Education Week has posted some very helpful teacher resources in their article, “15 Classroom Resources for Discussing Racism, Policing, and Protest.” Some of these include a PBS lesson plan about the death of George Floyd, the Anti-Defamation League short lesson on Floyd’s …Continue Reading
The EdLib Report
What “Reading Laterally” Means for Teaching Students Digital Literacy
Image credit How do we get students to evaluate what they find on the open Web? One technique is to teach them how to fact-check sources and read “laterally” across many sites instead of trying to verify the authority of just one …Continue Reading
USF Tampa Library Continuity of Services
This is just a reminder that even though the physical campus library is closed during summer classes, the library will continue its support of faculty and students. We have 443,000 e-books, 52,000 e-journal subscriptions, over 800 databases, and numerous streaming videos all …Continue Reading
Library Student Success Instructional Workshops
Our undergraduate library instruction program is informed by USF’s Enhanced General Education curriculum and is focused on delivering online learning modules that can supplement any lower or upper level undergraduate course with a research component. Students in Gen Ed classes can be …Continue Reading
Attention RefWorks Users!
The Refworks citation management software will no longer be available after December 31, 2020. This resource is currently funded through the Florida Academic Library Services Cooperative (FALSC) and is not being renewed. Other citation management software is available such as Zotero, EndNote, and …Continue Reading
Why Students Have Trouble with Reading Citations and Citing Info Sources
In his article, “When Everything is a Website,” author William Badke explains that to many generation Z students who have little or no history with print, “the meaning behind the traditional distinctions that defined various types of academic literature is vanishing” (p. …Continue Reading
Google Teacher Podcast Series
Google Teacher Podcast with Matt Miller & Kasey Bell offers tips on using technology and innovative teaching methods to promote creative ideas in teaching. Miller is the author of the book Ditch That Textbook: Free Your Teaching and Revolutionize Your Classroom and …Continue Reading