Personal Interviews as an Information Resource

Posted on September 13th, 2004 in 4.0 Use of Info,History,Lessons by Subject (Free) by

Interviews with knowledgeable people can be an excellent source of information, particularly for history assignments.

 

Standards Series, Part 4 of 5: Stage 4 – Use of Information: Where the Rubber Meets the Road

Teaching students to “extract relevant information” and “organize information from multiple sources” is a challenge, and yet, what skill could be more important to their ability to make informed decisions in the future?

 

Time to Organize the Web by the Big6!

Posted on September 13th, 2004 in 5.0 Synthesis,Technology by

If the inventors of the WWW had consulted with a group of librarians at its inception, the entire web would be much more accessible than it is now. Here are some ideas to make the web more accessible to your users.

 

Using the Big6 to Implement Flexible-Access Scheduling

Posted on September 12th, 2004 in Lessons by Subject (Free),Library Access by

Need Flexible Scheduling? Follow the strategy of one library media specialists who Big6ed her way to flexible access scheduling in her school.