I did my AVL video on on the "Points of View Reference Center" tab. I had never used any digital library source before, so I was really blown away by how many resources could be found on this site. I wanted to show this particular resource because this was the most relevant to my class, and it was exactly what I will need for my 10th grade World Literature class assignment next year. The assignment that was given to the kids 4 weeks ago in my class was researching a hot topic of interest, and take a dystopian point of view. Students had to go further and claim if this subject is ignored moving forward what would happen. It took me about three total days of planning to provide students a website link page for each of these topics to help them get started on finding their research. The Points of View Reference Center not only categorized these topics so they would be easy for users to find, it also provides students multiple different outlets on sources they could use for their research like magazines, academic journals, books, biographies, and more.
I like that you showed that the sources could be cited. The zoom screen-share feature could have been edited out of video to made it a larger screen viewing. I wish you would have went through the regular AVL website as opposed to getting to it through JSU, as students may not be able to access it through JSU. I loved that you used vaccines as an example as it is something that is current in the news today.
ReplyDeleteHi Jake, I am very glad you did a video on this resource. I was curious to explore it myself. Great job on including current events in your video! You seem to have developed a really great assignment in collaboration with the database. I would be interested in creating an assignment similar one day for my own students.
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