Re: [LM_NET] TAR: ideas for middle school "information literacy class"

[James Lerman <lermanj@GMAIL.COM>]

Laura,
You will find an extensive list of information literacy and study skills
resources for the middle level at my project's website at
www.tinyurl/l5xst
If you can't access it from work, try from home...sometimes there are
issues.
Hope this helps.
Jim Lerman

On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 12:41 AM, MacArthur, Laura <lmacarthur@ahacademy.com
> wrote:

> Help, please!!
>
> I just found out that I'm going to be teaching a fixed schedule "specials"
> class for our 7th and 8th graders - my school year starts in a week and a
> half, and my plate was already overflowing before this! Not to mention that
> I am *so* not a fan of teaching info lit skills this way...but I digress...
>
> The administration has detailed me to teach an info lit skills course with
> a strong dose of computer skills, primarily Microsoft Office and some basic
> Web 2.0 tools. Let me say that I am comfortable with teaching those things
> within my flexible access schedule, as pieces integrated into the subject
> area teachers' units and projects - it's the idea of having to generate a
> separate class' worth of curriculum and organized, scaffolded plans in such
> a short time that has me reaching for the smelling salts... I do plan on
> trying to work with the subject area teachers to correlate what I'll be
> teaching into their research and project work, but I just don't know if I'll
> be able to arrange that and still have something to work on every week for a
> year - actually, I only need a half-year's worth, since this is a "rotation"
> class that meets 3 days one week, then two the next, alternating with PE or
> another "specials" class.
>
> So, before I babble myself into a panic attack: on the principle of not
> re-inventing the wheel, I turned to my favorite resource, but I haven't been
> able to find anything very recent in the LM-NET archives.  I know some of
> you out there teach classes along these lines, and I would *deeply*
> appreciate it if you would be willing to share your experience and
> expertise, whether it's about curriculum or class management issues - I know
> having these kiddos on a regular basis is going to be different that coming
> in as the "special guest teacher" and being enough of a novelty to help hold
> their attention, and I know that evaluating for a semester's worth of grades
> rather than as part of another teacher's project grade is going to be a
> shift, too. Argh......
>
> I'll happily post a HIT of any comments/advice, and if anyone is kind
> enough to send curriculum documents or the like, I'll compile them to email
> to those who are interested.
>
> Thanks in advance!!!
> Laura MacArthur
> Media Specialist
> American Heritage Academy
> Canton, GA
> lmacarthur@ahacademy.com
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