- Return to the Web Support Document for this workshop
- Return to Part I of this workshop
- Return to the The Multi-Assistance Center
Consider contributing to the MAC& Success Connection...
Some of your students may come with resources they are already using and others might ask you to find sites for them. You'll discover subject relevant sites in newsletters, textbooks, trade advertisements, and tutoring aids you encounter as part of your weekly tutoring activities. Make good use of the time and effort you invest by passing along your favorites to be featured as part of the MAC & Success connection.
One of the most interesting and exciting parts of using the Internet as a communication tool is the opportunity it provides for collaborative projects. Take a look at the BHCC library web page offerings for ESL students http://www.noblenet.org/bhcc/esl-list.htm and then consider the CSDL ESL resource link http://www.noblenet.org/ bhcc/sarah2.htm. Are you willing to pass along links so they can be posted as routine resources for all students here at BHCC?
One learning tool does not fit all!
Begin by linking to what is already there. Of course MAC & Success tutors will use what's already in place but you'll probably find that your students have unique needs and individual learning styles. You can help students to find what works for them.
Use the education resource page from the BHCC library web page as an easy way to get started...
This is different than turning someone on to America Online or Yahoo's Top 100 list of great WWW sites. This is about helping students to help themselves by isolating sites with academic merit that will do no harm and maybe even do some good.
Your good judgement and experience with a learning resource will be of some help to students who think WWW resources may be useful as part of his or her self help efforts but doesn't know where to begin. As with most things connected with the Internet, however, a warning/disclaimer is needed. Remember: you can't vouch for a site, you can't guarantee results, you can't even be sure that a site you use today will be available tomorrow. Make your recommendations carefully and with the proper degree of consideration for student's time and tolerance for error.
That being said...let's get started finding links to useful college level content sites on the WWW
The Argus Clearinghouse http://www.clearinghouse.net
Digital Librarian http://www.digital-librarian.com/
Library Spot http://www.libraryspot.com/
The WWW Virtual Library http://vlib.org/
Infomine http://infomine.ucr.edu/
Academic Info http://www.academicinfo.net/
This is meant to be support material information for a hands-on session for intermediate WWW users. You might also be interested in the material for Part I of the related workshop or chose to return to the Web support document for this workshop.
Learning how to create a Research Disk of your own is fun and easy! Let a library staff member know if you're interested in putting one together for your tutoring specialty.
