From what movie is this famous screen shot?
I immediately thought of the cine-literacy that we have been talking about, and realized that we can teach students and patrons in many ways (even with simple trivia questions). The students at RB are very into the trivia questions in the library, and since today was a candy day, they went to work. Many quickly jumped on the internet to search for the answer. In this, they were displaying skills of media literacy because they had to find the best (and quickest) way to search and find the answer. This question was not an easy one for them, due to their age, so finding the answer was not an easy one. I watched students throughout the afternoon, while I was in the library for my practicum, work feverishly to answer the question. Some even became frustrated because classes were scheduled in the library and there were no computers for them to use.
I talked to our library, and she said that she found the question and answer online at Squidoo. Some of the students asked her where she found the trivia, after they answered the question correctly, and they continued to surf the site on their own.
Every day, Alicia challenges the students with trivia, and often times, the questions are focused on media literacy or finding the answers to the questions sparks the students to use media to find the answer. What began as just a simple concept has had some unforeseen positive effects.
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