Wishing/ Personal Connection:
Like I mentioned in the earlier post, I am pleased with my overall learning. This process helped me to refine my search strategies and to look at reliability of my sources. I liked the fact that with this search, I could use sites that were straight from the manufacturer to get ideas and background knowledge before I ventured out. That being said, the forums on many car sites helped me to negotiate a fair lease price! The Edmunds site was amazing! I highly recommend it for car shoppers. I expanded my horizons by looking at car trader site and lease trader sites as well. I may never use their services, but at least I know a little more about them.
When students come into my media center, I need to remember that their background knowledge differs. This is the main obstacle when matching students with research and materials. I need to continue to work on the student centered reference interview to capitalize on their strengths and help them build on a weakness.
My personal approach to inquiry is a mix of several models (Lamb, IS, REACTS, Big6, etc). However, I find myself concentrating on the major components: Questioning, Exploring, Assimilation, and Inference. I find myself stronger in the first two than the last two (just like my students). My scope of research and methods remain consistent. That tells me how important it is to set up a strong inquiry foundation in our young learners no matter what kind of learner/student they are.
