Weekly+Tasks+2011

=Weekly Task Sheets=

Task sheets outline and elaborate on tasks conducted during the lectures. Students can use these to keep track of what task they are up to. The task sheets can also be used by to review skills. toc

Task Sheet Lecture 1


Task Sheet Content:
 * Scavenger Hunt - google search
 * Wordle Task - Definition of Information Literacy
 * Research Cycle Task - 1st three steps of RC
 * Summary - review of lecture
 * Directed Study - PPT slide (illustrate relationship between Information
 * Literacy and The Research Cycle

Task Sheet Lecture 2
Task Sheet Content:


 * Happy Couple - identify relationship between Information Literacy and RC
 * Analyse a topic question
 * Brainstorm the topic
 * Establish/Define keywords of topic
 * Library Visit - Amazing Race

Task Sheet Amazing Race


Content:
 * Instructions
 * Question Cards

Master List Amazing Race
Content:
 * List of questions/tasks

Task Sheet Lecture 3


Task Sheet Content:


 * NCIS Teams- Carry out 1st three steps of RC for EP003 essay question
 * Google Task - search "advertising and children" (Ep003 topic)
 * Google Advanced search
 * Google Scholar search
 * Google Books search
 * Website Task - evaluate "Martin Luther King" (questionable website)
 * Review of lecture
 * Directed Study - navigate around Internet Detective site

Task Sheet Lecture 4


Task Sheet Content:
 * Internet Detective site - complete tasks on website
 * Investigate what eBooks are
 * Evaluate 2 eBooks - relevance to topic
 * Familiarise self with Reference guide
 * Independent task - search eBooks, collect citation information
 * Reference an eBook
 * Review lecture
 * Directed Study - make a checklist to evaluate a website

Task Sheet Lecture 5


Task Sheet Content: > completing searches:
 * Forensic Detectives - Create reference list page while
 * Summon
 * eBook
 * Subject Guide
 * Direct Quote
 * Paraphrase

Task Sheet Lecture 6


Task Sheet Content:
 * Quotes and Paraphrases
 * Refine options Library Catalogue and Summon searches
 * Databases and database searches
 * Abstract vs Full Text
 * EBSCO - "What is EBSCO?"
 * EBSCO search task - differences between databases
 * Review of lecture

Task Sheet Lecture 7 & 8


Task Sheet Content:
 * EP003 Essay topic (position paper question)
 * Carry out all steps of RC
 * Search using EBSCO - search and refining skills
 * Write a "How to Use EBSCO Guide"

Task Sheet Lecture 9
Task Sheet Content: No task sheet - all tasks on Lecture Power-point