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I have been re-reading Information Power in the last few days, and want to make a fresh initiative to provide library and instructional technology services that meet the book's call to collaborate with my faculty in promoting higher order thinking skills among our students. The problem in Virginia is that we are under a great deal of pressure to spend our time preparing students for their Standards of Learning exams. Students cannot graduate without passing an increasing number of the exams each year, and schools can lose accreditation for not having adequate student scores. Most teachers feel that in order to meet the requirements of the SOLs they must spend all of their time teaching the students rote memorization of the facts that are indicated to be important by the standards. I am sure that many other states have the same problem especially since this has also become a federal issue. If you have found ways to successfully collaborate with your teachers to teach higher order thinking skills using library resources while under this sort of testing pressure, I would love to know specifically what you have done. Please respond to me personally at debwaugh@frontiernet.net , and I will post a hit. Deb Waugh Librarian/Instructional Technologist The Emmett G. Shufflebarger Library at Graham High School Bluefield, Virginia debwaugh@frontiernet.net =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=- All LM_NET postings are protected by copyright law. To change your LM_NET status, e-mail to: listserv@listserv.syr.edu In the message write EITHER: 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL 3) SET LM_NET MAIL 4) SET LM_NET DIGEST * Allow for confirmation. LM_NET Help & Information: http://ericir.syr.edu/lm_net/ Archive: http://askeric.org/Virtual/Listserv_Archives/LM_NET.shtml LM_NET Select/EL-Announce: http://www.cuenet.com/archive/el-announce/ LM_NET Supporters: http://ericir.syr.edu/lm_net/ven.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=-=-