On these two days I had reserved the library to allow the students to work independently on researching for a future project. I provided students with a graphic organizer which included websites on both the Aztecs and Mexico and questions relating to the unit on the Aztecs. I was not completely happy with one of the sites that I had provided the students, for it had come up differently on many computers in the library. I told the students not to worry, for they could find the information needed on the other sites provided. I observed how many of my students are “technological natives” and enjoyed being able to work on the computer. I was happy to see the amount of work many students got done during the class period; navigating around the websites was not a problem for these students. I told the students that their self-directed grades for the day would depend on their behavior and work completion. I controlled this by putting a dot next to the names of the students who were off task, who were not many. Once I informed these students that their grade will be affected by the amount of work the complete, the students took the research for the projects very seriously. I had a set of rules in the library; one, of course was to respect the equipment in the library and the other was to not stray away from the sites that I had provided them. I was very happy to see that all of my students obeyed these rules which also helped them achive their goal of gathering information for their final project on the Aztecs.
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