Short presentation on information literacy.

1. Constructivist Teaching Strategies An Audio Comment on Beyond the Bird Unit by Jennifer Robins

2. Basis of Beyond the Bird Unit Using Constructivist Teaching Strategies to Enrich Lessons that go Beyond the Bird Unit Problem-Based Learning Inquiry-Based Learning Project-Based Learning Combining Strategies The Problem with the Bird Units Librarians did the work for the students Students did not engage with the information Students were not challenged to make their own inquiries Preference for imposed questions instead of student generated questions Enrich Learning through School Library Use Curriculum Standards Teacher and Teacher-Library Collaborations Constructivist Teaching Issues: motivation social learning problem solving establishing credibility assessment

3. References Robins, J. (2005). Beyond the bird unit. Teacher Librarian, 33(2), 8-19. http://search.ebscohost.com.libaccess.sjlibrary.org