Great Research Experience. . .

So, we’ve finished our rough draft of our research papers and I think this may be the first time ever that I have received 95 percent (or maybe more) of my students papers. I usually have a fairly large number of students who just DO NOT do the assignment. I really think our media assistant’s webpage that she created helped the students find their information more quickly so that they had time to get the bibliography and the essay completed. I’ve had our media specialist pull books before for the students, but I haven’t had her compile groups of websites for each topic. One she compiled her wiki space site, I knew right away that the students could just go to these sites and quickly find their information, rather than spending hours and hours surfing through Google. Also, Debra, our English resource teacher, really helped her students in her class to draft outlines, and think of questions to answer for each topic. She is AWESOME!! These two ladies helped the students do such a great job on their papers. I even had a few of these special education students who went around the computer lab after they finished their papers and helped the other students with their research projects!!!