“Cool Tools” for the Library Instruction “One Shot” LeAnn Weller

UNM Valencia Campus Public Services Librarian

Instruction

Cool tools

Enhanced & engaged “one shot”

Today’s Agenda

Presentor

• Identify Cool Tools• Demo my projects• Summarize• Provide lists of resources

Participants

• Identify instructional activities

• Match tools and activities• Report

Instruction

• Student Learning Objective

• Classroom Activities

• Assessment

In groups name 1 typical learning objective, class activity, or assessment activity.

Instruction

• Finding/modifying a topic• Search strategies (Boolean,

proximity, subject vs. keyword)• Using specific search tools• Using primary vs. secondary

sources• Finding scholarly peer review

sources• Identifying types of information

sources (newspapers, magazines, books, scholarly journals, websites)

Instruction

• Finding/using statistics• Finding images• Using original data• Evaluating sources• Plagiarism and citing sources• Pre-class assessment quiz• Post-class assessment quiz• One-minute paper

Cool Tools

Bloom’s Taxonomy Remembering Understanding Applying Analyzing Evaluating Creating

Changes in Bloom’s

1956

Evaluation

Synthesis

Analysis

Application

Comprehension

Knowledge

2001

Create

Evaluate

Analyze

Apply

Understand

Remember

Newer Bloom’s Digital

Bloom’ s and Cool Tools

Bloom’s and “Cool Tools”

Bloom’s and “Cool Tools”

Cool Tools

FunctionManipulate ideasManipulate images

and videoShare and presentGamesOrganizeContentMiscellaneous

Manipulate ideas

• Concept mapper• Spicynodes• Text2Mindmap• bubbl us• Dabbleboard• Mindmeister

• Venn Diagram• Edistorm (public free)• Tagxedo• Tagul• Wordle

Manipulate images, video, and audio

• Irfanview• Photoscape• Picasa• Gimp• Windows 7 Snip-it• Jing• Screencastle

• BigHugeLabs• DoInk• Mashup Dashboard• Animoto• Blabberize• Go Animate

Organize

• Diigo• Evernote• Dropbox

Content

• Ted-ed• Docs-Teach• Lexipedia• Visuwords• Merlot• GEM

Games

• Jeopardy Lab• Purpose Games• Flash Cards (Quizlet)• Gamestar Mechanic• Information Literacy Ga

mes• The Information Literac

y Game (UNCG)

• FunnelBrain

• Learning Objects (B. D. Owens Library NWMS)

• Information Cycle Timeline• Narrowing Topics• Search Generator• Boolean Searching• Fruits of Boolean Searching• Extreme Plagiarism

Miscellaneous

• AnswerGarden• Boolify• Voki• Lego Avatars• Manga Avatar• Shrink Pictures

• Text to Speech• Dipity• Chatbots.org

Share and Present

• Pearltrees• Popplet (public free)• Spiderscribe• DebateGraph• Bag the Web• FlipBook• Stripcreator• Toondoo• ComicMaster• Twitter

• Pinterest• Wallwisher• Stixy• Glogster for education• EduClipper• LiveBinder• Projeqt• Prezi• Jux• Powtoon

Group Exercise

• Chooses 1 instructional activity.

• Identify possible tool to use with instructional activity.

• Report back.

Resources

• Web 2.0: Cool Tools for Schools• Technology Integration Resources• Web Tools for Teachers by Type• When Tech Met Ed Blog• Learning Objects (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign University Library)

• Kathy Schrock's Guide to Everything—Blooming Apps• LEARN - LEAD - GROW - Matt Bergman's Ed Tech 2.0 Blog• AASL Best Websites for Teaching and Learning• Digital Tools• Free Technology for Teachers• Beyond Bloom

Pinterest

• https://pinterest.com/unmvclibrary/

Developmental English Class

English 101

Engineer Class

Glogster

Developmental English Classes

English 220 (online)

Mark Twain

Career Info

Homeless

Live Binders

English 220, Developmental English Classes

Ethnic Studies in AZ

Twain

Summary

• More prep time• Different

classroom time• Skill integration• Enthusiasm• Engagement• Right tool for right

SLO• Faculty

cooperation