COMPETENCY 2: I choose to connect the website, BOOKLIST, to my blog, through RSS feed so that I could be aware of the newest publications related to brain based research and learning strategies.
From the ALA site (http://wikis.ala.org/readwriteconnect/index.php/), I choose BOOKLIST, and I followed the directions and connected the RSS feed--you can read the headlines and click on the titles to the right.
I am always on the lookout for the newest research on the use of brain-based learning strategies in teaching, to incorporate into my teaching in the library and now I will see these immediately if they pop up.
I will also need to read the reviews of young adult literature in order to buy books for my high school library, as our district policy requires the citation of one positive review for each book ordered. I also appreciate BOOKLIST when it features young adult authors; I can use this information to introduce them to students when they are in the library for checkout.
Monday, August 6, 2007
Wednesday, August 1, 2007
COMP. 6-MULTIMEDIA
This is the cover image of a book by one of the “gurus” of brain based learning, Eric Jensen. From reading the review, I learned that Jensen discusses how your own “mental modes” can affect the academic success of children.I am interested in how to be the kind of teacher/librarian that does affect student success through using information science and technology when I am teaching students in the library.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0963783211/atozteachstuff
Tuesday, July 24, 2007
COMP 5-SOCIAL NETWORKING
1. At http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=91085631 on MySpace, I found a young high school art teacher who reads about brain-based educational strategies, "As for Non-Fiction, I devour anything considering the connectiveness of education and brain-based learning, among these: TEACHING WITH THE BRAIN IN MIND and ARTS WITH THE BRAIN IN MIND by Eric Jensen, DRAWING ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE BRAIN by Dr. Betty Edwards, the FLOW PSYCHOLOGY books of Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi."
His site is dedicated more to his art and his friends and family, than to education, but I found it interesting to read about a fellow educator. His site includes entertaining film clips, as that is one of his art interests. Because it doesn't stick very close to education, I looked for another and found the one below.
2. Classroom 2.0 is a social networking site supported by Ning. Here I found an educator named Linda Wallen, with an RSS audio feed to a professor at Aurora university, whom Linda interviewed regarding "the latest information on brain research" and its applications to education.
I would have to join Classroom 2.0 to hear the remarks, which I will do next week, but am out of town, paying for Internet time this week.
The greatest thing about social networking sites is that you can get VERY CURRENT information, if your sources are reliable.
This site also had excellent links, with the Classroom 2.0 WIKI, and Blogging Options for Educators.
This is the address for this blog is: http://classroom20.ning.com/group/brainresearch
His site is dedicated more to his art and his friends and family, than to education, but I found it interesting to read about a fellow educator. His site includes entertaining film clips, as that is one of his art interests. Because it doesn't stick very close to education, I looked for another and found the one below.
2. Classroom 2.0 is a social networking site supported by Ning. Here I found an educator named Linda Wallen, with an RSS audio feed to a professor at Aurora university, whom Linda interviewed regarding "the latest information on brain research" and its applications to education.
I would have to join Classroom 2.0 to hear the remarks, which I will do next week, but am out of town, paying for Internet time this week.
The greatest thing about social networking sites is that you can get VERY CURRENT information, if your sources are reliable.
This site also had excellent links, with the Classroom 2.0 WIKI, and Blogging Options for Educators.
This is the address for this blog is: http://classroom20.ning.com/group/brainresearch
Wednesday, July 18, 2007
COMP. 4 PROJECT MUSE W/ SPECIFIC FACET FIRST
After attempting a search with my most specific facet, (brain OR cognition) into every database, and receiving thousands of hits, at Dr. Akin's suggestion, I entered the very specific facet of
"inquiry based learning" into Project Muse, receiving 3230 hits, which is a quite a few less than usual.
I tried another specific phrase that worked very well, "brain based library learning." I got 500 plus hits, to which I added inquiry based learning, ending up with 214 hits. The first one was excellent. I loved this search, because it really did pull more results that related to teaching and using brain-based learning strategies IN THE LIBRARY!
Here´s the first one:
The Usual Doesn't Work:
Why We Need Problem-Based Learning
Larry Spence
AbstractDifficult to teach and learn, information literacy is a set of skills and knowledge that must be mastered through practice. Advances in the learning sciences reveal that students are not receptacles for wisdom deposits. They decide what they will learn. Problem-based learning exploits that insight. It calls for faculty/librarian collaborations. The following articles recount the steps in one such collaboration. Beginning with this article, they in turn, formulate the problem, design a plausible solution, apply that solution, and explore the implications of the process for libraries, librarians, and their resources.
The library was my Internet. The joy of books discovered me in the third grade. Nothing set the lineament of my life like libraries. In school everyone read the same books, and a teacher told me what they meant. In the library I chose, read, and thought for myself. The library's freedom promoted my curiosity, making it the key to my love of learning and my hatred of school.
"inquiry based learning" into Project Muse, receiving 3230 hits, which is a quite a few less than usual.
I tried another specific phrase that worked very well, "brain based library learning." I got 500 plus hits, to which I added inquiry based learning, ending up with 214 hits. The first one was excellent. I loved this search, because it really did pull more results that related to teaching and using brain-based learning strategies IN THE LIBRARY!
Here´s the first one:
The Usual Doesn't Work:
Why We Need Problem-Based Learning
Larry Spence
AbstractDifficult to teach and learn, information literacy is a set of skills and knowledge that must be mastered through practice. Advances in the learning sciences reveal that students are not receptacles for wisdom deposits. They decide what they will learn. Problem-based learning exploits that insight. It calls for faculty/librarian collaborations. The following articles recount the steps in one such collaboration. Beginning with this article, they in turn, formulate the problem, design a plausible solution, apply that solution, and explore the implications of the process for libraries, librarians, and their resources.
The library was my Internet. The joy of books discovered me in the third grade. Nothing set the lineament of my life like libraries. In school everyone read the same books, and a teacher told me what they meant. In the library I chose, read, and thought for myself. The library's freedom promoted my curiosity, making it the key to my love of learning and my hatred of school.
Saturday, July 14, 2007
COMP. 4-PEARL CITATION SEARCH
In Academic Search Premier, I searched from the article, "Connecting Learning: Brain-Based Strategies for Linking Prior Knowledge in the Library Media Center" by Kathi Vanderbilt. I chose ASP because it is a general education database that includes a great deal of information from library science periodicals.
I used the descriptor, Theory of Knowledge, to get 2223 hits, added the descriptor, Teaching, to obtain 186, and then descriptor, Education, to get 118.
This strategy is so interesting, because I am seeing hits (among the first thirty) that I did not see in the original search for the article above. I have used the "More Like This" option before, but I never thought to use these descriptors, and it's so obvious, because they are active links. !!
The abstract below, from the article, "Involving Students in Learnng Through Rubrics" pairs the brain-based strategy, inquiry learning, to assessment rubrics in order to enhance student learning in the library.
Title: Involving Students in Learning Through Rubrics
Find More Like ThisInvolving Students in Learning Through Rubrics.
Authors:
Yoshina, Joan M.Harada, Violet H.1
Source:
Library Media Connection; Feb2007, Vol. 25 Issue 5, p10-14, 5p
Document Type:
Article
Subject Terms:
*ACADEMIC achievement*EVALUATION*INQUIRY (Theory of knowledge)*LEARNING*QUESTION (Logic)*STUDENTS*STANDARDS*INQUIRY-based learning*SCORING rubrics
Abstract:
The article presents information on an inquiry-based approach, which enhances the learning of students. In this approach, students explore big ideas through inquiry. They are encouraged to ask meaningful questions, access and evaluate information, and express their personal viewpoint. In inquiry environments, assessment is an integral part of the learning process. Students assess their own work, and also identify the criteria for assessing and measuring the quality of performance. Rubric is a critical assessment tool, which is being used in several classrooms. Rubrics are a good standard for assessing teaching practices and student achievement. Students who create a rubric have a better understanding of what must be done to reach expectations.
Author Affiliations:
1Professor, University of Hawaii's Library and Information Science Program.
ISSN:
1542-4715
Accession Number:
23909633
Persistent link to this record:
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=23909633&site=ehost-live
Database:
Academic Search Premier
When I changed Education to the descriptor Librarians, I got two hits, one of which, was my first article.
I used the descriptor, Theory of Knowledge, to get 2223 hits, added the descriptor, Teaching, to obtain 186, and then descriptor, Education, to get 118.
This strategy is so interesting, because I am seeing hits (among the first thirty) that I did not see in the original search for the article above. I have used the "More Like This" option before, but I never thought to use these descriptors, and it's so obvious, because they are active links. !!
The abstract below, from the article, "Involving Students in Learnng Through Rubrics" pairs the brain-based strategy, inquiry learning, to assessment rubrics in order to enhance student learning in the library.
Title: Involving Students in Learning Through Rubrics
Find More Like ThisInvolving Students in Learning Through Rubrics.
Authors:
Yoshina, Joan M.Harada, Violet H.1
Source:
Library Media Connection; Feb2007, Vol. 25 Issue 5, p10-14, 5p
Document Type:
Article
Subject Terms:
*ACADEMIC achievement*EVALUATION*INQUIRY (Theory of knowledge)*LEARNING*QUESTION (Logic)*STUDENTS*STANDARDS*INQUIRY-based learning*SCORING rubrics
Abstract:
The article presents information on an inquiry-based approach, which enhances the learning of students. In this approach, students explore big ideas through inquiry. They are encouraged to ask meaningful questions, access and evaluate information, and express their personal viewpoint. In inquiry environments, assessment is an integral part of the learning process. Students assess their own work, and also identify the criteria for assessing and measuring the quality of performance. Rubric is a critical assessment tool, which is being used in several classrooms. Rubrics are a good standard for assessing teaching practices and student achievement. Students who create a rubric have a better understanding of what must be done to reach expectations.
Author Affiliations:
1Professor, University of Hawaii's Library and Information Science Program.
ISSN:
1542-4715
Accession Number:
23909633
Persistent link to this record:
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=23909633&site=ehost-live
Database:
Academic Search Premier
When I changed Education to the descriptor Librarians, I got two hits, one of which, was my first article.
Wednesday, July 11, 2007
COMP 4-LITLAB W/ SPECIFIC FACET & SUCCESSIVE FRACTION STRATEGIES
LibLit and Specific Facet First, with Successive Fraction Strategy. I thought I would get a limited number of hits in LibLit with less noise because it is so specific about libraries. It was less than in other databases, but still a lot.
The search query is brain-based instructional strategies in school libraries. School libraries and teaching are more general than brain or cognition, so I used it first.
The specific face I chose was (brain or cognition) which received 1254 hits. That's a lot. So I added the second facet, (school librar or media center) and narrowed the set to 247 hits.
When I added the third facet (teaching or instruction), which gave me 104 hits. The first thirty look generally pertinent. There are some convention reports that do not seem to relate, and a some articles seem too technical, but there are many like the one below.
I really appreciate how the strategy helps the researcher to narrow the set of hits.
This one looks so good:
Title:
Tapping into Multiple Intelligences to Teach Information Literacy Skills
Personal Author:
Brewer, Sally
Journal Name:
School Library Media Activities Monthly
Source:
School Library Media Activities Monthly v. 21 no. 9 (May 2005) p. 19-21
Publication Year:
2005
Physical Description:
Bibliography; Table
ISSN:
0889-9371
Language of Document:
English
Abstract:
The writer reviews Howard Gardner's and other researchers' work on the theory of multiple intelligences. She provides examples that illustrate how this theory can be put into practice in a library media center, recommends ways for using this theory in a library media center, and presents a list of resources for further reading on this topic.
Subject(s):
Bibliographic instruction/Elementary and high school students; Cognition
Document Type:
Feature Article
Database:
Education; Library & Information Science
Accession Number:
200512100762007
Persistent URL:
Click to copy the article citation link
The search query is brain-based instructional strategies in school libraries. School libraries and teaching are more general than brain or cognition, so I used it first.
The specific face I chose was (brain or cognition) which received 1254 hits. That's a lot. So I added the second facet, (school librar or media center) and narrowed the set to 247 hits.
When I added the third facet (teaching or instruction), which gave me 104 hits. The first thirty look generally pertinent. There are some convention reports that do not seem to relate, and a some articles seem too technical, but there are many like the one below.
I really appreciate how the strategy helps the researcher to narrow the set of hits.
This one looks so good:
Title:
Tapping into Multiple Intelligences to Teach Information Literacy Skills
Personal Author:
Brewer, Sally
Journal Name:
School Library Media Activities Monthly
Source:
School Library Media Activities Monthly v. 21 no. 9 (May 2005) p. 19-21
Publication Year:
2005
Physical Description:
Bibliography; Table
ISSN:
0889-9371
Language of Document:
English
Abstract:
The writer reviews Howard Gardner's and other researchers' work on the theory of multiple intelligences. She provides examples that illustrate how this theory can be put into practice in a library media center, recommends ways for using this theory in a library media center, and presents a list of resources for further reading on this topic.
Subject(s):
Bibliographic instruction/Elementary and high school students; Cognition
Document Type:
Feature Article
Database:
Education; Library & Information Science
Accession Number:
200512100762007
Persistent URL:
Click to copy the article citation link
Monday, July 9, 2007
COMP 4-ERIC W/ BUILDING BLOCK STRATEGY
ERIC First Search Building Block Strategy
I chose ERIC First Search because it is a general education database that is likely to contain information regarding my query, brain based learning strategies for teaching in the high school library.
Using the facets below for a Building Block Strategy, it yielded 40 very good hits.
Keywords: brain OR cognition
Keywords: librar? Or school media center
Keywords: teaching OR instruction
The first hit was just excellent, see below. The second and third hits were less pertinent, but four through ten looked very good. As I looked through the rest, I was impressed by the number of interesting article titles that related to my query. What an interesting way to search! You can get so much closer to your real needs than when using a keyword, and especially if you are using a big web search engine like Yahoo. Wow.
FIRST HIT
Title:
Feed Your Brain!
Source:
Library Media Connection v25 n3 p22-23 Nov-Dec 2006 (2 pages)Additional Info: Linworth Publishing, Inc. 480 East Wilson Bridge Road Suite L, Worthington, OH 43085. Tel: 614-436-7107; e-mail: linworth@linworthpublishing.com; Web site: http://www.linworth.com/lmc.html; http://ezproxy.twu.edu:2071/WebZ/FSPage?pagetype=return_frameset:sessionid=fsapp4-32839-f3xp2emm-opcbje:entitypagenum=6:0:entityframedurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.linworth.com%2Flmc%2F:entityframedtitle=ERIC:entityframedtimeout=15:entityopenTitle=:entityopenAuthor=:entityopenNumber=:
Standard No:
ISSN: 1542-4715
Language:
English
Abstract:
Language arts teachers and library media specialists bear the responsibility of teaching students how to properly feed their brains. In this article, the author describes how she teaches her students to make wise choices when selecting books. Furthermore, she presents the "Brain Food Pyramid" model that looks similar to the food pyramid but it focuses on good book selection. The Brain Food Pyramid has five parts: the bottom is nonfiction; the next level is Award Winners; the middle level is Biographies and Autobiographies; the next level is called Pleasure Reading; and the top of the Brain Food Pyramid is called Mind Candy.
Peer Reviewed:
No
SUBJECT(S)
Descriptor:
Brain Media Specialists School Libraries Librarians Teacher Role Language Arts Cognitive Development Reading Material Selection Fiction Nonfiction Biographies Autobiographies Recreational Reading
I chose ERIC First Search because it is a general education database that is likely to contain information regarding my query, brain based learning strategies for teaching in the high school library.
Using the facets below for a Building Block Strategy, it yielded 40 very good hits.
Keywords: brain OR cognition
Keywords: librar? Or school media center
Keywords: teaching OR instruction
The first hit was just excellent, see below. The second and third hits were less pertinent, but four through ten looked very good. As I looked through the rest, I was impressed by the number of interesting article titles that related to my query. What an interesting way to search! You can get so much closer to your real needs than when using a keyword, and especially if you are using a big web search engine like Yahoo. Wow.
FIRST HIT
Title:
Feed Your Brain!
Source:
Library Media Connection v25 n3 p22-23 Nov-Dec 2006 (2 pages)Additional Info: Linworth Publishing, Inc. 480 East Wilson Bridge Road Suite L, Worthington, OH 43085. Tel: 614-436-7107; e-mail: linworth@linworthpublishing.com; Web site: http://www.linworth.com/lmc.html; http://ezproxy.twu.edu:2071/WebZ/FSPage?pagetype=return_frameset:sessionid=fsapp4-32839-f3xp2emm-opcbje:entitypagenum=6:0:entityframedurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.linworth.com%2Flmc%2F:entityframedtitle=ERIC:entityframedtimeout=15:entityopenTitle=:entityopenAuthor=:entityopenNumber=:
Standard No:
ISSN: 1542-4715
Language:
English
Abstract:
Language arts teachers and library media specialists bear the responsibility of teaching students how to properly feed their brains. In this article, the author describes how she teaches her students to make wise choices when selecting books. Furthermore, she presents the "Brain Food Pyramid" model that looks similar to the food pyramid but it focuses on good book selection. The Brain Food Pyramid has five parts: the bottom is nonfiction; the next level is Award Winners; the middle level is Biographies and Autobiographies; the next level is called Pleasure Reading; and the top of the Brain Food Pyramid is called Mind Candy.
Peer Reviewed:
No
SUBJECT(S)
Descriptor:
Brain Media Specialists School Libraries Librarians Teacher Role Language Arts Cognitive Development Reading Material Selection Fiction Nonfiction Biographies Autobiographies Recreational Reading
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