Quick to use computers

[Gail Kindle <gtkin@EARTHLINK.NET>]

I have also experienced the problem of students who will turn to computers 
regardless of their inquiry.  This August I prepared an Olympics Trivia Contest 
sheet that asked very specific questions about the Olympics.  I asked the students 
in middle school to answer the questions with any resource in the Library.  They 
needed to note their source and the time it took them to answer all the questions.  
The first, second, and third fastest students who correctly answered the trivia 
questions received gold, silver, and bronze medals respectively.  As it turned out, 
most of the students who finished first used the encyclopedia and almanac .  This 
was a very valuable lesson.

Gail Kindle
Library Media Specialist
Palmer Catholic Academy
Ponte Vedra, Florida



Gail Kindle
gtkin@earthlink.net

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