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Breakout Session #3

Friday, May 9th: 3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Crossing the Bridge When You Get to It: How to Use Public Speaking Skills to Improvise and Improve Your Teaching [Ballroom C]

Learn how to put the spark back in your speaking by reflecting upon and responding to feedback from your audience (immediately!) with spontaneity. Participants are invited to bring scripts from classes they've taught to the session; we'll customize them on the spot to prove how easy improvisation can be!

Sarah Statz, Library Assistant, Madison Public Library and author of Public Speaking Handbook for Librarians and Information Professionals, (McFarland & Company, 2003)

Get "Real": Parker Palmer, Bloomberg, Camtasia and Me [Meeting Room L&M]

Parker Palmer encourages us to bring our "whole" (read: vulnerable) selves to the classroom, and complex electronic resources and sophisticated software can bring out our best (or worst!) as teachers. This session distills tips and confidence builders for the "Real World."

Sally Weston, Head of Instruction, Kresge Business Administration Library, University of Michigan Business School

Know Thy Users for They Are Not You [Meeting Room P&Q]

A wide chasm separates a librarian and a typical college undergraduate. This session will help you better understand the native habitat, distinguishing characteristics, and nocturnal behavior of the traditional college student.

Jerilyn Veldof, University of Minnesota
Melissa Kalpin, University of Minnesota

The Nerd, the Messiah, and the Classroom: Personality Types and Reflective Teaching [Ballroom D]

Librarians involved in teaching First Year Experience courses relate their experiences with Myers-Briggs personality type testing (MBTI). Learn how a reflective exploration of both student and instructor personality types can improve student-teacher relationships, enhance course and assignment planning, and foster more effective communication in the classroom.

Wendy Crist, Web Services Librarian, Arkansas State University
Jeanine Akers, Instruction Services Librarian, University of Memphis

Reflective Practice Through Scholarship: Initiatives for Scholarly Teaching and Scholarship on Teaching [Hall of Fame]

Initiatives to integrate teaching and research offer librarians an opportunity to re-energize their teaching while building their tenure/promotion dossiers through scholarship activities. Learn from and contribute to our scholarly foundation.

Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe, Coordinator for Information Literacy Services and Instruction, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Robert Burger, Associate University Librarian for Services, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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