Why is it helpful for librarians to consider using media in their bibliographic instruction/information literacy lessons?› Visual/audio aids make things more

interesting!› Different media appeal to different learning

styles – you can reach more students effectively

Tailor your lesson plans to your audience to reach the most students most effectively. Consider:› Age group(s)› Computer availability› Computer literacy

Many lesson plans/teaching resources already exist on the internet, ready for you to customize and use as needed› Plans found online will often incorporate

relevant media, or suggestions on where to find it

› Examples: GEM is “Gateway to Educational Materials” GEM lesson plans on

http://www.thegateway.org/

A keyword search for “library” yielded 1118 items from which to choose› All are cataloged with consideration for

grade level and item type (lesson plan, collection, reference, etc.)

Online teaching resources can easily be accessed and shared by everyone – this enables the librarian to both use those resources to teach his or her own class, or to help another teacher

Take a moment to search http://www.thegateway.org/ for a topic of your choice and prepare to discuss the different ways that media is used in some of the items you examine

Always check for usage permissions Library of Congress:

› http://www.loc.gov/pictures› Several different collections are explicated

Online exhibits› Libraries› Museums› Government sites

Online encyclopedias by subscription (depending on your library’s resources)

Historical societies Archives

› http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/ Websites like SchoolTube

› http://www.schooltube.com/

ERIC (Education Resources Information Center)› Online thesaurus

http://www.eric.ed.gov/ Browse by category for scholarly publications, helpful

to you and other teachers ALA Association of School Librarians

› http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/aasl/index.cfm ALA School Library Media

› http://www.ala.org/ala/issuesadvocacy/advocacy/toolsforadvocacy/schoollibrarymedia/index.cfm

NYLA (New York Library Association)› School Library Media Section

http://www.nyla.org/index.php?page_id=52

Free web page sites with templates, like http://www.weebly.com/› Students get a chance to create something online

that is easily shared between the instructor and classmates

› “Drag and drop” feature that is all-ages-friendly Online posters can be created for free on

sites like http://www.glogster.com/› Easily shared, like normal web pages (ie Weebly)› Also “drag and drop”› Very polished aesthetically› Integrates different kinds of media seamlessly› Awful example can be found at:

http://nnmclibsummer10.glogster.com/cat/

Media keeps distance learning from getting too humdrum – it’s oftentimes more engaging than a typed lecture alone

Ways to incorporate it (depending on the number of students)› Teleconferencing (like Skype) – free, no long

distance charges – best for communicating individually

› Videos (like Jing and SchoolTube) – takes videos of your computer screen (think Leroy Jenkins)

› Real-time demonstrations (like TeamViewer) – allows a trusted party to take over actions on a user’s computer remotely with permission

Use http://www.glogster.com/ to create a poster using images and at least one video (you may search SchoolTube or YouTube for links)

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