Lesson Plans are Your Flight Plan

Andria BurtonTulsa Community College

Library Manager, Metro Campus

Greater consistency among Metro Campus instruction librarians

Differentiate instruction among the courses we teach

Integrate student centered activities Tie lesson objectives to the ACRL standards Go beyond the “one shot” information

literacy session

Goals

Build individual ownership ◦ Open dialog among librarians◦ Individual “homework” and group meetings◦ Flexible schedules allow for inclusive meetings

Become well-acquainted with the ACRL standards◦ Which standards specifically relate to the

audience of TCC?

Laying the Groundwork

Initial Brainstorming Sessions◦ Individual ideas about what elements are vital to

information literacy instruction◦ What are the essential concepts we teach?

LC classification system, key word searching, how to use the catalog, how to access and use the databases, website evaluation, citing sources, etc.

◦ Which concepts should be paired with… Academic Strategies? Comp I? Comp II?

Laying the Groundwork

◦ More Brainstorming…

◦ Student centered learning activities that are meaningful and can be applied to real-life needs

◦ Evaluation methods

◦ Promoting additional contact with students

Laying the Groundwork

Initial lesson planning focused on Academic Strategies classes◦ Individually authored a model lesson◦ Conducted a side-by-side comparison◦ Group discussion and consensus ◦ Combined ideas into one plan

Repeat process for Comp I and Comp II classes

Confirm all identified ACRL standards are met and make adjustments, if necessary

Crafting the Ideal Lesson

Madeline Hunter’s lesson plan template used as a guide

◦ Duration of Lesson

◦ List of Materials

◦ Anticipatory Set/Hook: activate prior knowledge, spark interest Questions to pique curiosity Visuals: video, pictures Quotes

◦ Objectives: Communicate what students will know/be able to do by the end of the lesson Tie each objective to ACRL Standard(s)

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Elements of an Effective Lesson

Who Said it?Can you identify who said or is most closely

associated with these quotes?

Who Said it?

“D’oh!”

• Homer Simpson

Image by The34Truth, deviantART

Who Said it?

“Did I do that?”

• Steve Urkel

Who Said it?

“People ask me where I get my jokes. Why, I just watch Congress and report the facts.”

• Will Rogersin Alex Ayres , ed., The Wit and Wisdom of Will Rogers

Rogers, Will, and Alex Ayres. The Wit and Wisdom of Will Rogers. New

York, N.Y: Meridian, 1993. Print.

Photo in public domain, accessed through Wikimedia Commons

Who Said it?

The art of leadership…consists in consolidating the attention of the people against a single adversary and taking care that nothing will split up that attention.

• Adolf HitlerMein Kampf (1925) ch. 3

Photo accessed through Wikimedia Commons, attrib. Heinrich Hoffmann

Adding Citations… Lets the audience know where the

information comes from, so they can evaluate the context of the information presented to them from the original material.

Lets you share interesting info with others Helps you avoid plagiarism Makes it easy for people after you to use

your research

◦ Instructional Input/Modeling: what and how will knowledge be communicated to the students Lecture, tours, demonstrations, videos, readings,

tutorials, etc.

◦ Check for Understanding: questions and examples should be purposeful and meaningful Ensure questions require higher level thinking (refer

to Bloom’s Taxonomy)

◦ Guided Practice: learning activities students perform under supervision Integrate activities that require students to be

actively engaged with the material See list of activities

Elements of an Effective Lesson

◦ Closure: recap of what was learned, make connections to future learning See list of activities

◦ Independent Practice: reinforce what students have learned Interactive worksheet to be completed using a

pertinent research guide (such as the Amazing Library Race)

Collected and graded by course instructor Info Lit Instruction METRO\Metro Academic Strategies

Lesson Plan 6-24-13.docx

Elements of an Effective Lesson

Short follow-up sessions in the classroom Participation in online discussion boards Mini-workshops Promote one-on-one reference

appointments Publicize how to contact a librarian

◦ Information desk◦ Virtual chat◦ Email◦ Phone

Continue Contact with Students/Instructor

Seek feedback, reflect, and adjust if necessary◦ Routinely survey students and instructors

Continue to regularly review lessons:◦ What is being taught?◦ When is it being taught?◦ How is it being taught?◦ Does it meet the changing needs of the course?

Communicate value of instruction to administration◦ Lesson plan is something concrete that directly ties

to college mission statements

Where do we go from here?

Questions??

Lesson Plans are Your Flight Plan!