[CASL-L] High school assured research experiences

[Tracy Earnshaw]

Hi David,
It took years, but now we have two research projects in Social Studies that
freshmen complete and a project in Science for freshmen on website
credibility.  It's been great, because now when I talk to a class, I can
just review instead of starting from scratch because I know I have spoken
to all of them before!  I also give the 9th grade TRAILS assessment at the
start and end of 9th grade.  We use EasyBib for citations and are switching
to Scholar next year (The paid version of EasyBib is being discontinued and
Scholar is the replacement product by the same company.)  If I didn't have
a citation maker right now though, I would probably choose Noodletools
because it is a lot less expensive than Scholar.  I had a great group of
Social Studies teachers who decided to assign the same project to all
freshmen, but if your principal can help make something similar happen, it
would be really great for your program.

Let me know if you have any questions!
Tracy Earnshaw
Coginchaug Regional High School
Durham, CT

On Wed, Apr 27, 2016 at 12:52 PM, David Bilmes <
bilmesd at oxfordpublicschools.org> wrote:

> My principal is on board with my getting more involved in collaborating
> with teachers on research projects. We've discussed implementing assured
> research experiences, where I would work with all of the 9th graders on a
> research project in one subject area, with all of the 10th graders on a
> research project in another subject area, etc. She's giving me a chance to
> discuss this with the department chairs at a meeting next week.
>
> I know many high schools in our state already do this, if not for every
> grade level, at least for some.  New Canaan High, for example, has an
> assured research experience with the freshman health classes that involves
> the technology teacher, the LMS and the health teachers. If you have any
> assured research experiences already implemented in your high school,
> please share the details with me. The more I can document this taking place
> at other high schools in our state, the better argument I can make.
>
> Also, I'd like to convince our school to try using a Citation/Note Taking
> tool such as Noodle Tools. Please let me know if you school uses one of
> those sites, and if so, which one.
>
> I have created a Google Doc​
> <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_-dfKs3Mrsp5qI6g7Fgdw3mobarKnLik-V3UAzYaUTc/edit?usp=sharing> for
> the responses, and will be happy to share the results with the listserv.
>
> ​
>
>
>
> David Bilmes
> Library Media Specialist
> Oxford High School
> Oxford, CT
> (203) 888-2468, ext. 301
>
>
> Reading or listening to:
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>
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> days during high school in which I spent more time inside my school's
> library than I did at home where often only chaos reined.."
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