There have been questions here recently on how to get students/teacher
to use databases. I have various methods. This one works well with
12th graders when I teach them about scholarly/peer-reviewed
publications.
DISCLAIMER: This is NOT my idea. I got it from a workshop, and I
totally forgot to write down the name of the person who shared this
method. All I can remember is that she was a college librarian.
Basically - the idea is to ask the following question. What is your
favorite kind of chocolate? Write the ideas on one side of the board,
and then when you are done - write them in order of which is the most
expensive in terms of cost AND the effort it takes to find it. So -
Godiva chocolate takes a little more money and effort to acquire, but
can really add to the "chocolate loving" experience. Sometimes
Hersheys/Google works well for a "quick chocolate fix" - but other times
Godiva/Databases are worth the effort to enhance that chocolate
experience =) When you are done, write Google on one side of the page
and Databases on the other, listing the relative merits of each. It is
NOT a slam on Google et al at all. If you look at my full outline, you
will see that.
After that the students delve into the advanced options of the
databases we own via a group of questions about the 2 databases we use
the most. Each team of kids gets a group of questions to answer via the
"discovery" method. Their job is to answer the questions - and then
teache the rest of the class how they found the answers.
If anyone is interested, I have uploaded my detailed lesson outline
onto my "videos and files" storage page.
1. click on the link to my library page (url in my signature)
2. Click on "videos and files" on the left navigation panel
3. When asked for a password - here it is: rachs
4. Click on How are Databases Like Chocolate?
Jacquie
"You see, I don't believe that libraries should be drab places where
people sit in silence, and that's been the main reason for our policy of
employing wild animals as librarians...." (Monty Python)
"The Librarian, whose job is to heal ignorance, to keep life safe for
poetry and to put knowledge smack dab in the middle of the American
way." ~ The Philadelphia Inquirer, 9-20-03
“Education is not about filling a pail, it’s about lighting a fire." ~
William Butler Yeats
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Jacquie Henry, MLS
Ruben A. Cirillo High School (GHS)
Gananda Central School District
3195 Wiedrick Road
P.O. Box 609
Macedon, NY 14502
315-986-3521 x 3144
jhenry@gananda.org
Library Page: http://www.gananda.org/webpages/hslibrary/
Blog - Library Links For Teachers: http://rachslibrary.edublogs.org/
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http://wanderings.edublogs.org/
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