Terry Lindberg and Carolyn Zeligman used the library for a collaborative project for the first time!  After attending the district-wide staff development day, Terry and Carolyn learned about Global Issues, a new database that provides a ton of up-to-date information.  Carolyn was able to determine how to locate actual articles in Spanish from foreign newspapers.

Working with Amanda Davis, they took an existing lesson and integrated Global Issues.  Amanda created a libguide for the students including handouts, note-taking guides, and links to the databases.

“Describe an ecological problem, propose solutions (education to promote a solution), write a slogan, make a poster, and name the organization.”

At the end of the project, Carolyn replied to Amanda that these final projects are the best she has seen with this project yet.

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9th Grade CA and Social Studies Teachers,

April Burkhardt, Joe Geist, Kim Lilley, Jared Zuckerman

Aaron Anderson and Josh Koerkenmeir

Thank you for bringing in your students for library orientation and iGoogle set up!

And the winners are….   Cody Parks, Brad Thimm and Mike Vodenhal!  With a new class, Introduction to Engineering, the teachers collaborated with Amanda Davis to determine the best way to research careers.  Students were able to research careers that might be of interest to them along with determining job requirements and education requirements.  For another class, students researched various inventions and created a timeline showing the evolution of products.