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Here is the last of the responses. Thanks again. I would recommend focusing and building curriculum on the Nine Information Literacy Standards at http://www.ala.org/aasl/ip_nine.html around the Big6 concepts http://www.big6.com . The 'library computer skills' will follow naturally from them. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is my 2nd year as a media specialist in the middle school. I'll tell you what I plan on doing this year. 6th Grade : Computerized Card Catalog. I show them how to search for books using our system. CD ROMs. I show them the CD ROMS we have and how to access and use them. Bookmarks. I've set up bookmarks that can help them in research and called them MEDIA. They can be access throughout the school. I show them what is there and how to use them. I've subdivided them into newspapers (local as well as worldwide), research (World Book on-line and Infotrac), search engines. 6/7/8 Internet. Introduce in 6, and more advanced in 7 & 8. I teach Internet searching, Boolean searching, narrowing and broadening their search. Evaluate Web Sites. I work with individual teachers on computer projects, using publishing to create brochures and creating powerpoint or presentation reports. Things like that. I would like to hear what others do. I'm always looking for new and better ideas. ----------------------------------------------------------------- I'm also a media specialist at a middle school. A lot of the skills are taught in the computer labs, but I work with Internet searching, Internet evaluation and bibliographic formats. I seem to spend a lot of time reinforcing formatting for 6th graders. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fifth Grade are introduced to search engines, boolean logic, create bibliographic entries on web sites. Sixth Group compares some of the more popular search engines, discuss the down sides of using the web and 7th grade learns to formally evaluate web sites and copyright law as it pertains to the web. Have a look at http://www.accessola.org/action/positions/info_studies/ It hasn't yet been formally approved by the government but it at least sets out some guidelines. ----------------------------------------------------------------- The new National Standards can be found at http://www.iste.org/Standards/index.html I think that you will find that most States will adopt these standards. This is only the beginning of this project, and more standards and lessons for students and teachers will be added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- I am currently working on a unit with the 8th graders where they peruse a nonficiton book using criteria to judge that book. I go over the 5 criteria with them. Then they go to a web site that I have given them and judge it using the same criteria plus some others that apply to the Internet. Students tend to believe anything on the Internet. There are some web sites that have media center lesson plans for middle school. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dawn Piette Library Media Specialist Attica Middle School Attica, N.Y. pietmike@localnet.com =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-= All postings to LM_NET are protected under copyright law. To quit LM_NET (or set-reset NOMAIL or DIGEST), send email to: listserv@listserv.syr.edu In the message write EITHER: 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL or 3) SET LM_NET DIGEST 4) SET LM_NET MAIL * Please allow for confirmation from Listserv For LM_NET Help & Archives see: http://ericir.syr.edu/lm_net/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=