Outcome 6

Teach information literacy skills in order to facilitate effective learning organizations.

Teaching technology skills may not have been considered “information literacy” in days gone by, but today it is an ever-present part of libraries. More people are coming into libraries than ever before, and heavily using the public access computers provided. Teaching librarians and patrons technology skills is now a necessity. Teaching technology skills can be a large portion of my tech support job at NEKLS. I work with NEKLS staff, librarians, and patrons, showing them how to use various software and hardware. I also have opportunities to present at workshops and in the future, hopefully, conferences, on software, technology skills, and emerging technology trends. 

During my classes at SLIM, I have had opportunities to learn and review software, as well as developing a teaching project that I have already had an opportunity to present. 

The first artifact I have chosen is a review of SlideShare that I developed for Integrating Technology into the School Library Media Program. While this project was developed for a class, with only the professor as the intended audience, I feel that it is something that I could hand to anyone wanting to learn about SlideShare. 

The second artifact I have chosen is a project/presentation on “Free and Fun! (Mostly) Web-Based Tools for Your Library.” For the Teaching in the Information Professions class, I developed a handout and lecture for this presentation, and already have presented at the NEKLS School Librarian Workshop (as you can see from the handout) and hope to present a form of this presentation at KLA next spring. 

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