Category Archives: Instruction

I’d like your help in teaching 160 business students this Friday

This Friday I am giving the sophomore business clusters and orientation to business research and resources, as I do at the beginning of every quarter.  Some of the research topics are easier than others for a librarian to teach.  In … Continue reading

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On video games and libraries

I’ve been working a lot lately about how to incorporate some to the concepts of video games into new and existing library services and resources.  I’ve written before about how games make you learn by doing, and I’ve pointed to … Continue reading

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Net Savvy articles from Educause

Some Educause articles of interest: Ensuring the Net Generation Is Net Savvy Getting Past Google: Perspectives on Information Literacy from the Millennial Mind How Choice, Co-Creation, and Culture Are Changing What It Means to Be Net Savvy I’ve yet to … Continue reading

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Academic Search Premier screencast

I haven’t been posting much, mostly due to having several things on my plate at one time. One thing that I did manage to get off my plate this week was our screencast that covers the Basics of Academic Search … Continue reading

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Learning about instructional design from video games

I’ve taken a new interest in gaming lately. It’s driving my wife a little nuts, and I can understand why. She’s wondering why in the world I’ve recently started playing my Playstation 2 again, after it sat dormant and dusty … Continue reading

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