By Grade 8, students are fairly well-versed in searching the internet and giving credit to their sources, but they often want to know how skills they learn in school translate into real-life skills.
In this project, students identify multiple reliable website and database resources to convince the Hanover School Committee to add or change an existing program to our schools. Students find and evaluate website resources for credibility to support their arguments. They are then able to take the information that they researched in order to advocate for themselves and their classmates about issues that directly affect them. Students also learn to create an account on Easybib.com in order to cite their sources per Modern Language Association (MLA) guidelines, and to save those resources for future use. Students are also given the opportunity to present their project to a member of the Hanover School Committee to closely simulate the actual experience of proposing ideas to an administrator or employer. This helps to prepare them for real-life situations in which they must persuade others. You may view a sample presentation by two Grade 8 students below:
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AuthorMy name is Erin Foley, and I have a passion for reading, technology and helping students learn! In addition to operating the HMS Library/Media Center, I also teach Grades 5-8 Digital Literacy. Archives
June 2018
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