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WOW, this is great information! Sherry Scoville Elementary Librarian AISR Riyadh, KSA >From: Lou Murray Gorvett <gorvettl@HOTMAIL.COM> >Reply-To: Lou Murray Gorvett <gorvettl@HOTMAIL.COM> >To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU >Subject: HIT: Teacher use of OPAC >Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2002 15:10:49 -0500 > >Hello all, > >Thanks to those who responded to my request for ideas on teaching teachers >OPAC and internet searching strategies. (See below for the original TARGET >request). I got quite a few requests for a hit - this is obviously a topic >that we are concerned about! A few of you did have experience and ideas - >listed below are the responses I received. THANKS for your response. > >Lou Murray Gorvett >Librarian >Canadian Martyrs Elementary School Board >Waterloo Catholic District School Board >Kitchener, Ontario, Canada >gorvettl@hotmail.com > >******************************************** > >We recently configured our network so that the OPAC is available in all the >classrooms. I did a hands on lesson on how to use, prepared a handout, and >asked students to help teachers out if need be. I can now send out new >books >or "Books of interest to.." via a message to check the OPAC. I also can >have >teachers prepare a "Book Bag" for requested titles for their classroom. (We >use Follett). So far, so good. There a few who I know will never do any of >this, but....... Jill Brown, LMS > > >What programs are on your computers? What is your catalog like? Are there >special quirks to be aware of as you use it? What Internet browser is used? >Do you have access to any special data bases? Do THEY have special quirks? >Have you asked the teachers what THEY think they need or want to learn more >about? What type of inservice/training has gone over well with the staff? >What do they NOT like? >In teaching PACs to the library patrons I worked with, there was a variety >of skill levels and computer phobias. Some had NO experience with the >computer or Internet, others had some experience. The teaching method was >different depending on the experience or lack of. >The best way to do it, though, is handson stuff. Give a brief overview with >paper handouts of screens used, walk them through a search for a book, etc. >then let THEM search for something. If you are teaching the Internet, after >giving some basic details/hints, websites, search engine details, etc., >again, let THEM work with it to find the information they need. If YOU'RE >excited about something, they will catch the enthusiasm. >www.libraryspot.com >is fun, as is www.eduhound.com and www.edupuppy.com >Good luck. >Sue Adams > >I've had the best success with small groups of teachers, such as >departments >or grade levels. Once that is done, then you can pick up the new folks that >arrive in the upcoming years with a library orientation session. Plan to >have snacks, and keep the sessions as active as possible - I use tutorial >worksheets that have them actually using the catalog. By using screen >captures, it's easy make up a clear tutorial. I just did a session in which >I used overhead transparencies of the catalog windows to explain the Easy >Search (we use Spectrum), the gave them tutorials to go to the computers to >teach themselves Expanded (Boolean) Search and printing bibliographies. I >pretty much taught the teachers with the same style and examples I used >with >students. That worked for the catalog. Good luck, Marsha Filipiak > >Please do post a HIT; I have the same interest in showing the teachers how >to use OPAC, however I'm wondering what the big difference would really >need >to be between what you do when instructing the kids to use it versus >instructing teachers. The main thing I see them needing to know is how to >use the "keyword" feature (as opposed to the "subject" feature), and to >note >the usefulness of looking up a book on the OPAC (author name, other books >by >same author, # of pages, whether it's fiction or non-, etc.); as well as >how >to find any material using the Opac, even if they don't have a specific >title in mind, etc. Please let us all know of your responses. Thank you. > >*****************************************************8 >Original request: > >My school board has recently implemented a system-wide OPAC. We have given >some thought as to how to teach the students to use the OPAC, but it is >beginning to occur to us that the staff also need instruction. I >searchedvthe archives, and didn't find much reference to helping teachers >and other staff learn how to use the OPAC or appropriate internet >searchingvstrategies, for that matter. > >I am on a small committee trying to come up with a plan/guidelines on this >topic. (To complicate matters, my school board has library technicians, not >teacher-librarians. In some schools the teachers collaborate with their >library technician very well, while in others, the library technician is >seen as a very lowly member of the team...) > >I would be interested in feedback on: >-Experiences teaching teachers to (properly) use the OPAC (and/or internet >search strategies) >-Suggested OPAC/searching teaching strategies/handouts aimed at teachers >(there's a lot out there aimed at kids, but doesn't seem to be much aimed >at >teachers (or if there is, I'm not finding it!) > > > >_________________________________________________________________ >Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com > >=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-= >All postings to LM_NET are protected under copyright law. >To quit LM_NET (or set-reset NOMAIL or DIGEST, etc.) send email to: >listserv@listserv.syr.edu In the message write EITHER: >1) SIGNOFF LM_NET 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL or 3) SET LM_NET DIGEST >4) SET LM_NET MAIL * Please allow for confirmation from Listserv. >For LM_NET Help see: http://ericir.syr.edu/lm_net/ >Archives: http://askeric.org/Virtual/Listserv_Archives/LM_NET.shtml > See also EL-Announce for announcements from library media vendors: > http://www.mindspring.com/~el-announce/ >=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-= > Sherry _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-= All postings to LM_NET are protected under copyright law. 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