“Using the Library can be fun!” Rosslyn Lee School Librarian Ardrossan Academy

Background School roll period week 20 Year English classes average 18 pupils 14 Social Education classes average 26 pupils 15 PCs in separate Computer Room, 6 in Library

Information Skills Courses CURRENT 1 st Year Information Skills 2 nd Year Information Skills 1 st Year Biography Project FUTURE 6 th Year Information Skills

1 st year course content Learning Intentions and Success Criteria included in booklet and discussed at beginning of each period. Keywords Reading for information Note-taking Researching a topic Powerpoint presentation

1 st Year Evaluation Information Skills Course Main purpose of lessons? What did you enjoy? What did you find difficult? What new skills have you learned? What could you improve next time ?

Main purpose of lessons? Variations of: Help with our study skills Learn to use/do a Powerpoint presentation Some pupils didn’t respond to this question “To help us learn more on 1 pacific topic”

What did you enjoy? Making a Powerpoint presentation Using computers Giving the presentation “Everything”

What was difficult? Variations of : finding information Making the presentation “Nothing”

New skills learned? Powerpoint Skimming & scanning “I have learned that using the Library can be fun”

What could you do better next time to improve your research? Find more information Take better notes Nothing “I don’t think I could”

2 nd Year course content Learning Intentions and Success Criteria included in booklet and discussed at beginning of each period. Misinformation and disinformation Searching the internet (Google) URLs and domain names Evaluating websites Compiling a resource list for a specific topic

2 nd Year Evaluation Information Skills Course Main purpose of lessons? What did you enjoy? What did you find difficult? What new skills have you learned? What could you improve next time?

Main purpose of lessons? To learn skills for the Internet To recognise different types of information “Internet safety”

What did you enjoy? Using PCs Using the Internet Lesson on visual literacy “Learning how to use the Internet right”

What was difficult? Nothing Finding answers on the Internet “All the questions”

New skills learned? Variations of: Using Google properly Recognising different types of websites Using the Internet “ You shouldn’t believe everything on the Internet”

What could you do better next time to improve your work? Nothing Work harder Listen more carefully “Be there more often to learn more things “

1 st Year Biography Project IN CLASS Reading for information Note-taking IN LIBRARY Research using a variety of resources IN CLASS Production of booklet Talk

Biographies

Neil Armstrong

Possible content for 6 th Year course Basic library skills Internet skills Copyright and plagiarism Study techniques & time management Information sources and resources Visit to university library

Staff survey questions - Internet Do you teach pupils search strategies? Do you teach pupils to evaluate websites? Do you teach pupils about plagiarism & copyright? Do you teach pupils to cite resources properly? Do you make pupils aware about currency of information? Do you make pupils aware about bias/wrong information?

Staff survey questions – other skills Do you teach reading skills? Do you teach note-taking skills? Do you teach pupils about plagiarism with regard to printed sources? Why not? “I assume pupils have these skills already” “Not part of our curriculum” “No time”

6 th Year course – next steps Pupil survey – June Discussions with management - June Lessons written – July Pilot begins - September

Work in progress 1 st Year course - needs more time (8 periods ) 2 nd Year course - some changes needed 1 st Year Biography project - to be updated 3 rd /4 th Year course – lots of thought required!

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