[OPLINLIST] This canvas needs a frame

[SWON Info]

*Designing a lesson plan can be nerve-wracking when you're doing it for 
the first time.* What can you assume students already know? How much 
time should you spend defining terms and giving background? How much 
talking-about and how much discussion should there be? And who can you 
talk to who's taught this subject before, please?

*A framework can organize your approach to the classroom.* It doesn't 
provide a lesson plan outline. Instead, it lays out concepts about 
learning that can direct your teaching. If one of these guiding 
principles is that research is built on previous knowledge, you might 
spend class time asking students what they know about a topic to find 
what you can build on. Otherwise your students might not be familiar 
enough with your examples to understand why one is better than another.

*ACRL's recently-released /Framework for Information Literacy for Higher 
Education <http://www.ala.org/acrl/standards/ilframework>/ works this 
way.* It's built of six frames that describe information literacy and 
what activities promote it. The Framework was revised through a process 
<http://acrl.ala.org/ilstandards/?page_id=17> that included the release 
of several drafts, and feedback from individuals, committees and the 
ACRL Board.

Lots of work has been done, and plenty remains as librarians become 
familiar with the Framework and decide how to embrace and how to resist 
<http://www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/2015/beyond-the-threshold-conformity-resistance-and-the-aclr-information-literacy-framework-for-higher-education> 
the confines and flexibilities offered by it. Whether you're taking your 
first step into a classroom or are more practiced, the Framework offers 
many ways to approach students.

  * Nathan Swartzendruber, SWON Technology Educator

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    Framing the Framework: Information Literacy for Higher Education and
    Beyond on April 20th

Craig Gibson, co-chair of the ACRL task force charged with creating the 
/Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education/, will be the 
featured speaker at this SLA/SWON event. The program also includes Q&A 
with Craig and a panel discussion.

If you're getting familiar with the Framework, this is a great 
opportunity to learn more and discuss it with your peers. Join us at the 
University of Cincinnati on April 20th, from 4:00-6:00 p.m. (SWON's 
paying for the parking.) Registration will open soon at SLA's calendar 
<http://cincinnati.sla.org/category/events/>.

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    Looking for Performers?

SWON's Performer's Showcase has moved online, with YouTube clips 
available for many of the performers. Listings also include contact 
information and a website.

Performers are listed in a variety of categories: Magicians, Jugglers, 
Illusionists <http://swonlibraries.org/?magic>; Science and Animal 
Programs <http://swonlibraries.org/?science_and_animal>; Singers, 
Musicians, Music Creation Programs <http://swonlibraries.org/?music>; 
Storytellers <http://swonlibraries.org/?storytellers>; and Theatre, 
Dance, Art, Puppetry <http://swonlibraries.org/?theatre>.

If you know of performers who'd like to be listed here or know 
performers you'd like to share, we're glad to add to the Showcase. 
Contact Racheal at racheal at swonlibraries.org 
<mailto:racheal at swonlibraries.org> with the details.


    Coming up on the calendar
    <http://swonlibraries.org/events/event_list.asp>

  * *Good Friday - SWON Libraries Office Closed*
    April 3, 2015
  * *Best Children's Books of 2014
    <http://swonlibraries.org/events/event_details.asp?id=599136&group=>*
    April 9, 2015 - Online
  * *CLEAR Literature Review (Special Interest Group) Meeting
    <http://swonlibraries.org/events/event_details.asp?id=509738&group=>*
    April 9, 2015 - Kenton County Public Library
  * *CLEAR Literature Review (Special Interest Group) Meeting
    <http://swonlibraries.org/events/event_details.asp?id=510017&group=>*
    April 10, 2015 - SWON Libraries Meeting Room

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