Re: notecards

["Erin G. Dinneen" <ErinD5@AOL.COM>]

More observations on the note card issue:

As a former English teacher (8 years) and current middle/high school
librarian (15 years), I have vacillated on the issue of note cards, but in my
newest position, I think I have finally come down on the side of using
notecards vs. highlighting xeroxed copies, or putting the notes from one
source on a sheet of paper.

Teachers require students to actually read and evaluate a source when they
assign "50 note cards" by a certain date; students know if they have
lightweight resources if they cannot make the 50 card quota, and are not
lulled into thinking they have adequate information just because they have
sheaves of paper on their topic.

 It also forces them to pay more attention to the works cited, since they
have to do those cards fairly early in the research process. I also find that
students 'overhighlight" when they use xerox copies, and cannot relocate
information when they actually settle into the writing process.

Erin G. Dinneen
Library Media Specialist
Clinton High School
Clinton, NY

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