Monday, June 1, 2009

The 21st Thing: Student 2.0 Tools

The research and assignment calculators could be particularly useful tools for students who were busy texting or twittering when their teachers covered "how to do a research paper" in their student 1.0 classes. If you can catch the students early in the "due date" process, the calculators can help provide a framework and a structure to help guide the search for appropriate library material. So many students are clueless about the process.
Summer reading lists queries might provide an opening to informally introduce students who visit the libraries to the calculators, perhaps along with http://www.bibme.org/ in order to allow them to have time to experiment with these before the school year starts. For teachers, I would probably include a link on the library website, perhaps making this one of several tools, including library databases, that teachers might find useful.
Teen volunteers might also enjoy learning about these and demo'ing them or blogging about them on the library website.

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