Tag Archives: teaching
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
How to present like Steve Jobs
I’m not an Apple fanboy by any means, but I will say that Steve Jobs does have a knack for drumming up a little excitement. This video shows how you can incorporate some of Jobs’ style into your own presentations. … Continue reading
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The importance of visual literacy
Over the past couple of months I have received numerous calls about the Biz Wiki. The callers, emailers, and IMers all have something in common: they all own a business or work at a business whose name or contact information … Continue reading
Filed under Information Literacy, Libraries, Wikis
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
