Here is an article I wrote for Incite on getting organised for studying – it was aimed at students and professionals but could be adapted for younger students. Writing an article is an interesting process as you have a very tight word limit and need to conform to what the journal or magazine considers the correct format / design.
For example, in my first draft, I had a lot of images and it was more a “step-by-step” process type article of how to use 3 specific tools.
The editors didn’t want to be endorsing any specific tools, so I needed to do some more research and make the tools more generic and the article more general, which I can understand, but at the same time I think it made it less concrete and useful for students who don’t want to over think the matter and just want to take a tool and learn how to use it.
If it were up to me I DEFINITELY would not have had my picture taking up 1/4 of the valuable space! Like I said earlier, I’d have put in more images on how to use the tools with screen shots etc.
All in all it was a valuable experience, and I was very gratified to see the positive responses it garnered, I was even approached by someone from UNESCO to request permission to post it on their UNESCO’s WSIS Information Literacy listserv (thank you Judy O’Connell for promoting the article).
Informative Flights - Musings of a Teacher Librarian 