Understanding Online Sources 1

 

IL Lesson for Grade 10: Identifying Sources In Line With the Statement of Inquiry

One of the many Information Literacy Skills lessons I enjoy planning and teaching is the identification of sources in line with the research question. In this lesson, my objective is to facilitate the search strategy of extracting important keywords from a research question or a statement of inquiry. These keywords will then be used for searching of sources online or in the library's OPAC.

Sharing with you the PowerPoint presentation I made. Notice that questions are asked and posted at each step of the identification process. Part 2 of the lesson is an exercise in knowing the content of primary and secondary sources.



This IL lesson was made possible in collaboration with the research coordinator and the Middle Years Program Coordinator's recognition of the teacher librarian role as literacy skills facilitator.

Scavenger Hunt 2019 (1 of 2)

The Beacon Academy Library Treasure Hunt 2019

 

Grade 9 - Group # ______

Members:______________________________

 

Answer the questions as quickly as you can. Your answers need to be accurate and correct.

 

Task #1.  Use PageMaster V5, the BA Library's Online Public Access Catalog (OPAC) and conduct a search using Philippines and Folktales as keywords.  Choose a book from the search results. Locate the book on the shelf. Write the bibliographic data of the book.

 

Author:

Title:

Publisher:

Place of Publication:

Publication year or Copyright:

 

Task #2.  Go to the OPAC.  Find a book written by Dianne de Las Casas. Write a short description of the book (3-5 sentences long).

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Task #3.  What is the Dewey Decimal number of the book The Legends:Philippine Folk Literature?

 

DDC #: 

 

Task #4.  Answer the question: How can basic Boolean Searchstrategy help you in locating information and sources online?

 

Tasks  #5. Log in EBSCOHost. Go to EXPLORA. Search for mythology. Skim the article. From what encyclopedia was the article sourced out? 

 

Task # 6.  Log in World Book Online and go to World Book Student. Search for legends. Answer this question: What makes a legend different from a myth? Cite your source.

 

*You may write your answer at the back of this paper.

 

Tasks #7. Using the BA Library OPAC, search for the bibliographic data of The Power of Myth. Write a citation in APA and MLA formats. Use the back of the paper to write your citations.

 

 

Teacher - Librarian Collaboration: Discipline and Skills Building

I had a productive meeting with our Dean of Faculty last week. 

What started out as a consultation on the updating of library guidelines on student discipline inside the library branched out into concrete plans for skills building. We were able to agree on putting in the Student Handbook the library's essential agreements and the belief that a library is a shared space. My takeaways from our meeting is that skills building requires discipline and that the library is part and parcel of this process. 

Specifically, I spread out and proposed a structure for skills building through the library.

1. Teacher Librarian welcomes ASquads who will schedule sessions with her on research and use of library resources. ASquads can advise students to plot Librarian Assisted Study Time during their free time in consultation with the Teacher Librarian.

What skills can the Teacher Librarian assist in or help students learn: development of topics for research, identifying potential sources in line with the statement of inquiry, how to develop, use and revise search strategies from a variety of media and tech sources, evaluate sources and information, advising or consultations on referencing, citations, knowledge of Creative Commons and copyright and documentation of sources.

2. Bibliography of Journal and Periodical articles, arranged or categorised by reading levels - low, average, high. 

Instruct and mentor BA Lib Assistant in the creation of book lists and academic articles following a standard citation or bibliographic format. This will be communicated to faculty and students on a regular basis. Teacher Librarian will catalog and curate the lists into directories following the MYP and DP subject groups. 

Teacher Librarian will seek interns, college students, BA students who can participate in this project as CAS activity hours.

This is how we are in the Beacon Academy. We strive to make connections in learning.