Southeastern presents: “Educator Lab”, Three days of Professional Development classes on Library Media Literacies for Teachers
On August 14-16, 2017, Southeastern NY Library Resources Council (SENYLRC) is producing three classes to teach educators how to use library resources in the classroom. These classes will help teachers prepare high school students for college-level research and will cover topics such as information literacy, research proficiency, 21st Century research skills, and effective library use. Regional college librarians, archivists, and high school librarians will be teaching modules within the workshop series.
The inspiration for these workshops came from a special interest group that met at Southeastern to talk about the high school to college transition. These conversations between college and high school librarians revealed the need to get classroom teachers more information about what librarians have to offer. The conversations led to the librarians developing a curriculum for this workshop series so they could share what they know and have learned with classroom teachers and educators.
The curriculum developed into a three-day series, and attendees can come to one, two, or all three of the classes. Day 1 is focused on information literacy online, and students will learn how to use Google and Wikipedia for deeper scholarly search. They will also learn how to teach students to evaluate their resources, avoid plagiarism, cite sources correctly, and understand how information gets onto the web.
Day 2 will be held at the Mount Saint Mary College Library, and will focus on what it takes to craft a good research assignment using library resources. This day will feature a scavenger hunt through the library and attendees will learn how resources like the library catalog, databases, and inter-library loan can be used by students to conduct effective research.
The last of the three classes will focus on how archival resources that are unique to the Hudson Valley such as the website Hudson River Valley Heritage, the FDR Presidential Library and local government documents can be incorporated into research projects.
Southeastern is an accredited CTLE sponsor through New York State, and each class is 6 credit hours. Any 9-12 grade educator who assigns research projects and will be teaching in the 2017-2018 school year is welcome to join. The cost is $75 for the 3-day series or $60 per class.
More information and registration can be found on Southeastern’s website here: senylrc.org/MediaLiteracies
(submitted by Carolyn Bennett Glauda)