iGeneration Idea

Chapter 1 is of interest to me because it's the beginning of middle school for our 5th graders and the beginning to all the research they will do through college.  I love the Wonder Wheel in Google.  What a great tool to help the kids focus their searches.  Typically when 5th graders research, we give them the subtopics we want them to address.  It'll be interesting to see if Wonder Wheel brings up some/most of what we want the to know.  The activity at the end of the chapter seems very worthwhile for the kids to go through to really understand the Wonder Wheel and be able to use it effectively.  I also like the common sense questions that are asked in this chapter.  Fifth graders tend to believe whatever they see in print.  They need to start slowing down and questioning the texts they are using.  They want the information to jump off the page and bite them and don't spend the time to really read, think and synthesize the information before they use it.  Is that too much for them?  I look forward to reading chapter 1 in great detail.