[ISLMA-Share] Research Skills

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Great question, Amy!

I made my kiddos do a bingo sheet this week just using encyclopedias and
many (including my 8th graders) didn't know what to look up.  They are so
used to typing the entire question to google.



Deanne Guccione, Librarian
Pleasant Plains Middle School
dguccione at ppcusd8.org
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On Fri, Sep 23, 2016 at 12:34 PM, Email list for the Illinois School
Library Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> Hello Friends!
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> So, my 6th graders are struggling with *basic * research skills. Like,
> how not to type in a full question into Google.
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> Does anyone have any lessons or cheat sheets you can share with on how to
> do a basic search or how to deconstruct a question for a more robust
> search. Im looking for *simple* explanations. Maybe even dipping to my
> elementary friends.
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> Thanks!
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> Amy Stefanski
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> District Librarian
> Dunlap School District
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> Media and Book Club Sponsor
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> astefanski at dunlapcusd.net
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> @LibranSki    @AmyNSTEM
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