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“Can We Make A Powerpoint?!”���Structuring Student���Research Projects ���
Presented by
Bruce J. Miller, M.A., M.S. Ed.
Landmark Elementary-Middle School, Manchester, MA [email protected] www.landmarkoutreach.org
h'p://www.pewinternet.org/2012/11/01/how-teens-do-research-in-the-digital-world/
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StudentResearchStudy
Thinkingabouttheresearchhabitsofyourstudents…Howlikely,ifatall,areyourstudentstouseeachofthefollowingsourcesinatypicalresearchassignment?
Student Research Study
Thinking about the research habits of your students…
How likely, if at all, are your students to use each of the following sources in a typical research assignment?
Very likely
Somewhat likely
Not too likely
Not at all likely
Google or other online search engine
Wikipedia or other online encyclopedia
YouTube or other social media sites
Their peers
Spark Notes, Cliff Notes, or other study guides
News sites of major news organizations
Print or electronic textbooks
Online databases such as EBSCO, JSTOR, or Grolier
A research librarian at their school or public library
Printed books other than textbooks
Student-oriented search engines such as Sweet Search
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Student Research Study
Thinking about the research habits of your students…
How likely, if at all, are your students to use each of the following sources in a typical research assignment?
Very likely
Somewhat likely
Not too likely
Not at all likely
Print or electronic textbooks
Online databases such as EBSCO, JSTOR, or Grolier
A research librarian at their school or public library
Printed books other than textbooks
Student-oriented search engines such as Sweet Search
! Google or other online search engine (94%)
TeenResearchintheDigitalAge
TeachersinthestudysawbothposiJveandnegaJveimpactofdigital
technology
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• 75%ofteacherssayinternetanddigitalsearchtoolshavemostlyposiJveeffect
• 87%saytechnologiesarecreaJngan“easilydistractedgeneraJonwithshorta'enJonspans”
• 64%saytechnologies“domoretodistractstudentsthantohelpthemacademically”
StudyResults• Googleorotheronlinesearchengine(94%)• Wikipediaorotheronlineencyclopedia(75%)• YouTubeorothersocialmediasites(52%)• Theirpeers(42%)• SparkNotes,CliffNotes,orotherstudyguides(41%)• NewssitesofmajornewsorganizaJons(25%)• Printorelectronictextbooks(18%)• OnlinedatabasessuchasEBSCO,JSTOR,orGrolier(17%)• Aresearchlibrarianattheirschoolorpubliclibrary(16%)• Printedbooksotherthantextbooks(12%)• Student-orientedsearchenginessuchasSweetSearch(10%)
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PosiJveimpactonstudents
• greaterdepthandbreadthofinformaJonforbeststudents
• mulJmediaformats
• manybecomemoreself-reliantresearchers
Concerns
• overdependenceonsearchengines• difficultyjudgingqualityofonlineinformaJon• generalliteracyoftoday’sstudents• increasingdistracJons• poorJmemanagementskills• diminishedcriJcalthinkingcapacity• easeofborrowingothers’ideas
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BuildingtheFoundaJon“OrganizaJonisessenJaltoachievementinschoolandsuccessinlife.ResearchsuggeststhatteachingorganizaJonalskillstostudentshelpsreduceriskfactors.”-DarleneAnderson
h'p://educaJon.byu.edu/news/2006/01/01/prof-darlene-anderson-presents-on-organizaJonal-skills-instrucJon/
SpecialNeeds
•ExplicitinstrucJoninthisareaisparJcularlyimportantforstudentswithlearningdisabiliJesorweaknessesinexecuJvefuncJoning.•MasteryofanorganizaJonalsystemallowsstudentsmoreJmeontasklearninginformaJonratherthansearchingformaterialsanditalsomakesthemfeel“thattheyareincontroloftheirlearning.”-PatriciaNewhallh'p://www.ldonline.org/arJcle/25179/
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Furtherreading
• Smartbutsca+ered:therevolu3onary"execu3veskills"approachtohelpingkidsreachtheirpoten3al/PegDawson,RichardGuare.2009.
• Late,lostandunprepared:aparents'guidetohelpingchildrenwithexecu3vefunc3oning/JoyceCooper-Kahn,LaurieC.Dietzel.2008.
Furtherreading
• Promo3ngExecu3veFunc3onintheClassroom/LynneMeltzer.2010.
• SocialStudiesandExcep3onalLearners/DarrenMinarik,TimothyLintner.NCSSBulleJn115.2016.
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• StructureJme
• Structurematerials
• StructureinformaJon
ToaidJmemanagement,teacherscan:
• insistthatstudentskeepanassignmentnotebookoragenda
• helpstudentsuseacalendartobreakdownlong-termassignments
• checkperiodicallytoensurestudentsarekeepingupwiththeplan
• providesupporttomeetshort-termgoalsandconsequenceswhengoalshavenotbeenmet
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OrganizaJonofMaterials
• masternotebooksystem• classroombinders• accordionfolderstokeepolderpapersathome• notebookchecks• threeholepuncheverything(studentscouldgetsmall
holepunchestocarryintheirnotebooks)
• differentcoloredfoldersforresearchprojects
AlternaJvesto
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h'ps://duckduckgo.com/
h'p://www.sweetsearch.com/
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Reliabilityofsources
ReadAllThe
Screen
Lookespeciallyforthe“abouts”(Abouttheauthor)
Targetinternetsearch
• Limitsiteordomain
• Keywords,Brainstorm,refine,searchagain
• UseBooleanOperatorsandotherStrategies
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Limitsiteordomain
• site:gov
• site:loc.gov
• site:edu
• site:org
Keywords:Brainstorm,refine,searchagain
• UserelatedsearchsuggesJons
• FindkeywordsuggesJonsinarJclesorwebsites
• UsualvisualsearchsiteslikeInstaGrok
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UseBooleanOperatorsandotherStrategies
• Useand/ortonarroworexpandasearch• UsequotaJonmarkstosearchforanexactphrase
• Usefiletypetosearchforspecifictypesofdocuments(PDF,doc,ppt)
• Use+or–toincludeorexcludeterms(e.g.,-wiki,-.com)
capital Kampala government Republic population 24,618,000 (2000 est.) language(s) English Religion(s)
money (currency)
area 93,065 sq. mi. (241,038 km2) highest point
lowest point
interesting facts Lake Victoria one of largest freshwater lakes industries
products bananas, coffee, cotton, cassava natural resources copper, forests, wild animals
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The World Book Student Discovery Encyclopedia, p 134
Two-columnNotes
BJMiller, Landmark School
Social Studies Name: ____________________________
Note-taking Date: ____________________________
Topic: _____Uganda_____ Day: ____________________________
Source: ____World Book Student Discovery Encyclopedia_________
MAIN IDEA (who? what?) DETAILS (did what? where? when? why? how?)
Uganda • country in east central Africa
• Kampala – capital and largest city
Geography •high plain called plateau
•mountains in the east
•thick forests in the south
•north is a savanna
•many wild animals
•huge national parks
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OrganizingInformaJontoprepareforwriJng
• LookatorganizaJonforthattypeofwriJng
• Providetemplatesfordraqs
h'p://www.Jmeforkids.com/files/2011-07/biosampler.pdf
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h'p://www.Jmeforkids.com/files/2011-07/bioorganizer.pdf
PowerPointWriJngTemplate
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PowerPointPresentaJonTemplate
ClassSample
• ClassstudiedUgandainconjuncJonwithschoolparJcipaJoninUgandaGoatProject
• CollaboraJveresearchproject
• Twostudentsvolunteeredtopresenttothewholeschool
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DoesithavetobePowerPoint?
OtheropJons:
• h'ps://docs.google.com/presentaJon/
• h'p://www.easel.ly/
• h'p://piktochart.com/high-flier/
h'p://www.easel.ly/
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h'p://piktochart.com/high-flier/
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h'p://piktochart.com/high-flier/
Questions?���Comments?���For more information:
Bruce J. Miller, M.A., M.S. Ed.
Landmark Elementary-Middle School, Manchester, MA
[email protected] www.landmarkoutreach.org