Coming up to their level: engaging students in their

own terms during library instruction

Sophia Apostol

sapostol@couttsinfo.comfacebook: Sophia Apostol

I always like starting with a video…

This should make all of us instructors feel better!

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Google gen…

JISC and British Library

how the Google generation searches for information

out Jan 11, 2008

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Breakdown…

After-action evaluation Interactive learning Research process Information literacy Conceptual understanding Keyword generation and search

strategies Marketing library services

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Evaluation forms

Questions asked:

What stands out the most to you from today’s session?

What was most helpful? What was least helpful? What questions do you still have about

research? Additional comments

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Where to start?

1. Define a Topic

2. Write aProblem Statement

3. ChooseKeywords

4. ChooseAlternate Keywords

5. Build a SearchStatement

Crisis communications wrt. PR

What role does crisis communications have in PR practice? [do you break it down further?]

Crisis communication, risk communication, public relations

Transparency, responsibility, media training, accountability, etc…

Pair different keywords together, like putting together puzzle pieces

What you probably

know as the order:

What will probably happen (aka, research

is messy):

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Fake websites/misleading content

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Google pro:

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Google con:

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Wikipedia pro:

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Wikipedia con:

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WikipediaVision

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Library pro:

Viral video

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iTunes = journal database

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Rogers vs. Bell

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Foray into fb…

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fb and tagging…

Trellis? Lattice? Low knee wall? Garden fence?

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Another tagging exercise…

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Boolean, schmoolean…

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Every little bit helps…

…or we can just do this

Thanks so much!!!

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ReferencesClinton sleeping: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JswpBbCtcMinformation behaviour of the researcher of the future: http://www.bl.uk/news/pdf/googlegen.pdfCarolyn Stewart: Feedback Forms for instruction sessionsFake CNN site: http://www.mycoalproductions.com/cnn.html Google pro: http://www.prwatch.org/taxonomy/term/104/9Google con: http://martinlutherking.org/Male Pregnancy: http://www.malepregnancy.com/Wikipedia pro: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crisis_communicationsWikipedia con: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_advertisingWikipediaVision: http://www.lkozma.net/wpv/index.htmlLibrary pro: http://youtube.com/watch?v=LMLVCMJC1OgTeachers’ Rap: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVVKhWopoHQ