EmilyBufford

A prospective program written for my LIS7912 class, Fantastic Fiction. Library Type: Any size public library with a meeting room for up to ten people comfortably that has a base of teen users, or is in an area where many teens need extracurricular activities.   Program Type/Purpose: A science fiction, horror, and fantasy creative writing and reading club for teens to strengthen their reading analysis and creative writing skills.    Planning Chronology:  15 months ●       Research current teen/tween writing programs at other libraries ●       Read writing handbooks for teens ●       Network with monitors of other programs for ideas and guidance ●       Contact YA creative writing journals for ideas/guidance/permission to use pieces ●       Begin preparing written Plan with needed resources, budget, and agenda plus research on why it’s impor...

For my Instructional Role of the Information Professional course, our final project is a Lesson Plan to be taught at our choice of information organization. I chose to do a social media class at a public library. What follows is my lesson plan.  Take Your Social Media Temperature: How to maintain a healthy relationship with social media Inspiration First, my lesson plan research lead to one from the Academic Research and College Library association in their lesson plan sandbox entitled “Digital Wellness” (Penn State Berks, 2016). This particular series of classes at Penn State Berks focuses on past, current, and future privacy issues (2016). However, one class in the series particularly focuses on current digital behaviors (Penn State Berks, 2016). This series is geared toward college students and privacy, but what if I got young people thinking about their online behaviors and how they influence their real lives earlier? That was the light bulb moment: a social media class focused...