Target: Middle School Internet Use

[Mary Ann Shaffer <ShafferMAS@AOL.COM>]

    I read a lot on LM_NET about teachers using the Internet in their
lessons.  I also had a workshop for teachers at the beginning of the year
during which I provided them with several lists of Internet sites for various
subjects, and I recently purchased a book from Libraries Unlimited with over
a thousand web sites and descriptions.  My problem?  Teachers still bring
their classes into the library to look for "Plains Indians" or "Germany" on
the Internet with no advance planning - and no suggested web sites.  Is this
just a problem for me, or does anyone else find this happening?  If so, how
do you handle it?  I tried assisting a class today with the Internet
reference book and my clerk, who has been at the school for years, cut in and
told the students that the best way to search is to use Yahoo.  Any ideas
would be most appreciated.

Mary Ann Shaffer
Media Specialist
Carver Middle School
Orlando, FL
shaffermas@aol.com

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