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Direct linkJones, Leigh Ann – School Library Journal, 2007
In the spring of 2005, the author created a short, online questionnaire to capture data about middle schoolers and book covers, and after several pilot studies she posted it to SurveyMonkey.com. The study includes the fiction books for middle school from the 2005 Quick Picks list. Over the course of a week, participants reported to the school…
Descriptors: Recreational Reading, Measures (Individuals), School Libraries, Literature Appreciation
Langhorst, Eric – School Library Journal, 2008
Analog audio recording has been around for a long time, but today's digital technology makes the process even easier, thanks to inexpensive equipment and free editing software. This year, the author's students at South Valley Junior High in Liberty, Missouri, will embark on an oral history project in which they will record their own family…
Descriptors: Oral History, Museums, Educational Technology, Oral Tradition
Oatman, Eric – School Library Journal, 2006
Students at Gill St. Bernard's are introduced to guided inquiry as soon as they enter either the middle or upper school. It's the job of the research librarian, to guide younger students along the path to information literacy, the ability to locate, evaluate, and use needed information. The research librarian meets seventh and eighth graders twice…
Descriptors: Grade 8, Research Methodology, Research Skills, Librarians
Adam, Anna; Mowers, Helen – School Library Journal, 2008
There are a lot of useful tools on the Web, all those social applications, and the like. Still most people go online for one thing--to perform a basic search. For most fact-finding missions, the Web is there. But--as media specialists well know--the sheer wealth of online information can hamper efforts to focus on a few reliable references.…
Descriptors: Search Engines, Media Specialists, Internet, Students
DeVoogd, Glenn – School Library Journal, 2006
Librarians can help kids expand their view of the world by introducing them to critical literacy. Critical literacy encourages readers to question an author's intentions and to examine issues from multiple perspectives to avoid simplistic statements. It supports a more complex and nuanced understanding of events, recognizing social and political…
Descriptors: Critical Reading, Thinking Skills, Questioning Techniques, Political Influences
Langhorst, Eric – School Library Journal, 2006
In this article, the author describes how he introduced a history project that blended a book discussion activity and the use of blogs to his eighth-grade class. Over four weeks, his class participated in a lively collective journal centered on an assigned piece of reading: "Guerrilla Season" by Pat Hughes. The historical novel, set…
Descriptors: War, Adolescent Literature, Web Sites, History Instruction
