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Introduction
Welcome to our WebQuest HELP! I Am Locked In The Library! We are going to bring "excitement" to the Dewey Decimal System.
We developed this WebQuest as part of the requirement for the IT-523 Information Access and the Internet -- a course on developing skills that applies technology resources to support instruction.
This is an interactive lesson that can incorporate other areas of the curriculum if you so desire. The lesson involves research conducted through the Internet. Students will be directed to sites that will help them understand the categories of the Dewey Decimal System. For each of the questions, the students will be directed to an Internet site to do research to find the answer to the question.
The aim of this WebQuest is to teach the students to gather specific information required to answer specific questions along with teaching the students to explore the Dewey Decimal System as a way of organizing and finding material in a library.
What is the rationale for using the Dewey Decimal System for a WebQuest? The Dewey Decimal System has been a part of the American Library System for many years. The increased used of computers in the archiving of information has not replaced the need for understanding how books are placed within a library's shelves. The Dewey Decimal System is a necessary tool for being able to locate a book once the call numbers for that book have been retrieved from either a computer search engine or from a card catalog. Also, the library has not been replaced by the World Wide Web and the computer, it has been enhanced by their presence. The libraries of today are still used as research tools, the technology has only been added to their hard copy book inventory.
You, as teacher, can determine how much or how little you want the students to accomplish. You can have them click on the links to books and web sites to incorporate the other areas of the curriculum.
At the end of the WebQuest, students will present information they learned about the Dewey Decimal System.