CALL FOR “RECIPES” (CHAPTER PROPOSALS)
The Discovery Tool Cookbook: Recipes for Successful Lesson Plans is seeking recipes!
Put on your creativity bonnet! We’re looking for practice-based examples of lesson plans or projects that work in a discovery tool environment. Like any good kitchen, variety is key; we want lesson plans for one-shot classes and credit-bearing courses written in an approachable, informative style for librarians on-the-go.
Recipes will follow the Cookbook format. Your 500-to-700-word submission must describe a successful lesson plan or activity that uses a discovery tool. Recipes will also include:
● Recipe name (a.k.a. your “chapter” title)
● Your name, university or other affiliation, and email
● Potential cookbook category (see below)
● Nutrition Information (summary of the lesson plan with learning outcomes)
● Dietary Guidelines (link to a threshold concept and corresponding knowledge practice(s) from the ACRL Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education. Recipes in the “Regional Fare” category, such as those for grades 9 to 12, may refer to other applicable guidelines.)
● Cooking Time (includes preparation time and length of lesson)
● Number Served (class size)
● Ingredients and Equipment (what do you need to make this work)
● Preparation (what needs to be done ahead of time)
● Cooking Method (the lesson plan)
● Allergy Warnings (helpful tips)
● Chef’s Notes (author’s comments and anecdotes)
● Clean Up (closing the loop, formative and/or summative assessment to measure the effectiveness of the instruction)
● Additional Resources (handouts, assessment)
Cookbook categories:
Section One: The Larder
Short activities to have on hand that can be used when needed. These can be added in or used as substitutions in other lesson plans.
Section Two: Starters
Warm up activities, metacognitive moments to transition to the main “meal”
Section Three: Tapas
Shared (group) activities
Section Four: Meal Plans
Full lesson plans for single or multiple instruction sessions
Section Five: Room Service
Flipping the classroom: lesson plans, activities to prepare students for the in-class session
Section Six: Regional Fare
Lesson plans for grades 9-12, and underserved populations such as international and English as a Foreign Language students, veterans
Other stuff:
Recipes will be selected based on relevance and clarity. Accepted submissions must include examples of handouts or worksheets or a related image.
Email your draft recipes by October 23, 2015 to discoverytoolcookbook@gmail.
Email us at discoverytoolcookbook@gmail.
We look forward to your proposals!
Co-editors:
Nancy Fawley, Director, Information & Instruction Services, University of Vermont Bailey/Howe Library
Nikki Krysak, Library Director, St. Johnsbury Academy
