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I am writing an article and am interested in knowing:

Is it important to teach research skills in this age of assessment? If so, what skills/tools do you find critical? If the form doesn't work well for you, feel free to also email me: technolibrary at gmail.

Austin, Tx ||= enter your response here and let us know what you think? Is it important? || Austin, Tx ||= More than ever. ICT skills will carry students into the next grade and the next phase of their post high school experience, where as most tested content may be (will most likely be) forgotten. When I present to teachers and principals, I show them those research skills and additional skills/content that are tested on high-stakes exams. I demonstrate how by engaging in the research process, not only are students practicing tested skills, but are doing so in an authentic way that will serve them long after the results of the test are forgotten. ||
 * = Name/Twitter ID ||= School/Affiliation ||= Response? ||
 * = Carolyn Foote/technolibrary ||= Westlake HS/
 * = Barb Jansen/bjansen ||= St. Andrew's School/
 * = Joel Adkins/mradkins ||= Kerrville ISD ||= Absolutely. In this day and age, the idea of research is something our kiddos and adults aren't grasping. They are familiar with search only. Research is the idea of re-searching and proving that information is correct. With information so easily created and published by all in the social stratosphere, the idea of correct information searching and researching is missed when it is easily available by simple search tools. ||
 * = Maureen Tumenas/bcdtech ||= Berkshire Country Day School ||= It is more important than ever to teach these skills. We are overwhelmed by too much information today and the ability to seek out relevant information is critical. Our librarian is now teaching history as well as being a librarian and he only sees preK-gr 5/once a week. I have a wiki that I use with my 7th graders- haven't updated in a year, but the skills are the same. I will be updating it fairly soon to reuse this year. ||
 * = Diane Cordell/dmcordell ||= Retired K-12 LMS ||= Research is a life skill, used for everything from deciding what movie to see to choosing a new vehicle or prepping for a job interview. What my students seemed to lack was the ability to choose and then, if necessary, modify, appropriate keywords/search terms. Some of this appears to be caused by a shallow knowledge base. Many don't have the background content mastery that would help them expand or narrow a search efficiently. Students have trouble refining phrases to better target results. ||