Week Two: Class Discussion
See, Think, Wonder... Analysis
What: Now that everyone has had
an opportunity to display collections, comment on a few that caught your eye in the week one post. This activity asks you to make your thinking visible in two
ways for your peers in the week one post by considering these:
(a) What does this
person's collection make you THINK about?
example: JMF's collection makes me think about times I camped with my family at Yellowstone National Park. [Bears, anyone?]
example: JMF's collection makes me think about times I camped with my family at Yellowstone National Park. [Bears, anyone?]
(b) What does it make you
WONDER?
example: I wonder if JMF has visited my favorite Texas National Park, Big Thicket...?
example: I wonder if JMF has visited my favorite Texas National Park, Big Thicket...?
After you have completed
the 2nd and 3rd part of our activity as a response to a few members of our
class, read some others' visible thinking. If I leads you to THINK and WONDER further, do so! :)
On Sunday 2/1 or Monday
2/2, comment on this week two blog entry with:
(1) an analysis of your
collection (see details below); and
(2) an analysis of this inquiry pedagogy (see details below).
(2) an analysis of this inquiry pedagogy (see details below).
Please address the thinking and wondering associated with your original images.
1. ANALYSIS OF YOUR COLLECTION
Tell us about YOUR collection this week as a follow up to your initial comment on the blog (including pictures). Return to your images and reflect on your personal collection development. Some of you may not have practice "collecting" resources for libraries, but ALL of you HAVE a collection – and have intuitive collection development policies. Reflect on these questions (see below) in writing as your create your comment to this post.
Tell us about YOUR collection this week as a follow up to your initial comment on the blog (including pictures). Return to your images and reflect on your personal collection development. Some of you may not have practice "collecting" resources for libraries, but ALL of you HAVE a collection – and have intuitive collection development policies. Reflect on these questions (see below) in writing as your create your comment to this post.
Guiding Questions:
What is your collection?
How did you begin collecting this/these item(s)?
Why did you begin collect these items?
What are your collection preferences? / How do you decide what to collect?
How much can you afford?
Where can you buy the items you want/need?
What specialized knowledge/degrees should collectors have?
Where will you place, or display, your collection?
When should you get rid of items in your collection? / How do you decide what to discard or sell after a time period?
What is your collection?
How did you begin collecting this/these item(s)?
Why did you begin collect these items?
What are your collection preferences? / How do you decide what to collect?
How much can you afford?
Where can you buy the items you want/need?
What specialized knowledge/degrees should collectors have?
Where will you place, or display, your collection?
When should you get rid of items in your collection? / How do you decide what to discard or sell after a time period?
I hope this exercise
reminds you, as we move forward to CDP1, that you DO know about collection
development. You have wonderful collections – of which you are very
proud. One future (secret) goal of mine… is that you’ll feel this very
same way about your present/future LIBRARY collection (as you do about your
personal collection).
2. ANALYSIS OF INQUIRY PEDAGOGY
The final part of your comment to this post will answer the following:
2. ANALYSIS OF INQUIRY PEDAGOGY
The final part of your comment to this post will answer the following:
How could you use a
"see, think, wonder" in your own classroom or library?
What are the pedagogy’s
strengths and weaknesses?
| JMF fell in love with the man who owned/displayed this collection at his work. She was on a field trip/visit to the ALF with her collection development students (https://libraries.iub.edu/libalf), and she claims she "fell in love at first sight." Um, with the travel magnets [especially the National Park Service ones] and the owner of the collection. Within a year, the magnet owner and JMF were engaged at Yellowstone National Park and married on a sand dune at the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore (an NPS site). Personal collections change lives!!! :) |
~jmf
