Crowd sourcing library instruction

I do some weird things in my library instruction. I do not think I would be incorrect in saying my information literacy sessions are slightly unorthodox. This semester is no different.

One class this particularly true for is Introduction to Research Writing. In that class students see us 6 times during the semester. I'm in charge of (and teach 98% of) the first library day of the social science unit. We focus on introducing the geographic region and doable topics for social sciences, as well as the importance of a good research question.

Each semester I create an activity for the students to do that engages them with the material in some way. This semester, thanks to Amy's great idea, and my wonderful friends, the students will be pairing topics with haiku written about it. I thought you all might enjoy seeing it. So without further adieu my prezi of haiku :)

Mississippi River Watershed Haikus on Prezi

EDIT: I realize now that this is sort of an incomplete look. This is just a small piece of a 50-min instruction session, which in itself is a part of a 6-day series in this class. I'm blessed with the opportunity to be able to look both at content and process in this class.  Here is the rest of my slides for the day. The students watch clips of the videos and then create their own research questions as a class (since there are no instructions on those slides!) For more of my library musings (and Prezis!), check out my library instruction page.