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Using Pop Culture to Teach Information Literacy
Methods to Engage a New Generation
 Linda D. Behen

1-59158-301-2/978-1-59158-301-1

Description
The author builds a case for using pop culture (TV shows, fads, and current technology) to build integrated information skills lessons for high school students.

Reviews:
-Throughout this discussion of the research process and the sample study course designed to integrate information literacy into the high school curriculum, Behen offers ideas on how to incorporate popular movies, music, sports, games, and reality TV into library lesson plans. —Curriculum Connections
-Behen represents a new age of librarians who believe in the strength of student-centered libraries and library-media programs and who embrace pop culture as a teaching tool for information-literacy development. She encourages media specialists to help teens evolve past basic hunting and gathering to think critically about their learning and information assimilation. The author suggests enlisting reality TV, movies, music, sports, games, literature, and teen hangouts as a framework for building library lessons. She offers ideas for turning the library into a cool destination, for seeking support and approval from administration and staff, and for getting started in a new forum. This manual is more of a brainstorming book than a resource full of applicable lesson plans; its strength is the research and advocacy it offers library media specialists who wish to embrace those topics that excite teens. —School Library Journal
-The book is written from a high school perspective, but middle school library media specialists could easily adapt ideas for their student populations. This short, hands-on guide to information literacy instruction and programming is particularly well suited for those new to the field or experienced librarians looking to infuse some contemporary ideas into their programs. —VOYA
About the Author
Linda D. Behen is the Library Director at St. Ursula Academy, Cincinnati, Ohio. She has received numerous grants and awards to enhance her library service, and has been a reviewer for several library journals including, Catholic Library World and The Book Report.
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