As a library media specialist I thoroughly enjoyed the MAPping experience. I wished I’d known about this site while completing my MLS. The information literacy quiz was great I’d like to use this with my students and teachers. My MLS journey taught me a lot about website evaluation, citing sources, bibliographies etc…The meta web information activities was great reading. I thoroughly enjoyed reading about the pacific northwest tree octopus. I shared this with our science department so that our students could write our state representative to place it on the endangered list. I also enjoyed the “all about the explorers,” it had a webquest activity that I shared with our Social Studies department. I love the whole concept of webquests and pathfinders.
As a library media specialist I’ve been trained how to effectively search the Internet. However, I want to impart what I’ve learned to the students and in some cases teachers. Most people and the students I work with specifically don’t understand how to search for topics of interest. They are clueless on Boolean search, keyword search, etc….I have a lesson on how to evaluate websites, for some reason our students believe that if it’s on the web it has to be true, not true.
As a library media specialist I’ve been trained how to effectively search the Internet. However, I want to impart what I’ve learned to the students and in some cases teachers. Most people and the students I work with specifically don’t understand how to search for topics of interest. They are clueless on Boolean search, keyword search, etc….I have a lesson on how to evaluate websites, for some reason our students believe that if it’s on the web it has to be true, not true.
I’m confident with the information I’ve used in the past because I had great instructors who gave examples of what they expected of me. I was totally clueless on the APA format when I began my higher education journey for a master’s degree. However, through my MLS journey I’ve become acquainted with APA, MLA, and the Chicago format.
Overall, I will be the first to admit that while an undergraduate I did not always cite my sources correctly. I will say this is because I didn’t know any better. I now have a better understanding of gathering information, citing sources, creating bibliographies and evaluating websites. I won’t say I’m an expert, but I know a whole lot now then way back then. Students truly don’t understand when I tell them they can not copy and paste an entire article as their own. This is plagiarism. I can go on and on about the different things I’ve learned and what I want others to know, but that would take to much time.
The implication for the future is bleak if we fail to teach 21st century skills to our students. Our students will not only lag behind in education, but also the workforce too. The filtering system that our school utilizes blocks most sites. However, our students are so technologically savvy that they know how to access sites through some back door system or code. I do believe that given the chance that students would love the organization offered through Delicious.
Yes, I see the advantage of organizing information through Delicious. When searching for resources and you come across one that has good information and you don’t want to use right now, bookmarking would work great. There are times when I forget what word or phrase I used to search for a particular topic, organizing information through Delicious would be a great tool. I’ve been introduce to Delicious before, but never took advantage of it. I see a need to utilize it now. I can utilize these tools by organizing information for students and teachers, especially if it is something the teacher does every year.
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