THIS IS THE BEST INGREDIENT TO WHIP UP A SMOOTH DRIBBLING LESSON AND COLLABORATION TOOL..... (It doesn't "float" in space, but I couldn't figure out how to draw a table top.)
Catagorizing research topics is a good dribbling lesson I am working to complete. Even though the Media Center will close in two weeks for the major renovations of adding two computer labs and reorganizing the layout of the main area, I need to drop by classrooms and incorporate this dribbling lesson. The English department has been collaborating with me concerning a fabulous research project where the ninth graders need to personalize their project by finding a topic that conveys something that has been passed down through their family. The ideas vary from a girl being cognizant that the women in the family all have the Gemini astrological sign, the men in another family all like to get dirty and fix old cars, a major WILD hockey fan, or a fifteen year old Latino girl reliving her Quinceanera. All of them struggle to narrow down their topic and would do well to have the dribbling lesson to categorize their topic and also know where to go to locate the answers. I've been a cheerleader all year to tell them to go to databases and do SMART Google searches with the five steps. Thanks to Metronet for the plans and the technology to spread the ideas further!
