Thursday, June 2, 2011 - SPH 101 - Blythe 4:00 & 8:30 classes
I redid my powerpoint once again and it has 8 slides - it has slides that are really mainly filler or reminders to me to mention something to the students, i.e. a page that says think about your speech topic and one that has 3 main points about information literacy. I also redid my handout so that it has sections for the students to jot down the "8 research tips," keywords, questions they want to answer about their topic, etc. The handout also has a back side so that the students have three citation examples from Diane Hacker's online guide. Overall I think it is a good handout that follows the PowerPoint, but it is very difficult to get through everything in just one hour. . .
What went well - 1) Liked the PowerPoint slides especially on the ISP and the Info Transfer Process which shows the circles of where information is created. . . 2) I was in a positive frame of mind and smiled most of the time. I know that God is in control of my life and the Revive our Hearts" radio show with Nancy Leigh DeMoss was so uplifting today and all this week. I just happened to find it while driving into work this week, 3) students appeared to be writing on the handout and many had good eye-contact until the end, 4) there was at least some interaction with the students re: topics chosen and one guy even mentioned an article that says Wikipedia is as accurate as Encyclopedia Britanica. (found article mentioned on enet. Says in Nature a study was done which looked at entries from both on a variety of subjects and that both had errors, with Britanica having a few less overall, but still some!)
What can improve - 1) memorize my blurbs about a) research as a journey and b) information literacy being the mission of acadmic institutions, 2) have more time to look at the databases, but make sure to still focus on savy searching and concepts rather than just the tools themselves, 3) figure out a way to have everyone do the search with me and not go off and do their own thing . . . 4) potentially have more stories so that it captures the students' attention.
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