Mary Harper EIM 551 Lesson Plan on OPAC and Atriuum

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Lesson Plan Title: Teaching Elementary students to use OPAC and Atriuum

Subject/Course Name: Library Media classes

Grade/Age Level: Elementary students 2nd grade classes

Level (highlight all that apply): Remedial/Special Education On-Level Gifted/Advanced ELLs

Lesson Duration: 1 hour and reviewed for several weeks

Lesson Objectives: (What should students be able to demonstrate? What should students have learned after this lesson?)

Students should be able to look up books by title, author, keyword, and genre on OPAC.

Students should be able to correctly use the self-check-out method for books and the self-check-in methods for books in

Atriuum.

Standard(s) Lesson Addresses: (Indicate standard name, number, and copy/paste strand verbiage) (Include both content
standards and ISTE standards)
ISTE Standard 1.1 Empowered Learner: Students leverage technology to take an active role in choosing, achieving, and
demonstrating competency in their learning goals, informed by the learning sciences.

1.1d Students understand the fundamental concepts of technology operations, demonstrate the ability to
choose, use and troubleshoot current technologies and are able to transfer their knowledge to explore emerging
technologies.

ISTE Standard 1.2 Digital Citizen

Students recognize the rights, responsibilities and opportunities of living, learning and working in an interconnected
digital world, and they act and model in ways that are safe, legal and ethical.
1.2 b Students engage in positive, safe, legal and ethical behavior when using technology, including social
interactions online or when using networked devices.

ACOS English Standards: R1. Utilize active listening skills during discussion and conversation in pairs, small groups, or
whole-class settings, following agreed-upon rules for participation.

ACOS English Writing Standard: 43. Write complete sentences demonstrating knowledge of punctuation conventions.

ACOS English Writing Standard: 46. Gather and use research to answer questions to complete a research product.

Openers/Lesson Starters:

Students will watch a quick video introducing OPAC to the students: How to Use the Library Catalog (OPAC) - YouTube

This video is short, for younger students, and pretty basic. This will be used as the basis for the main lesson.
Students will the watch a very quick video on self-check-in and self-check-out in the library with a theme song: How to

Self √ In/Out Library Books @ BK - YouTube

Central Part of Lesson/Main Activities:

The teacher will pass out handouts to students all students. These handouts will include screenshots, and images to help

all students, but especially ELL and Special education students.

Librarian will show students how to use OPAC.

Librarian will show students how to use self-check-in and self-check-out

Closers/”Tickets out the Door”:

Teacher will review OPAC and self-check-in and self-check-out information on a short slideshow with pictures and screen

shots.

Students will fill out an exit ticket as they search for a book using OPAC, find that book on the shelf, and then use self-

check-in on the library computers/ laptops. Students may need assistance from the librarian or teacher to fill out their

exit ticket.

Students will turn in their exit ticket before leaving the library.

Assessment Plans: (How will students demonstrate what they have learned? Note: it is not necessary to provide an
actual test or rubric here; just describe the process.)
Students will fill out an exit ticket while they complete the process of both using OPAC to find a book, and using Atriuum

to self-check-out a library book.

Materials/Equipment Needed:

Projector or computer hooked up to large TV screen. Computers or laptops for researching books on OPAC, computers

or laptops hooked up to the digital barcode scanner for using the self-check-in and self-check-out methods in Attriuum.

How lesson plan aligns with TPACK framework:

The classroom teacher and the Librarian will work together to plan this lesson and present this lesson to students. It will

incorporate some 2nd grade English Contest standards as well as ISTE tech standards. The teacher and library will use

both their knowledge of content standards, technological pedagogical knowledge, and pedagogical knowledge to

collaborate on this lesson, teach this lesson, assess this lesson, and have students try out using technology to find and

self-check-out books.
Strategies for differentiation for diverse student groups:

Print out handouts for ELL and Special Ed students with specific image and graphics showing the process of both

searching for information on OPAC and for self-check-in and self-check-out. These may include specific steps, images or

screenshots from the programs, etc.

Describe how the scholarly article you found contributed to the development of this lesson plan?

The scholarly article I found is about younger elementary students struggling with using technology, specifically OPAC to

find books. However, I think with today’s students (this article was published in 2012) they will have little to no issue

using OPAC, especially if they use the picture options. Given that librarians can customize OPAC for their own students,

they can customize the types of pictures shown, the types of books shown, etc. Teachers should have no problem

navigating the OPAC site to find the books they want with assistance from their teacher or librarian. The positive part is

that students can click the visual tab and click icons like “animals” or “sports” to search for topics or titles of books.

Students that struggle with reading or ELL students may prefer using the visual tab over typing in the book or author of

their choice. The process will some take time for 2 nd graders to master, but with much practice, they will know how to

search for their own books, self-check-in and self-check-out books without teacher or librarian assistance.