O.D.+2.1

Online Discussion 2.1 - Inquiry and Research Models While I don’t have experience with writing lesson plans, I have taught several sessions in information literacy throughout the past two years. In previous semesters the instructors would approach me and ask me to visit with their classes about the services we provide, how to access our resources off-campus, and how to use the indexes and databases. There was no real assignment that the students were working on at the time; it was basically utilized to get them into the library and familiar with the resources. While this may sound like an easy task to some, I found it rather challenging, very broad, and the students really didn’t know how to connect the databases with specific assignments. This semester the library director and I have been collaborating a great deal with our English faculty on campus. The information literacy courses we have taught thus far are focused around a specific assignment which allows us to give a basic skim of library services, while focusing more on search strategies and why this step is important, as well as centering the attention one database that will be beneficial for the topics at hand. When watching Ms. Voutos’s videos, I found it very important to show what resources the library has available to assist in the projects. In my experience the faculty members only know about a few resources so those are the only ones they requesting. If collaboration is done properly, it gives the library to encourage use of a variety of resources for the faculty members as well as the students. I also thought the “Dallas ISD Media Center Collaboration Form” was an excellent idea and allows for all teachers/faculty to have the same formal collaboration experience and opportunities without skipping any steps. I find myself skipping steps sometimes when I rush or am just not thinking clearly, this form would help streamline the collaboration efforts.

References Dallas Independent School District. n.d. “Dallas ISD Media Center Collaboration Form.” [|Dallas ISD Collaboration Form.pdf]. pdf file. “Lesson Planning.” Filmed by Gloria Voutos. Web. 2010. <[]>.