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Successful Strategies For Teaching Undergraduate Research, Steve Brantley

Faculty Research & Creative Activity

Book review of _Successful Strategies for Teaching Undergraduate Research_ Brantley, S. (2014). Successful strategies for teaching undergraduate research. Editors Marta Deyrup and Beth Bloom. Public Services Quarterly, 10(3), 217-218. DOI: 10.1080/15228959.2014.932225

What Do You See? Image Searching For Research Topic Selection And Development, Beth Fuchs

Library Presentations

Research tells us that students struggle most when they are starting their research projects and are trying to define research questions. Encouraging students to start with an image search helps them visualize the context of their topics and provides a rich environment for brainstorming keywords to begin an academic exploration. Find out how this technique for visual information-gathering can transform students' approaches to research, and learn how to integrate it into your classes.

The Writing Is On The Wall: Using Padlet For Whole-Class Engagement, Beth Fuchs

Library Presentations

Peer learning and class participation are essential components of the active learning classroom, so what can you do to promote full student engagement with your tried-and-true activities in a once-and-done information literacy session? Take them to the wall! Padlet (www.padlet.com) provides a free, multimedia-friendly wall which can be used to encourage real-time, whole-class participation and assessment. No special equipment or technical know-how required. Find out how one librarian has used Padlet to help students create memorable, collaborative artifacts of classroom learning experiences. This is student engagement as scholarly graffiti. Banksy, watch out!

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Using Music To Teach Latin American (And World) History, Daisy V. Domínguez

Publications and Research

This article encourages teachers to use music as a pedagogical tool and discusses songs that may be used to teach Latin American history.