Alum Creek Elementary Library Services:
Research
- Curate resources for research projects
- Send me your assignment descriptions and I will curate a list of resources for your classes. Resources typically include links to the best databases to use for your particular project, links to appropriate (and reliable) free web resources, book lists, search tips, and other miscellaneous goodies to help students with their research project.
- Instruction on database, website, and print resource location, selection, and citations.
- I provide direct instruction on the best resources and tools for students to use while researching and citing sources for their projects.
- Collaborate to design and work meaningful research assignments into your curriculum.
- Are you and your team reworking or looking to enhance your current research assignments? Let's schedule a meeting to discuss how to design and implement more meaningful research assignments into your curriculum.
Critical News and Media Literacy Lessons
- Critical News and Media Literacy skills (Fake News Lessons)
- Mini-lessons on Fake News Literacy:
- Evaluating the reputation and reliability of news sources
- Fact Checking news stories
- Catfishing Headlines
- Background checking the author or owner of the news provider.
- Questionable Photos or "Statistics"
- Mini-lessons on Fake News Literacy:
- Information Literacy Lessons
- Mini-lessons on specific research skills:
- keyword searching: how what you find depends entirely on the words you choose in a search
- Boolean search language (how to focus, expand, or narrow your search phrases)
- website evaluation - checking authority, accuracy, currency, relevance, and purpose/bias)
- fact checking
- copyright & online image use
- responsible social media use
- Wikipedia: Why it cannot be used for academic research (and how to safely use it for academic research anyway :)
- Google: Why it isn't meant to be used for academic research (and how to safely use it for academic research anyway :)
- Citations and Works Cited pages - what they are and why we need them
- Mini-lessons on specific research skills:
Literature and Reading Appreciation
- Curate recommended book lists around particular theme, unit or topic.
- Submit book requests to Delaware Country Public Library (need at least a one week notice)
- Organize and host author visits
- Book Talks/Tastings/Trailers
- Alternative book report projects
- Teach reading strategies
- Virtual literature trips
Technology Integration and Professional Development
- Instruct/demo digital presentation tools (ex: sick of PowerPoint and Google Slides? Let me show your students other presentation tools).
- Borrow Makerspace materials (Legos, K'Nex, Keva planks, Brainflakes, Cubelets, Snapcircuits, littleBits, Bloxels, Dash and Dot, Breakout EDU kit, Ozobots, Cricut, Makey Makey kits and green screen).
- PD for teachers on educational resources and digital tools (ex: schedule PD for yourself or your team on Noodletools, Culturegrams, INFOhio databases, Delaware Library digital resources, digital presentation tools, etc).