ITA Water Bottle

What’s in Your Water Bottle?
Information Technology Academy – August 12, 2013
Anne Moser, Wisconsin’s Water Library and Karen Dunn, Steenbock Library

Description:

You will interact with a variety of technologies to learn about more about bottled water while learning about some of the technologies used in libraries.

Technologies you will explore today:

1. Clickers - handheld device for answering questions
2. YouTube
3. Jing - a screen capturing/recording tool
4. Lib Guide - a tool to help beginning researchers access (reliable) information
5. Article database – a tool to help find scientific and scholarly articles

Session Outline

Part 1: Taste Test

1. You will taste 3 unknown water samples and guess which comes from the tap and which comes from bottled water.
2. You will vote on which water tastes best to you.
3. You will use clickers to tabulate results.

Part 2: YouTube Video & Pair Share

1. You will watch a YouTube video showing different topics associated with bottled water.
2. You will briefly reflect on the topics and work with a partner to generate ideas (pair share).

Part 3: Scavenger Hunt

1. First, watch one very sort videos (produced in Jing) on how search for information.
2. With a partner, you will use the Lib Guide and two database to answer scavenger hunt questions.
3. For each question, make a comment on the Lib Guide with your answer and where you found it.
4. As a group, we will review the comments.

Part 4: Large Group Summary Questions

1. With your clicker you will answer questions relating to this session.

Part 5: How many M&Ms fit in a water bottle?

Part 6: Evaluation

You will use the Lib Guide "Evaluation" tab to answer the following:

1. Write one thing you liked about this session.
2. Write one thing you didn’t like about this session.
3. Write one way you would make this session better.