Bridges, or a clip from the movie, or any of the recent books about the murder of Emmett Till.

I make colorful file folders with the questions on them and the number of the station. 

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To Kill A Mockingbird

I adapted one done by a teacher in our district (Gretchen Birnaby) on lynching before students read To Kill a Mockingbird. 

I went to the Handbook of Texas and found a great article on the lynching of Jesse Washington in Waco, TX. 

I also found a great article about Hispanics that were lynched on one of the databases. 

I also set up a computer station or two with Billie Holiday performing "Strange Fruit". 

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Poster Assignment – Carol Nylund

 

February has a variety of themes: Valentine’s Day, President’s Day – for the birthdays of Abraham Lincoln and George Washington, Black History Month and Heart Month (Dress Red for Women).

The library would like to advertise these themes with posters. We may even share some with classroom teachers who are interested in having them in their room.

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Poster Assignment Directions

Your assignment is to design a poster using Excel about any of the topics above.

I have the directions printed out if you need a copy.

To find information for your poster, please use one of the online encyclopedias.

Be sure to cite your sources for information and for your pictures. They need to be included on the poster in a text box or in small print below each item.

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Specific Information on Themes

If you select Valentine’s Day, add a library or reading theme to the holiday idea or some facts about the holiday.

If you choose to do people from Black History then have them grouped by area of recognition – authors, musicians, science, etc.

With the presidents, include some facts about them, or their presidency.

Heart Month you should include some statistics, warning signs of heart attack, or something similar.

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Centers

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Museum Trunks

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Hands on Activities

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Experiments

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Student Talk Show

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Technology Ideas

PhotoStory - Science Vocabulary

Cheezy Puppet show.wmv

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Podcasting by Students

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Print, Cut, Fold Activities

Origami Books

Study CardsMiniature Books

Fan Decks

Pocket Portfolio

Folding VennFilmstrip

TowerPyramids

http://www.printcutfold.com

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School Resources

Harmin, Merrill and Toth, Melanie, Inspiring Active Learning: A Complete Handbook for Teachers, Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 2006,ISBN 978-1416601555.

Bowman, Sharon, Preventing Death by Lecture, Bowperson Publishing, 2001,ISBN 978-0965685153.

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School Resources

Bruff, Derek, Teaching with Classroom Performance Systems, Jossey-Bass, 2009, ISBN 978-0470288931.

Fontichiaro, Kristin, Active Learning Thorough Drama, Podcasting, and Puppetry, Libraries Unlimited, 2007, ISBN 978-1591584025.

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Academic Resources

Practical Pedagogy for Library Instructors: 17 Innovative Strategies to Improve Student Learning

Doug Cook and Ryan Sittler

Creating the One-Shot Library Workshop: A Step-by-Step Guide

Jerilyn Veldof

Teaching Information Literacy: 35 Standards-based Exercises for College Students

Joanna M. Burkhardt, Mary C. MacDonald and Andrée Rathemacher

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Academic Resources

Designs for Active Learning: A Sourcebook of Classroom Strategies for Information Education

Gail Gradowski, Loanne Snavely, Paula Dempsey

Library Instruction Publications: Active Learning Serieshttp://library-instruction-pubs.com/index.php

Active Learning Techniques  for Library InstructionInformation Literacy Activities Designed by Librarians, For Librarianshttp://ww.yccc.edu/library/activeLearning/active_learning.htm

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Thank you!

Donna Kearley Denton ISD [email protected]

Annie Downey University of North Texas [email protected]

Gayla Byerly University of North Texas [email protected]