[indieFan]

One of the best things that I found as a mentor was to show the students *how* to find the answers.

Don't think that you must know everything going into this project. Show the students some of the sites that you have been looking at, then ask them to see if they can dig up some more information. You'll find that if you're learning at the same time as the students, everyone will learn that much more than if you're simply sitting there telling them how to do it.

I worked for 5 years on drive systems for one team. Believe it or not, every year I had to re-learn how to do all the calculations. However, I'm sure that the students learned a lot more from seeing me struggle to re-learn it than they would have if I simply said, "Ok, here's the formula for this. Now plug in these numbers."

I can also tell you that it is critical in any job to know and understand what your resources are. This is just the first step in teaching the students what constitutes a quality resource, especially if you're searching online.

indieFan