Type of Presentation
Workshop
Target Audience
Higher Education
Location
Session One Breakouts
Abstract
With students becoming increasingly tech-savvy, how can librarians teach online resources to a generation of digital natives and keep their attention? By leaning into their love of how-to videos and quick information! This presentation will discuss how to make information literacy instructions a little more enjoyable using popular online streaming and information sites, like YouTube and Wikipedia. For example, we will examine Wired “AutoComplete Interviews” and Vanity Fair “… Teaches Slang” videos to show keyword versus natural language searching and discuss how they use each one to different effect. Attendees will leave with the tools to engage in discussions of information literacy using materials students already know and love.
Presentation Description
With students becoming more and more tech savvy, how can librarians teach online resources to a generation of digital natives and keep them engaged? By leaning into their love of how-to videos and quick information! This presentation will compare Wired “AutoComplete Interviews” and Vanity Fair “… Teaches Slang” videos and similar sites to show how using popular online content can make a simple information literacy instruction a little more enjoyable.
Keywords
Metaliterary, Information Literacy, Keyword Searching, Streaming
Publication Type and Release Option
Presentation (Open Access)
Recommended Citation
Cornwell, Mary Margaret, "Reloading Gen Z" (2021). Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy. 2.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/gaintlit/2021/2021/2
Included in
Curriculum and Instruction Commons, Information Literacy Commons, Secondary Education Commons
Reloading Gen Z
Session One Breakouts
With students becoming increasingly tech-savvy, how can librarians teach online resources to a generation of digital natives and keep their attention? By leaning into their love of how-to videos and quick information! This presentation will discuss how to make information literacy instructions a little more enjoyable using popular online streaming and information sites, like YouTube and Wikipedia. For example, we will examine Wired “AutoComplete Interviews” and Vanity Fair “… Teaches Slang” videos to show keyword versus natural language searching and discuss how they use each one to different effect. Attendees will leave with the tools to engage in discussions of information literacy using materials students already know and love.
