What do high school students need in order to prepare for college-level research?
Classroom 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
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