Well again I have to repost my comments. Not real happy with this site sometimes. I have to post things two or three times for it to appear on my blog. This was a short week because there was no school Monday or Tuesday. I spent some of the day Monday focusing on the CEBS disposition of professionalism by evaluating some of the things we have done in the library like the online book club and the opening of the library before and after school. As far as the book club goes, we looked at how we could get more students involved. We look at some teen literature that might draw interest. We also commented on that we wanted them to read books that they may not normally choose like the Color Purple. We decided to look at some older teen books that would be of interest and still fell in the category of titles we wanted them to experience. We thought of the Outsiders, even though many may have read it, we wanted them to read more into it and to be able to discuss the underlying themes of the book.
We also discussed how well the extended library hours are really helping students to do research. We had to weed a few of the kids out that were in there just to play games and not go to the cafeteria. I was really amazed at some of the ways the students started to look at research. For example, some I gave tips on how to look for meaningful information and don't go to the first website that Google pops up. They have started to read it more carefully making sure that it fits their topics. Thus they are producing beter qualities of work.
We also discussed how well the extended library hours are really helping students to do research. We had to weed a few of the kids out that were in there just to play games and not go to the cafeteria. I was really amazed at some of the ways the students started to look at research. For example, some I gave tips on how to look for meaningful information and don't go to the first website that Google pops up. They have started to read it more carefully making sure that it fits their topics. Thus they are producing beter qualities of work.