Some days are just like that

Today the Computer Literacy I students were answering my questions using vocabulary we'd discussed, but they were getting it all wrong. Trying to please me, I suppose. But really, "metadata" and "Librarians' Internet Index" aren't generic terms that can be inserted as random answers to specific questions. (Okay, LII searches the metadata that describes hand-picked websites --- but how does that have ANYTHING to do with finding magazine articles in periodical indexes???). Maybe you had to have been there.

We started our unit on using forums and web boards to find and share information. Today's group registered for the school's forums. In anticipation of their imminent discovery of the book discussion forum, I posted a fresh announcement describing the protocols. Random, if well-meaning, answers in class are perhaps a precursor to random, if well-meaning, posts on the book discussion forum. Heaven knows, there are enough random posts on the forum already to populate a major (if virtual) metropolitan area.