Tag Archives: Instruction
YouTube and Fox News for an evaluation exercise
I’ve been doing an evaluation exercise with many of my English 151 classes for the last couple of years. It works pretty well, and I’ve had several instructors request that I repeat it again for their future classes. Many of … Continue reading
Filed under Information Literacy, Instruction
Why use web video to reach your audience?
Because it’s growing by leaps and bounds, that’s why! “The number of unique viewers of online video increased 5.2% year-over-year according to The Nielsen Company, from 137.4 million unique viewers in January 2009 to 142.7 million in January 2010.” I’d … Continue reading
Filed under Instruction, videos
It’s a small world after all
Last night I got an IM question from a student while staffing our IM reference service. She was in the stacks, but “was totally overwhelmed” with how many books we had and was very confused about how to actually find … Continue reading
Filed under Instant Messaging, Instruction, Libraries
