Assignments


 * Overview of Assignments **

online presentation, works cited) || 12/19/11 ||
 * Points || Project || Due ||
 * 10 || Online participation, discussion, attendance || ongoing ||
 * 15 || Observation # 1 || 10/17/11 ||
 * 15 || Observation # 2 || 10/31/11 ||
 * 15 || Lesson Plan # 1 (Search) || 11/7/11 ||
 * 5 || Podcast, //produced in class// || 11/21/11 ||
 * 15 || Final Project (lessons, profile, needs assessment
 * 10 || Description of Your Contribution || 12/19/11 ||
 * 15 || Lesson Plan # 2 (Group Choice) || 12/19/11 ||


 * Individual Classwork, participation, discussion, and attendance **

Participation in this course refers to both participation through attendance at class seminars and online activities. Both are mandatory. It is an essential part of our work.


 * Online activities: ** participation in discussion on the course wiki, commenting on your classmates’ writing, exploring the media, technology and tools we will discuss in class, tinkering with online tools and environments toward creating your final project//.//


 * Class seminars: ** Students are expected to attend class, arrive on time, and participate regularly in class discussions and in-class work. The effectiveness of class discussion depends on our agreement to work together to facilitate a respectful environment for the sharing of ideas. Therefore, in this classroom there will be no givens, no shutting down of student commentary and a genuine encouragement of candid discussion, provided that this discussion adheres to the work at hand.

Our work together begins with the texts we are discussing as a group. Please feel free to draw on personal experience to help seal a point, but class discussion online commentary must be grounded in our coursework together. Please use the language of our readings, whether in support or critique of that language, whenever possible.


 * Observations **

Students will observe instruction in a library setting. Students will use a protocol, take notes and write up their findings. The goal of these observations is to 1) examine the objectives and goals of library instruction, 2) assess the impact technology has upon instruction, 3) explore whether and how technology could be used more effectively to achieve these objectives and goals.


 * Observation #1 ** Evaluate the effectiveness of the use of technology to meet objectives; **Due 10/17/11**
 * Observation #2 ** Focus on the needs of the students; how might teaching with technology meet these needs? **Due 10/31/11**


 * All observations are due via email by 6:30 pm. **


 * See Observation Protocol for details. **


 * Lesson Plans **

In small groups, students will create and teach **two lesson plans** in class, one at midterm and one as a final project. The goal of your instruction is to provide meaningful learning experiences in the library using technology, not teach technology for technology’s sake.

Lesson Plan #1 will be taught and handed in as a digital document at midterm. Lesson Plan #2 will be taught and handed in as a digital document on the last day of class.


 * Details on lesson planning can be found [|here] . **


 * Final Project **

Small student groups will work together to create a final project that consists of:
 * Two lesson plans
 * A profile of the library in which these plans take place
 * A needs assessment of the library’s population, based on your observations.
 * A "Works Cited" page that includes web sites, books, articles, and fieldnotes you have used to inform your project

All of these materials must be presented in one packet, as a curriculum, in a user-friendly digital format, such as a blog, wiki, web page, folder of documents with a main navigation page, etc.


 * Details on the library profile can be found [|here] . **


 * Details on the Needs Assessment can be found here. **

__** Final Project Turn-In Details: **__


 * Final projects must be "turned in" as both a link and as zipped files. Projects should be easy to navigate and have one main page from which all other elements are accessible. See the Resources page for suggested project media. **


 * On the last day of class, students will present lesson #2 as a group. **


 * As an addendum to the project, each group member will turn in a one page description of her role in the group’s process, citing specific tasks completed and ideas contributed. **


 * All final projects are due at 3:30 pm via email on 12/19/11. **