Dazzling Kids With Dewey

Dazzling Kids With Dewey: Learning about the century-old classification system can be fun
By Shelley Riskin -- School Library Journal, 11/1/2003

Are your students more likely to doze off than be dazzled by Dewey decimal skills?

Don't despair, there are indeed engaging ways to teach kids how to use this century-old classification system to accurately and efficiently find library materials.

Click the following link to read the full text of the article:

http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA332698.html

Plucking the fruits of DDC is not difficult, if you are attentive enough.

If you like to have some one guiding your school librarians, just email

Dexterine Ho at

dexterine@yahoo.com
or
smho@e.ntu.edu.sg

You may like to visit:

List of schools with in-house workshops conducted by Dexterine Ho via INNO HANDS-ON
http://innoworkshop.blogspot.com/2011/06/list-of-schools-with-in-house-workshops.html

Courses from INNO HANDS-ON
http://innoworkshop.blogspot.com/

For course related to DDC, you may browse this blog or email her for other courses available.

If you have any special themes and requirements, Dexterine Ho will be glad to help you to plan and conduct a workshop that meets the special needs!

Finding good slides on DDC

Slide Share at http://www.slideshare.net/ have a good collection of slides on DDC

Here is one of them:
http://www.slideshare.net/denisegaro603/dewey-classification

For more, just search

"Dewey Decimal"

in the search box!

With the ideas you get from the slides, plucking the fruits of DDC for Library Display or Classroom display is not difficult, if you are attentive enough.

If you like to have some one guiding your school librarians, just email

Dexterine Ho at

dexterine@yahoo.com
or
smho@e.ntu.edu.sg

You may like to visit:

List of schools with in-house workshops conducted by Dexterine Ho via INNO HANDS-ON
http://innoworkshop.blogspot.com/2011/06/list-of-schools-with-in-house-workshops.html

Courses from INNO HANDS-ON
http://innoworkshop.blogspot.com/

For course related to DDC, you may browse this blog or email her for other courses available.

If you have any special themes and requirements, Dexterine Ho will be glad to help you to plan and conduct a workshop that meets the special needs!