ta teach il workshop pierce 9-17-15
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Teach Information Literacy & Critical Thinking
Clay Gediman&
Esther GrassianPierce College Library
18 Sep 2015
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Agenda
Website Evaluation Topic Broadening & Narrowing Database Selection &
Searching Avoiding Plagiarism OERs + Online & In-Person
Help Guide: Teach Information
Literacy Questions Welcome!
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Guide: Information Literacy...
https://sites.google.com/site/teachinfolit/
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“Hoax, Scholarly Research, Personal Opinion? You Decide!”
https://goo.gl/Ww6O8S
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Topic Broadening/Narrowing
“Focus” by Dimitris Kalogeropoylos, September 30, 2008.https://www.flickr.com/photos/dkalo/2902351751/
CC:By-SA
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Topic Broadening
Hispanic women 85 and older in L.A. need protection from abuse in nursing homes.
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Key Topic Words
Hispanic Women 85 and older L.A. Abuse Nursing homes
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Related Words/Concepts
Hispanic women: Latin*; Chican*
85 and older: Senior Citizen*; Elderly
L.A.: California; Los Angeles Abuse: Neglect; Violen* Nursing homes: Long-Term
Care
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Topic Narrowing
Broad topic: Immigration Limiters…
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Topic Narrowing
Broad topic: Immigration Limiters…
Timeframe: 1940s – 1950s Geographic Region: California Person/Group: Braceros Event/Aspect: Living conditions
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Topic Sentence/Argument
“Poor living conditions for Braceros did not improve over a 10-year period they worked in California, from the 1940s to the 1950s.”
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Legalizing Marijuana Form small groups Pick 2 or more limiters (5 min.):
Timeframe Geographical Region Person/Group Event/Aspect
Write a topic sentence or argument Report to the class...
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Your LACCD Library!
“Children who text frequently are good
readers.”
“Texting boy,” September 17, 2011 http://goo.gl/7XoGPX CC:BY
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Which Database?
Subject Matter? Time Period? Publications?
Academic Search Complete
Topics: Arts & Humanities, Sciences, Social Sciences
Materials: Magazines & Journals + more (13,200 publications)
Time: 1887 - present
Let’s try it...
“elmo (#16044)” by mark sebastian, December 18, 2006https://www.flickr.com/photos/markjsebastian/325820210/ CC:BY-SA
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“Children who text frequently are good
readers.”
“Texting boy,” September 17, 2011 http://goo.gl/7XoGPX CC:BY
Evaluate Results!
Get Copies
Click on:
OR
Print:
OR
Email to yourself:
Don’t pay for articles!
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Key Points Pick Useful Database Can search, display, save Look for…
Online Help Boolean Operators Truncation (Wild Card) Symbols Descriptors/Subjects (controlled
vocab) DON’T PAY FOR ARTICLES!!
Avoiding Plagiarism
“Plagiarism: Don’t Do It”
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OERs + Online Student Help
OER Guide 24/7 Reference Chat ½ hour Research Appointments Subject Guides
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Questions?
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Help for Instructors…
Sign up for Instruction Sessions Teach Information Literacy & Critic
al Thinking!
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Review
Information Illiteracy Information Literacy Exercises Online & In-Person Student Help Help for Instructors