Student Learning Objective 5
The student engages in professional development and service and identifies specializations and related professional organizations as relevant to individual interests.
Click on the headphones icon above to view a flipped instruction lesson on "How to Use Destiny, Our Online Catalog" I had to put together for my LIS 635 class.
Click on the icon to the left be taken to the American Library Association website.
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Click on the online learner icon above to view a flipped instruction lesson on "How to Find & Read an eBook on Destiny" I had to put together for my LIS 635 class. This is a part 2 to the above lesson; however, it can be viewed without viewing the above lesson.
Click on the picture to the right to be taken to the North Carolina Library Association website.
SLO 5 is meant to help us to better ourselves and keep us abreast of all the new technology and technological advances we come across everyday. We as librarians need to keep ahead of our patrons and be able to help them with their requests and search for information. We can do this both by keeping ourselves informed and up to date with technology as well as teaching others about what we have learned and all of the new technology that is out there.
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This SLO started out to be a showcase of some of the technology I was able to incorporate in my MLIS journey. This is definitely technology that I will use in the library and I can see myself using these methods in the classroom as well.
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Flipped instruction was something that I had never heard of before my LIS 635 class, but something that I now here quite a bit. It seems to be used in an array of arenas and with differing audiences. Perhaps one of the greatest notions about flipped instruction is that the students or user can complete the lesson at their own pace and in their own home.
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When I assigned the flipped instruction, it was in conjunction with a professional development for using the library's OPAC. Many students and teachers were not even aware of all that Destiny was capable of doing and this flipped instruction showed them a sample of what could be accomplished with using Destiny. While this was an addend to a professional development for teachers, my hope was that once the teachers were taught Destiny's uses, they would be able to educate and show their students how to use it.
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As a member of the ALA and the NCALA, I am able to keep abreast of all new happenings in the library world both nationally and right here in the state of North Carolina. Part of being a librarian is keeping up to date and informed of all that is out there. Being a member of both of these organizations helps keep me informed and also gives me access to any professional development classes or other events that I might attend.
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Something that I have become very interested in now that I am back in the classroom (but I would still use in the library) is the engaging realm of STEM and STEAM. Much like makerspaces, STEM and STEAM are ways to incorporate science, technology, engineering, the arts, and math all in one fun lesson. They make learning more hands on and puts the learning experience into the hands of the students, rather than the teacher telling the students what they will learn. I have found that the NCALA has been a fan of offering STEM classes and I am looking forward to attending one of these classes so that I can better teach my students. Again, STEAM and STEM can be used in the library as well, and it would be a great collaborative exercise for teacher and librarian.
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Being a member of these organizations allows me to stay relevant to the ever changing world around us. Taking advantage of the information found and the classes offered through these organizations can be an invaluable tool.
Click on the computer to the left to see my PDP.