Poster presented by Michele Van Hoeck at American Library Association Annual Conference, New Orleans, 2011, at session titled "Bringing the Immersion Program Back Home." Photo of Ken Bain by BYU-Idaho

1. STORIES ARE...
CHARACTER & CONFLICT.
STORIES PERSONALIZE
INSTRUCTION AND MAKE CONNECTIONS
BETWEEN CONCEPTS.
“…use stories to “…use story telling language, “…present an intriguing “…speak conversa onally
The Backstory…
s mulate discussion.” ...to bring their listeners ques on or problem, with a sense of
Immersion 2010 participants read a
inside the material.” some mes embedded the drama c.”
chapter from Ken Bain’s What the Best
in a story.”
College Teachers Do. Bain identifies the
traits and practices shared by Michele Van Hoeck
outstanding instructors. Cal Mari me Library
The reading inspired me to create a
lesson plan based on a true story, to WHERE DO INFO LIT
define information literacy. STORIES COME FROM?
CONVERSATIONS, MEDIA,
I enjoyed telling the story and saw it got VEGETABLE BOXES... I.E.
my students’ attention. I continued to use EVERYWHERE! YOU JUST
relevant anecdotes and improvised NEED TO PAY ATTENTION.
Plagiarism Difference between Define Informa on Literacy Primary vs. Secondary
stories to illustrate information literacy
(5 minutes) newspaper blog and op‐ed (8 minutes) Annotated Bibliographies
concepts throughout the semester.
(3 minutes) (5‐15 minutes)