Friday, June 27, 2008

Thing 16 - Student 2.0 tools

At first I didn't see any real draw in the University of Minnesota Assignment Calculator, until I saw that they did indeed suggest indexes to use to seek information on the topic. That is truly helpful! If you have access to that index or database, that is.

I like to think that university students already know how to research and write an assignment. But it is good that they have a time line with quick references to refresh their memories on best practices.

The Research Project Calculator is great! Many times we will have students in the library asking for books when they haven't thought out their papers. Other times we get students in who have completely thought out a science experiment and then wanted a book that proves them right. Erm...

I do like the teacher instructions. It gives teachers the option to read through the research process in detail, or to get a quick overview. I like that they get to see exactly what the student sees and then see what their guiding roll should be.

The Research Project Calculator has been added to our library's website because our webmaster did the first round of 23 Things On a Stick. I don' t know how much use it has had.

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