Steps to research aq

Steps to Research

Helping Students

Research

One step at a time…

http://betterresearchprojects.wikispaces.com/

Agenda What is a teacher librarian and how can

they help you? Higher order thinking Avoiding plagiarism Seven step research model and resources Web2.0 Break? 21st Century Lesson Planning

Instructional Responsibilities

Curriculum Development Responsibilities Consultative

Role

Selection of Learning Resources

Management Function

Program Advocacy

http://www.togetherforlearning.ca/

Neil Munro’s analysis of task-difficulty

Difficult task; Easy sources

Easy task; Difficult sources

Difficult task; Difficult sources

Easy task; Easy sources

1 2

3 4

1 2

3 4

What is? Where/

When is?

Which is?

What did?

Where/

When did?

Which did?

What can?

Where/

When can?

Which can?

Who is? Why is? How is?

Who did?

Why did? How did?

Who can?

Why can? How can?

What would?

Where/

When would?

Who would?

What will?

Where/ When will?

Which will?

What might?

Where/ When might?

Which might?

Which Would?

Why would? How Would?

Who will?

Why will? How will?

Who might?

Why might? How might?

1 2

3 4

Avoiding plagiarism1.Have students adopt a persona because

they won’t likely find ready to copy information online

Lawyer arguing euthanasia Character from a book Example of elements project

2. Have students take notes into a framework, graphic organizers or template

3. Always ask for sources and define what sources. Example 2 magazines, 2 open source…

Near North District School Board

Seven Step Modelhttp://www-lib.nearnorthschools.ca/exp/index_open.htm

1. Encyclopedias2. Books3. Current Resources4. Internet Links5. Government6. Maps7. Search Engines

Before we begin the steps… Good & bad information come from print,

non-print and online sources A Maclean’s article is the same whether it

comes in print or online Don’t say “only 1 Internet source” when you mean

only 1 unregulated Internet source. All of our encyclopedias, newspapers, magazines, journals & atlases & many e-books are now online

Be safe, test and model• What does “Put in your own words” look like?• What does note taking look like?• What is APA/MLA – EasyBib and Bibme.org

Before the students begin… How to read a screen How to skim, scan and highlight Edit find feature How are they to save their work What is a search box What are the keywords New terminology (active x, sort, boolean) Match your instructions to what they see

What are the seven steps?

Step 1 – Encyclopedias

Step 2 – Books

Step 3 – Current Resources

Step 4 – General Resources

Step 1 - EncyclopediasFREE

Grolier (OSAPAC) Canadian DK/EYEWITNESS (F

rench) Fact Monster

SUBSCRIPTION

World Book

Type key word here

What are the seven steps?Step 1 – Encyclopedias

Step 2 – Books



Step 2 - BooksNear North Board is fully

automatedYou can search from any

computer on the internetAutomating book rooms

Step 2 – Books (continued) ReadPlease (text to

speech) Forest of reading Battle of the Books Literature

Resource Centre (Knowledge Ontario)

SUBSCRIPTIONFREE Literary

Reference Centre-EBSCO

Literature Study Centre-Proquest

Tumble books


Step 2 – Books




Free Knowledge Ontario National Geographi

c Time Magazine for

Kids Les Debrouillards (

French)

Subscription Proquest

Proquest Literature SIRS

EBSCO EBSCO host Science reference center

Galenet Global Issues in Context


Step 2 – Books



Step 4 – General ResourcesFREE OERB Petit Monde

(French) Cybersciences (Fr

ench) Ology

SUBSCRIPTION Student Link Project Links

http://sites.google.com/site/projectlinkssecondary/

Step 5 – Government

Step 6 – Maps

Step 7 – Search Engines

STEPS - 5, 6 & 7Step 5

Government

Free Canada Ontario North Bay Stats

Canada E-Stat

Step 6Maps

Free Canadian atlas Canada from

Space CIA World

Factbook NASA maps

Step 7Search Engines

Free Yahooligans Ask Jeeves Kids KidsClick! Kidadoweb

(French)

Web 2.0

Options…

Presentation Toolshttp://edu.glogster.com/http://prezi.com/http://www.xtranormal.com/indexhttp://www.tagxedo.com/app.htmlhttp://animoto.com/http://blabberize.com/

Collaborationhttp://www.symbaloo.com/http://popplet.com/http://todaysmeet.com/http://www.wallwisher.com/

Story Telling Toolshttp://www.kerpoof.com/http://www.bitstripsforschools.com/http://www.toondoo.com/Home.toon

Cloud Toolshttp://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/edu/k12.html

Musichttp://www.isleoftune.com/http://www.jamendo.com/en/

How does she know about all of that?

1.Social networks – twitter, blogs2.igoogle

Break?

21st Century lesson planning•Wiki Style – substance abuse• Grade 9 science elements• Healthy Eating

• Dashboard Style - Pageflakes

• Ban those bird units

• Literacy expectations (OSSLT)• Web 2.0 and Technology expectations• Symbaloo

Let’s pick a topic…

With the people at your table… Pick a grade, level and course

Use the OERB Login: nndsbteacher Password: oerbt

Find a research unit you would like to work on.

Looking at the unit• Open up each assignment in the entire unit• Make a point form list of the assignments• Keep in mind that your students would have approximately 14 teaching days or 3 weeks to complete everything in the unit.• Decide on one specific assignment you would like to work on as a group to help improve.

•Resources/Research – Be specific•Literacy expectations – tie in to grade 10 OSSLT if you chose a grade 10 course especially•Technology – Web 2.0?•DI (Differentiated Instruction, IEP’s)•Neil Munro’s task difficulty, Q-Matrix’s, Blooms and higher order thinking

Think…SO WHAT?

HSB4M – Unit 2Activity 1 – Group work – discussion on world demographic trends

- List of questions to answers - Prepare a verbal report and submit a written copy

- Journal/Blog – looking at your local community - list of questions to answer

Activity 2 – Using the internet fill in a chart about the generations- Post to discussion area- Interview someone from the generations- What kind of business would you start- Respond to other classmates

Activity 3 – Write a letter from the point of view of a Canadian after world war II- Write a letter from the point of view of an American after Vietnam- Webquest - Research Canada in Afghanistan – write a report to an editorial board- Post to discussion and respond to two other classmates

Activity 4 – Fill out a chart- Read an article- Write a response to the article – answering specific questions

HSB4M – Unit 2 continuedActivity 5 – Create an image college on what being Canadian means to you

- Pick a quote from the content section and write a one page response - Post to discussion area

Activity 6 – Research and submit a report on the Standford Prison Experiment- Answer specific questions – states APA format (no help)- Design a hypothesis and post to the discussion area- Group work - how would you redesign the experiment, design a hypothesis,

Class discussion questions,

HSB4M – Unit 2 Assignment 5

Activity 5 – Create an image college on what being Canadian means to you- Pick a quote from the content section and write a one page response - Post to discussion area

http://nndsb.elearningontario.ca

Complete the following assignment and submit your work to the dropbox.

Find an image, video, collage, presentation, ect. that illustrates what being Canadian means to you. It can be a beer commercial or Tim Hortons commercial, maybe a picture of the flag...anything that is significant to you.

Write a question from either a sociologist, psychologist or anthropologist perspective about Canadian: ethnicity, language, institutions, norms or values.

Along with sending me your item and your question in the dropbox please post both items to this link so that everyone can see each others items and questions:http://www.wallwisher.com/wall/Iamcanadian

Comment on one of the quotes in the content section. Do you strongly agree or disagree with the quote? Does it reflect your own views of the Canadian identity? Comment on one other classmates post.Enter the discussion here.

Share

Thank You!Questions?

Comments?Kate Shields

Board Librarian – Secondary Schools

[email protected]

Education

Steps to research aq