Stan Perkins
----- Original Message -----
From: "John B" <bongi_at_cox-internet.com>
To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
Sent: Saturday, February 07, 2004 8:21 AM
Subject: Re: NANFA-- "Hot" Topic - requests for information
> Stan,
>
> Do teachers even send kids to the library anymore? With the prevelence
> of the web and all that information available at a couple of keystrokes
> it must be difficult as a teacher to get kids to use the library. I've
> often wondered if the library is now passe'. When my son was in
> highschool they required the kids to have a balance of literary
> references and Web references.
>
> John
>
> Stan Perkins wrote:
>
> >Chris,
> >Good job! As a teacher who assigns such projects, I would eagerly accept
> >such a posting as a source for a student project. The student would
submit a
> >copy of the email and include it in the bibliography under personal
> >communication. This is a commonly used practice in most scientific and
> >hobbist literature. If I do this I will often refer the student to
journals
> >or publications that they can research. Most teachers would insist on
> >several sources for any kind of research project anyway.
> >
> >Kudos for your help! If more people incouraged young people to
participate
> >in activities like these our society might just make it after all.
> >
> >Stan Perkins
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Christopher Scharpf" <ichthos_at_comcast.net>
> >To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
> >Sent: Saturday, February 07, 2004 6:54 AM
> >Subject: Re: NANFA-- "Hot" Topic - requests for information
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >>>Chris,
> >>>
> >>>No slam was intended...
> >>>
> >>>
> >>I didn't think I was getting slammed. Slammed was Dave Neely's word
> >>
> >>
> >choice,
> >
> >
> >>and I think he overreacted on this point. I had simply pointed out the
> >>humorous irony of a post that was actually *about* fish being criticized
> >>
> >>
> >for
> >
> >
> >>containing too much information while posts containing no "fishy"
> >>information whatsoever were concurrently being derided/defended. Believe
> >>
> >>
> >me,
> >
> >
> >>I was amused, not offended!
> >>
> >>I will leave it up to Nick Z. whether to forward my post to the student.
I
> >>trust his judgment on this. At worst, some people on this list learned a
> >>little about Macrhybopsis.
> >>
> >>As far as how to convey the appropriate amount of information to
students
> >>doing homework and research assignments, I think that's a discussion
best
> >>had off list.
> >>
> >>But, let's give the student *some* credit. She (he?) obviously did
enough
> >>research to find out about NANFA and at least ask the right people her
> >>questions!
> >>
> >>Chris Scharpf
> >>Bemused in Baltimore
> >>
> >>
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