Lesson Planning Sheet
Instructor: Ann Tolzman/Lorna Peralta
Course:
Lesson/Assignment Name: Introducing RSS Feed Technology to Students
Lesson/Assignment Goal:
I want students to understand that the Library Science field is completely inseparable with technology and keeping up to date on the uses of the newest in Web 2.0 features is a must. How they use these technologies in they classes and in their future jobs is something they should start to learn now.
Lesson/Assignment Outcome/s:
After this lesson students should be able to …
Identify web resources that provide help to Library Technicians in their profession.
Ability to apply Web 2.0 technology in their class and professional work
Use RSS Feed technology to keep them up to date on their chosen sites and information
Learning Activity:
Students were shown a youtube.com video that demonstrated how to set up the RSS Feed
through Google and then encouraged by their instructor to set up their own feeds and then subscribe to any web resources that helped them and their we interested in pertaining to their own fields of study.
Assessment Activity:
Students were sent out a survey after the initial set up of the aggregator tool that asked them to measure the ease of the installation and the feeds they subscribed to. That was followed up by an end of the semester survey about the uses of the aggregator tool in their classes and if they thought it was useful and would they continue to use it in the future.
Introduce Concept of RSS Activity: in class video shown by Instructor, and students were told about the grant and what was being asked of them and why.
Set Up RSS Aggregator Account Activity: Students were instructed to then download the aggregator from Google page and then subscribe to various feeds that interested them.
Alternative extra-Credit Assignments: Students were offered extra credit points for completing the surveys, by the Instructor.
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