NCHS's Most Circulated Books of the DECADE
Fun fact about the list below is that we omitted the MLA handbook, which was circulated 27 times. We also omitted research-related loans such as Jared Diamond's Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed. We wanted our list to reflect the interests of our students. It is now official: the popularity of Twilight and all of its bad-boyfriend paranormal spinoffs officially died out this decade. Whew!
Podcasts for Research
As a follow-up to our last post we wanted to share something about using podcasts as resources for research. Check out our first try at podcasting!
In-Text Citations
As juniors wrap up their English research papers and freshmen wrap up their speeches, they have been asking a lot of questions about how to reference their sources in the narrative. We created a lesson around that which we will record shortly.
Digital Wellness and Digital Citizenship
Ninth graders are thinking about digital wellness and digital citizenship in health classes as the ICT team collaborates with health teachers to deliver lessons on creating a positive digital footprint, cybersafety and digital citizenship. Ninth graders discussed changing passwords for security, taking specific steps to be safe online, practicing online citizenship, which means thinking critically before posting.
Juniors are researching topics of interest after crafting a research question to solve an inquiry problem. Teacher librarians have been co-teaching with English teachers to support students in their research. Lessons on keywords, curating sources effectively and locating and accessing a variety of credible sources guided students in practicing best research practices.
Makerspace News
Economics students are prepping for mid-terms by taking their learning to the makerspace to design either a newsletter, board-game or book to review course concepts.
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