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session_a2 Session A2 - room 2A31 Research Skills

Attendees;  Victoria, (EMS) Vicki (EMS), Julie ( QP Dukan), Jacob (QNL), Nerine (ISL QAtar) Asma (QA Sidra), Faten, (QNL), Noor (QNL), Fatima, Nermima (ULC/CNAQ)



Resources from Qatar National Library
There are now tabs for the different age groups, different uses
Students can register with consent from their parents
QNL librarians will visit schools to give a 45 minute overview of the databases

Librarians should assume that students know nothing - 

One approach:
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    Choose a topic
    Google search
    Take top 10 hits
    Print out the articles and ask students to apply CRAAP test and do an evaluation
    
    Currency, relevance, appropriateness, accuracy, purpose
    
    Need for a continuum of skills, librarian being part of the planning process for the unit. Understanding across the school as to the skills that students will have been exposed to at each grade level.
    
  NYC Skills Continuum  http://schools.nyc.gov/NR/rdonlyres/27A1E84E-65EB-4A54-80DF-51E28D34BF4F/0/InformationFluencyContinuum.pCommonsense Media
  https://www.commonsensemedia.org/educators
  
  http://www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au/literacy/assets/pdf/continuum/K-10_lit_cont_overview.pdf
  
  Need for sharing good practice - create a repository for activities that have worked well. Perhaps through School Librarians Group.
  
 School Librarians Group. meets every month - one month in the morning, the next in the afternoon.
  
    
http://www.arabreadingchallenge.com/