Information+Specialist

http://www.north-scott.k12.ia.us/na/Library/research.html

[|Assignment Format.doc] Information Specialist Just today a new 6th grade teacher in my building was surprised by his students' lack of understanding of plagiarism related to cutting and pasting from websites. I am not doing my job. But then again, it has been impossible to collaborate with him (scheduling, not willingness) so that proper source citation, summarizing/paraphrasing/quoting could be established. Teaching it in isolation is painful and useless, so I guess we are just going to have to make it a New Year's resolution to do this together.

I need to make more of an effort to start this earlier with students as well. The district elementary librarians have asked the administrator in charge of our department to find out how we can create a committee to research research models. We would like all of us plus an English teacher from the JH and HS, and maybe a non-English core teacher from the JH and HS to look at possible models to adopt as a district, then recommend one to the Curriculum Cabinet for district-wide adoption.