LIB+Freshman+Library+Orientation+2011

=**This is a draft outline for next fall.** Please add your ideas**. Bridget & Shelley will bring back ideas from Wellesley Meeting in June.**=

Taken from [|AASL Lesson Plan Database] Online Likert survey created by the school librarian with Google docs- students answer anonymously so they will be honest.Because this is a diagnostic assessment, the students will use it for self-evaluation. The classroom teacher will also use the results to adapt lessons. Word cloud using Wordle
 * pre-surveys:**
 * [|Bridget's Survey]**
 * [|Info Lit Questionnaire]**

Day 1:

 * GoAnimate.com**: library2 by msmains

Shelley, can you embed video last years orientation?

Like it? Create your own at **GoAnimate.com**. It's free and fun!

Library Scavenger Hunt: Let's spruce it up. Sharpen a pencil and you can keep it! Pencils with BHS library website?

New Federated searching with One Search. Will be available 1st week of July. BK will set this up.
Homework: Take the [|Crap Test] give students topics to research? Funny topics?

=**Day 2:**=
 * yes on website evaluation (dr. bob?)**
 * yes on anatomy of URL (Alan November)**
 * How Google Works (homework with website eval?)**
 * Some kind of activity where central google search is done--discuss where would you click first and why?**
 * Using the [[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/msword.png width="32" height="32" link="http://brooklinehighschoollibrary.wikispaces.com/file/view/Web+Evaluation+Homework"]] [|Web Evaluation Homework] worksheet, evaluate two of the following websites:**
 * **[|Ancient Greece]**
 * **[|The Roman Empire] **
 * **[|Ancient History In-depth] **
 * **[|The Battle for Rome] **

‍Day 2: Today you will be introduced to the databases

 * [|Daily Life Through History]
 * [|World History in Context]

How reliable is Wikipedia []

[|25 Biggest Blunders in Wikipedia]

Databases vs. Internet from [|Rouse High School] SIRS also has a nice comparison page

[|SIRS vs Google] video Perhaps too long (8 min) and too SIRS specific for our purposes. ** Let's look for better examples ** and post them here.

[|What is a library database?] video with downloadable worksheet Good one pager from SIRS:

PDF File Better Searches/Better Results Google

Search Skills Lesson Plans from Google!!!! [] lesson plans ***

(Basic lessons) || **Step up** (Intermediate lessons) || **On top** (Advanced lessons) || SM: Good very basic info use as activators? AC: too basic. Deep Web || Google landing I don't think we need to use this but maybe include link as resource. There is no "I'm feeling lucky" with google instant. || The keys to search city Use "How Search Works" Good intro to keywords || maybe. at least use slide on interpreting web address AC: #11 tips for understanding a web address || Mixed media more advanced searching - images, news, date limiters || Believe it or not web evaluation. Homework?? || refining search using operators || Quick finds don't need this || Slicing & dicing ||
 * || **Start out**
 * **[[image:http://www.google.com/images/icons/search-24.gif]]Understanding search engines** || What is the Web?
 * **[[image:http://www.google.com/images/icons/patent_search-32.gif]]Search technique and strategies** || Which links should I follow?
 * **[[image:http://www.google.com/images/icons/tools-24.gif]]Features and operators** || Hello operator

Playing the New Google Game

What is the web (activator questions) Analyzing a URL:
 * []

Invisible Web one pager from UC Berkeley libraries: []

Website Evaluation: "dr. bob" [] possible homework tutorial on website evaluation []#! *** Databases:
 * Take the [|Crap Test]
 * video (probably not perfect) []
 * search smarter search faster (keywords etc.) []
 * [] what if Katie Couric had interviewed Sarah Palin about databases??
 * Ann's idea:
 * Homeworrk= navigate BHS webpage.? do websearch? Day 2=web searching
 * Shelley's idea: screencast navigating webpages

Website Evaluation Resources There are lots of acronyms out there to help make this process easier to remember here are a few:

RADCAB (Relevancy, Appropriateness, Detail, Currency, Authority, Bias) Evaluation Rubric

5 Criteria for Website Evaluation (Cornell Univ) (Accuracy, Authority, Objectivity, Currency & Coverage)

Summary of The CARS Checklist for Research Source Evaluation

Credibility
 * trustworthy source, author’s credentials, evidence of quality control, known or respected authority, organizational support. **
 * Goal: an authoritative source, one that supplies some good evidence that allows you to trust it. **

Accuracy
 * up to date, factual, detailed, exact, comprehensive, audience and purpose reflect intentions of completeness and accuracy. **
 * Goal: a source that is correct today (not yesterday), a source that gives the whole truth. **

Reasonableness
 * fair, balanced, objective, reasoned, no conflict of interest, absence of fallacies or slanted tone. **
 * Goal: a source that engages the subject thoughtfully and reasonably, concerned with the truth. **

Support [] web search strategies in plain english
 * listed sources, contact information, available corroboration, claims supported, documentation supplied. **
 * Goal: a source that provides convincing evidence for the claims made, a source you can triangulate (find at least two other sources that support it). **