- "Teaching is a lot like tango. At its best, tango is improvisational." Good teachers can improvise on a dime & flexibility is key! (See?! All of that time nerding out as a Thespian and in Speech Team in high school did pay off!)
- "The IL instructor must make her classroom activities malleable to the passions of each student." If it doesn't feel relevant or intriguing to the students, what's the point?! Make it relatable; make it relevant; make it fun.
- Fantastic (big picture) conversation starters for IL sessions (this is where the juicy learning happens, folks!)--Start with something provocative (a question or image) to get things going:
- "Can information be used to control people?"
- "How is information disseminated? How does it multiply?"
- "How is information lost...and found again?"
- "Who creates information? And why do they create it?"
- "Why is some information more valuable than others?"
- "Is this art?"
- By raising questions you are helping students struggle with the concept--and in struggling, that's where good learning happens!
- Practice and application are key! "How can they practice if you are always talking?"
Macke mentioned several resources I hope to explore in the near future. Here are just a few:
- Simmons, M. H. (2005). Librarians as disciplinary discourse mediators: Using genre theory to move toward critical information literacy. Portal: Libraries And The Academy, 5(3), 297-311.
- Bain, K. (2004, April 6). What makes great teachers great? The Chronicle of Higher Education. Retrieved from http://chronicle.com/article/What-Makes-Great-Teachers/31277 (requires online subscription/login)
- Anderson, C., & Runciman, L. (2005). Open questions: Readings for critical thinking and writing. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's.
So there you have it! A few takeaways from an enthusiastic & inspiring presentation! (I told you this post would be shorter than the last one!)
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