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Information Literacy Roundtable presents inaugural Michigan Information Literacy Initiative (MILI) program

Even though it is last minute; here is a great opportunity!!The Information Literacy Roundtable Board invites you to attend the June 6 inaugural Michigan Information Literacy Initiative (MILI) program at Michigan State University in East Lansing.The MILI program is a day-long series of workshops to help you enhance your planning, instruction and teaching skills. Our speakers are committed to providing you with interactive programs that will enhance your skills and provide you with real tools and methods you can put to work right away in your own teaching environment.Here is a quick outline of the MILI Program:Keynote speaker: Dr. Caroline Stern, Ferris State UniversityBeyond Instruction: Practical Techniques and Resources for Developing Information LiteracyDr. Stern asks us "how can librarians maximize the opportunities they have to offer instruction in the limited time they have with their learners". She'll discuss learner analysis, goals and outcomes, and practical methods of instructional delivery that can improve the instructional design of your instruction sessions.Track A - Suggested for Librarians with more than 3 years of instruction experienceInstructional Design for Information Literacy: Theory-Based Practical TipsOur keynote speaker, Dr. Caroline Stern, reviews instructional design basics and "how to" practical, classroom-tested models for instructional design that can help improve the development and delivery of instruction.Effective Needs AssessmentDr. Monica Tracey, Wayne State University, focuses on identifying and using the tools of Needs Assessment including identifying learner characteristics, knowledge, skills and ability assessment. You'll walk away with a Needs Assessment Toolkit to help you answer the question, "what do they want?"Track B - Suggested for Librarians with less than 3 years of instruction experienceUsing a VAKuum to Learn About Yourself as a Teacher and Your Students as LearnersLeslie M. Behm, Michigan State University, focuses on VAK, the visual, auditory, and kinesthetic learning styles. Find out what the differences are and how to work with your material to make your teaching more effective.I'm Up Here! Presentation and Teaching Techniques that Engage Your Audience from Start to FinishVeronica Bielat, Wayne State University and Elise Brown, Kendall College of Art & Design, explore the methods of effective presentation and ways to develop a classroom environment of cooperation and collaborative learning.Learn how to engage your students the minute they enter the door of your classroom.Sign up for MILI today!! Make sure you tell us which track you would like to participate in the Additional Information area of the Registration Form.For questions about MILI please contact:Veronica BielatWayne State University Education Librarianag6887 at wayne.edu(313) 577-4217 phone

SOME QUICK NOTES FROM THE UR-SKEKS-IVERSE

I AM IN DETROIT today, sitting in the lobby of WDET, stealing broadband from a student's room at Wayne State University. So I shall offer a few brief follow ups to your very welcome comments. TWO COMMENTERS on my previous post on Gnomes pointed out that I might enjoy Brian Froud and Terry Jones's Lady Cottington's Pressed Fairy Book. Indeed I might and have. But not as much as I enjoyed Brian Froud's The World of the Dark Crystal. IT IS, OF COURSE, beautiful. But what I found inspiring, even as a child, is that someone would take The Dark Crystal so seriously, and draw and describe the Ur-Skeks-iverse in such sincere and deranged details. I think it is fair to say that everything I know about Skeksis culture derives from this book. IN OTHER COMMENTS SECTIONS, Brermatt noted that the Battle of Galactia Ride also appeared in the FIRST "Get Smart" movie, "The Nude Bomb." It is so, and I know, because I saw this movie on TV in Australia some years ago, and I was so surprised that I practically went down the drain the wrong way. NOW, however, it is on DVD, and insanely, i09 has the relevant clip in WIDESCREEN. I MUST NOW drive to Ann Arbor. That is all...