Personally I think that is a brilliant assignment and shows perfect use of
how the Internet can provide such up-to-date information. And maybe your
kids will have discovered the name Ian Thorpe (perhaps even Pieter van den
Hoogenband or Grant Hackett) during their research and investigated their
achievements. They were the swimmers that Phelps was trying to beat. Are
their names mentioned or their pictures published in your print resources or
would they have been another spin-off of using the Net?
Most of the women's world swimming records are held by Australians so you
would need their names for the comparisons - are they also in the print
resources you have? Possibly you have print resources that track the world
records of each event so students can see how these have become faster over
the years and you could have introduced these, but for the up-to-the-minute
results you need the Net. Even Newsweek wasn't fast enough if there was a
week's delay in printing - some records were broken two and three times.
My point is that there are times when the Internet IS the best source of
information - our role is to help students know what is the best type of
resource to meet their information needs AT THE TIME and how to use that
resource efficiently and effectively.
And for a bit of cheek - I would also have asked why are Australians so
dominant in swimming!
Barbara
Barbara Braxton
Teacher Librarian
Palmerston District Primary School
PALMERSTON ACT 2913
AUSTRALIA
T. 02 6205 6162
F. 02 6205 7242
E. barbara@austarmetro.com.au
W. http://www.palmdps.act.edu.au
"Together, we learn from each other."
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