Hands-on

I don't want to forget this when I'm planning workshops for the fall:

Have some workshops designated as hands-on and participatory. These would be offered later in the semester and would expect students to have a topic selected so that they have something to research. Maybe they'd even have to fill out a research planning sheet before signing up. After a very brief demo, the students would be on the computers. This could be better than having students at varying levels trying to work hands-on from a canned activity. Knowing when the hands-on classes would be, we could have an additional librarian or maybe a student worker available to help with tech problems.