Employing constructivism and arts integration in lesson planning (as taught by pedagogical expert, Dr. Jeffrey Liles)
Experimentation with new technologies (blogs in class, wikis for follow-up w/faculty) and utilizing materials not typically used in semester classes
Multi-disciplinary approach to teaching - collaborating heavily with professors
Exposure and marketing for what library has to offer (to faculty, students, and administration)
Flexible classroom space (large group and small group activities)
Informal space (for headquarters)
Technology easily accessible (ppt, digital cameras, video recorders, GPS, laptops, smartrooms)
Community building among library staff - calling upon our creativity to devise plots and secrecy
"Library as Command Central" - TLC, Center for Academic Excellence, ESOL/Graduate Programs, TERC
"Library as center for Arts Integration and Scholarship" - art gallery, national exhibits with multiple multi-subject programs, highlighted professors for teaching excellence, Buddhist Monks (mandala), Brazilian bash for retiring professor
"Library as Place" College of Du Page
Wednesday, April 2, 2008
Specific goals to address to librarian audience
Comparing Info Lit to Critical Literacy
Storyboards (assessing the relevance of stories/interviews - pic of storyboard), research on biographies (suspects) to learn about them before interviewing, research on WPA paintings (articles from D&C, era of WPA), preliminary and secondary interviews, questioning techniques, deciphering clues, drawing conclusions (Sarafina), nonverbal communications cues, experimentation in chem lab, drawing upon different perspectives of teammates to identify motives, opportunity, and evidence, compilation of gathered info on team blogs
CTU strengthened by headquarter work - students came to class prepared (supplemental instruction model)
Appropriate that CTU is at the center of all other (multidisciplinary) curriculum, much like the Library is at the center of (multisubject) disciplines on a college campus
Storyboard idea used in INTD 105 as an intro activity to the library (gathering clues to clear someone's name)
Critical Literacy - an instructional approach that advocates the adoption of critical perspectives toward text. Critical literacy encourages readers to actively analyze texts and it offers strategies for uncovering underlying messages. There are several different theoretical perspectives on critical literacy that have produced different pedagogical approaches to teaching and learning. All of these approaches share the basic premise that literacy requires the literate consumers of text to adopt a critical and questioning approach.
http://www.bridgew.edu/Library/CAGS_Projects/LTHOMSON/web%20page/literacy%20definition.htm
Arts Integration - a term applied to an approach to teaching and learning that uses the fine and performing arts as primary pathways to learning. Arts integration differs from traditional arts education by its inclusion of both an arts discipline and a traditional subject as part of learning (e.g. using improvisational drama skills to learn about conflict in writing.) The goal of arts integration is to increase knowledge of a general subject area while concurrently fostering a greater understanding and appreciation of the fine and performing arts.
CONSTRUCTIVISM
http://aep-arts.org/
Diversity Goals of the Xerox Multicultural Teaching Center
To expose pre-service teachers to a diverse student pop
a) language, non-standard written/spoken english
b) artistic differences - music, dress, language
c) cultural differences - generational poverty, sheltered or latch-key city kids (little/no experience with nature), understanding privilege vs oppression in kids' attitudes and behaviors
To expose the community to urban learners
a) lower level SWE
b) less vocabulary
c) high level of critical thinking skills
d) social maturity (kids may be primary caregivers to siblings, cook, clean, etc.)
To raise a generation of minority students interested in pursuing a career in teaching
a) exposure to college faculty and administrators, many of whom are African American
b) exposure to college environment
projected ethnic pop in 2016 postsecondary
To do list for Kim
Research multicultural interactions in libraries
Talk to Ed about multicultural issues within Milne Library (i.e. Fatima)
Talk to Ed about reasons for allowing summer camp to take up a large part of library resources (diversity?)
Teaching and Learning Center and ESL program housed in Milne Library
Addition of Center for Academic Excellence (Milne Library)
Changing library culture - more accepting of diverse students