KASL

College Readiness Dialogues

A week ago Tuesday, I went to Kansas City to the beautiful Kauffman Foundation Conference Center for the College Readiness Dialogues. I especially enjoyed the roundtable discussion and Jean Donham's keynote before lunch. I was lucky enough to sit beside Dr. Donham, and she was a delightful and sensible person. Her research is useful to those of us attempting to prepare students for college level work.

Her article under the Toolkit link is worth reading, and it is also linked here.

Donham, J. (2014). College Ready – What Can We Learn from First-Year College Assignments? An Examination of Assignments in Iowa Colleges and Universities. School Library Research, 17.

Heather Braum from NEKLS also mentioned  that Sarah Goodwin Thiel, Bayliss Harsh, and Carmen Orth-Alfie at KU Libraries' Center for Community Affiliate Initiatives shared a wonderful resource they have put together for high school students, teachers, and librarians about writing, research and study skills, to support college readiness. 

After lunch, we also enjoyed walking across the street to the Kauffman Memorial Garden. (MHouse)

Cindy Pfeiffer and Jean Donham

Man Flying Kite

Photos Submitted by Cindy Pfeiffer

Citation Games

Academic Integrity Videos from the University of Alberta

Teaching the Research Process

 

Also take a look at Teaching Common Core Research Skills and Information Literacy. If you want to contribute or have suggestions for the site, let me know.

A School Without a Library

Amy Brownlee had her library skills class, students in grades 2-5, create videos promoting their school library to celebrate School Library Media Month in April.

You'll find links to all the videos on the Sterling Grade School Library wiki, along with many other great resources.

Researchy Goodness with History Engine

 

 

How to Paraphrase