Tuesday, January 20, 2009

History Day Hullaballoo

It's here.... History Day starts in full swing for me Monday and I am not quite prepared.  I did type up a usage sheet so the students can wean themselves from google and wikipedia.  I used many of the resources I learned about in this class.  My next goal is to get them ready for Google docs.  I know GP has had his students use them and I hope to have a "cheat sheet" for them next week.  I'm the type of person who needs to identify the bugs in something before I give it to the students.  So I am trying to come up with all the "issues" I think the students may have before I introduce it.  I know nothing ever really goes as planned- but I want at least all students introduced to the concept and then hopefully they will have time to play with it and find a "happy zone" in which they can learn some content AND something new that will help them research smarter!