I spend the majority of my time teaching research skills using print and ICT
base sources of information.
I use two sets of the World Book, one set of Colliers and Children's'
Britannica.
I like them because they can be carried to a desk and used with non-fiction
books to carry out research on a particular topic. I know the reading level
and the content so it is easier to ensure that the material is matched to
the reading ability of my students and that the content gives the students
the knowledge which I wish them to have in a format which is easily
accessible. I use the internet as a source to build on this core knowledge
as this equips the students with authoritative information which equips them
to look critically at what is available on the web.
Simon Sykes
Library Resource Centre Manager
Community Education Manager
Jack Hunt School
Ledbury Road
Peterborough
United Kingdom
PE3 9PN
01733 700895
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From: School Library Media & Network Communications
[mailto:LM_NET@listserv.syr.edu] On Behalf Of Rita Sitron
Sent: 14 January 2005 13:18
To: LM_NET@listserv.syr.edu
Subject: Encyclopedias?
Please help me with a decision.!
As we are basically a new high school, we do not have a set of print
encyclopedias. Our principal believes that students should rely on
electronic sources; however, an English teacher is adamant that a high
school should have at least one complete print set. My questions to you are:
1. How much do the students in your high school actually use the
encyclopedias?
2. Which one do you recommend for high school students?
3. Do you think it is worth the price?
3. Where do I go to purchase them?
Thank you so much for your help.
Rita Sitron
Media Specialist
Walled Lake Northern High School
Commerce, MI.
rsitron@yahoo.com
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