http://www.library.cornell.edu/olinuris/ref/research/tutorial.html

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http://www.virtualchase.com/articles/archive/internet_or_library.html

http://www.stateuniversity.com/blog/permalink/The-Internet-vs-The-Library.html

http://www.classzone.com/books/research_guide/page_build.cfm?content=library&state=none

http://library.csun.edu/Research_Assistance/strategies.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rk7bV40RyBM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUp1P-ubOIc

So all this and you still want to use the internet as your main source!  Consider all the time you will consume looking at useless sites until you find one that is somewhat accurate!  Here is a simple compare and contrast outline for you to consider:

Library-

uses a universal cataloging system

houses professional books, newspapers, magazines, and other resources that have been edited and reviewed prior to publication

provides access to to free journals, magazines, newspapers, encyclopedias, and other print references.

Has archived materials that go back many years

Has electronic resources

Knowledgeable reference librarians

library publications cannot provide up to date the minute news and information the way web sites can although they do have accurate past news

setback- libraries close!

Internet:

Open 24/7

web sites can be constantly updated

provides 2 way communication through e mail and news groups

some sites feature rare books, documents, and special collections that traditionally have only been available in libraries

Offers a multimedia experience

no system of catalogs

RELIABILITY OF INFORMATION IS NOT GUARANTEED

Some electronic information are only available through subscription

internet access is often not free

Does not have knowledgeable librarians who can help you find resources that you need.

(www. classzone.com)

But, that is not possible or is it?  Can there be a common ground when learning literature and learning about famous rock stars?  Perhaps, the teacher can integrate both worlds into the lesson.  The lesson no matter what the lesson is, should be based on critical thinking skills.

For example, Sting is a rock star but also a literature teacher.  If I were that literature teacher I might give the option of the students picking a Sting song to write about or perhaps do a writing sample on Sting’s past life.

The point I am attempting to make is this, If the student is interested in the subject than the result might be a really good thoughtful paper.  To be able to debate, argue, and make a point is really a sign of being intelligent.  So, I do agree with Graff’s article.

I have been in classes where the teacher’s passion for Milton is not the same as 90% of his class.  Although, I like Milton, he is not in my top ten reading selections to pick from.  But, it is important to understand Milton and other literature greats to understand history. Even if I didnt like Milton I had to pass his class to graduate and there was no way to relate Milton to sports so I could focus better! I had to teach myself how to appreciate Milton for what he was and also learn from his writing style.

So, although it is a great idea to give your students the option to learn what they want it does not really teach them what you need in the real world.  When students go out in the real world they will encounter parts of their life they will have no interest in at all.  How will they deal with these issues if they have not trained themselves to learn from things that might not interest them?

I believe it is important to have a happy medium when teaching students.  You cannot just pick cool subjects to talk about.  A good teacher should be able to interest their students on various issues the class is learning about and compare and contrast the issues with possible current ones the students can relate to in their own lives.

There will always be  a student or two that will be interested in just what they want to be interested in.  I do not believe that just giving into what ever they want to do is the answer.  Like I said before, the goal should be to interest your students on learning the subject at task and if possible relating it the student’s world.

In schools

When things finally began to come together with integration; more black students were continuing their educations allowing them to become professionals. This case didn’t only affect public schools but also colleges had to integrate.  In today’s world; there still is segregation but it is not instituted by the law, it is sadly based on income.

I do believe that segregation created this set back in blacks and whites being unequal as far as on a economic scale.  Schools are now challenged with different segregation issues

Diversity in schools have grown.  Some schools in our area in New Jersey have as many as 57 different nationalities in them.  Still there are more white students enrolled in schools in this area than any other race.  Today’s schools find themselves struggling to provide equal education to all students creating them to have multiple translators, and ELS classes to adjust to this growing demand.

Looking at the charts from the Press article one can see different areas house more white students or more black students.  In Atlantic City some schools are 97% black while a school a few streets away could be 80% Spanish and yet another could house 60% Asian. Why does this happen? My opinion is neighborhoods where people choose to live.  Is this self segregation then?

I picked my neighborhood because the schools are good.  But I know it is expensive to live in my neighborhood and the median income is close to 100,000 a year.  In the city on the other hand the median income is 30,000 a year and most households are single parent.  Most people that live in these poor neighborhoods are foreign or of ethnic backgrounds.  So to answer my own question, they did not choose to live in these neighborhoods it is where they can afford to live.  So economic segregation is the new form of segregation and unfortunately schools in these poor districts tend to perform at a lower level than in the wealthier neighborhoods.

Why do these schools do poorly?  I am doing my fieldwork at NY ave. school in A.C.. It is 97% black. The school is beautiful inside and out, but it is in the middle of a high crime neighborhood and section 8 housing development.  In the NJ testing data for NJASK8 in the 07-08 only 39.5% of the students scored proficient out of the states average of 69.9%. And only 1.3% scored at an advanced level. What I don’t understand is the school is new, has Apple computers enough for every student, and is teaching classes using the same books and technology as an almost all white district such as Linwood schools.

I believe that the economic status of the AC kids home life clearly shows that these students are not achieving high scores due to the environment in which they are growing up in.  I believe this is caused by years of previous segregation before Brown and the black community is still trying and suffering because of it.  It is just in recent years that black professionals are striving and looking at the charts from the Press article one can see a change in area living segregation is changing, and more diverse groups are coming into once named white neighborhoods.  This clearly could have never happened if the Brown case never came about.  So, to sum it up, Brown didn’t just change they way black children attend schools it changed an entire thinking pattern and gave way to break a economic barrier.