Hey SLIM, this town isn't big enough for the both of us!

Don't know who this is? Shame on you, it's William Slim 13th Governor-General of Australia

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I sit here at the keyboard feeling somewhat depressed....I just discovered that I've done the wrong assignment. How you ask? Well, I wrote my assignment from the subject overview guide, which as my luck has it, was wrong... So that means, it's another week of late nights at the computer :(

On a much happier note, I've downloaded a copy of the SLIM Toolkit for the project.  SLIM stands for School Library Impact Measure, a fancy title for a program that " enables you to assess student learning through guided inquiry in the school library. It consists of four instruments that elicit students’ reflections on their learning at three points in their inquiry process. The toolkit will enable collaborating school librarian – teacher teams to chart changes in students’ knowledge and experiences throughout the process. " *

The SLIM program, is based around an Information Search model that has 7 stages: The Initiation, Selection, Exploration, Formulation, Collection, Presentation, and Assessment. It sounds really great, and would be fantastic in a school or TL setting.

Anyway, SLIM is designed for use in a school context with interventions designed to help students with their guided inquiry using the Information Search Process to answer their inquiry. To cut a long story short, I'll be using SLIM to look at a tertiary subject in regards to guided learning (and other aspects) for my NEXUS assignment, so it's going to be interesting how it works in this context. Apparently, Mandy is modifying the "instruments" for this altered purpose, so it should be interesting to see how this all works out.

I could write more, but it's late, and I need my beauty sleep because tomorrow night will be a late one! Got an assignment to write, hopefully, one that's right!

* To get your hands on the SLIM Toolkit, hit this link: SLIM LInk