[LM_NET] Share: keyword lesson

[Jennifer Sloan <jeni.sloan@GMAIL.COM>]

Hello All,
         I have an idea that I have been using as part of a keyword  
search lesson.  I had a librarian friend say
that I should share it, so here it is.
        I talk with my students about the importance of finding the keywords  
in the questions in which they are researching.
   The students think about the important words in their questions  
and do a search using Google, EBSCO, or World Book Online, for  
example.  The students
practice this skill with the game Trivial Pursuit.  We have 4  
different games and the students are put in 4 groups.  The
students use the questions from the game, pick out the important  
words in the questions, and do a search for the information needed to  
answer the question.
I tell  the students that they may use any resource available to them  
in the library including books.  I have some limitations in the game
to make it move more smoothly, but this is it in a nutshell.
        The kids don't think it is work because they are having fun doing  
it.  I have seem it make a big difference when they are researching for
other assignments.

Jeni Sloan
Teacher-librarian
Colo-NESCO CSD
Zearing, IA
jeni.sloan@gmail.com




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