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  • Jun 16, 2017
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What do high school students need in order to prepare for college-level research?

Library Media Literacies for Educators flyerClassroom teachers are encouraged to sign-up for a 3-day (August 14-16) Media Literacies workshop that is being co-sponsored by the Dutchess & Ulster BOCES School Library Systems and Southeastern NY Library Resources Council.  Taught by school and academic librarians, the workshops will provide participants with the ability to:

  • Make a connection between a high school research assignment and a college assignment
  • Develop an understanding of how information on the internet is made available to the end user
  • Develop an understanding of how to find factual information online
  • Explain why citation matters and how to teach students about plagiarism
  • Develop an understanding of how to ethically use and share materials in classroom work
  • Identify the important information contained within a research assignment
  • Utilize strategies for narrowing down broad topics
  • Identify research tools that go beyond internet searches
  • Identify the variety of resources available in a college library
  • Apply what they learned at their school’s library
  • Understand how to use document-based research in creating a classroom assignment
  • Practice using the Hudson River Valley Heritage website
  • Create a bibliography that includes HRVH resources

Attendees can come to one, two, or all three of the classes.  The sessions are $30 each, or $75 for the 3-day series.  Registration for each day is available on MLP:

Day 1 - Library Media Literacies for Educators Series: Information Literacy

Day 2 - Library Media Literacies for Educators Series: Research Proficiency

Day 3 - Library Media Literacies for Educators Series: Archival Resources in the Hudson Valley

Share the flyer with your classroom teachers!