Taming Information Chaos with the Power of 2.0

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1-3 September 2011

Taming Information Chaos with the Power of 2.0 Judy O’Connell

What is our digital world like?

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6th August, 1996

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No

memory of a time

without the Internet

Born into an

era that is changing

their literacy and

information encounters

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http://www.elon.edu/predictions/

Tim’s inspiration for the world wide web

Now we have an information ecology that is conducive to knowledge flow between

content and digital connections

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Our knowledge

encountersare

revolutionised

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Children of the digital revolutionhttp://www.abs.gov.au/socialtrends

The most popular use for the internet was educational activities. Educational activities were most

popular among older children

Horizon Report 2011 K-12 EDITION

Digital literacy is less about tools and more about thinking

Sense-making and the ability to assess the credibility of information are paramount. Horizon Report 2011 K-12 Edition

Mobile “always connected” devices are the doorways to

the content and social tapestries of the Internet. The vast potential for learning. They embody the convergence of technology and support !exible access to multiple sources of content.

Cloud computing is saving schools money and resources. It has opened

doors for more !exibility, more space, more collaboration, and ultimately, more creative uses of Internet resources for educators to incorporate in their classrooms.

Horizon Report 21st century developments

Sense-making and the ability to assess the credibility of information are paramount. Horizon Report 2011 K-12 Edition

Horizon Report 21st century developments

Time to adoption Horizon - two to three years

Game-based learningOpen content

Time to adoption Horizon - four to five years

Learning analyticsPersonal Learning Environments

adaptable

versatile

confident

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find

solve

leverage

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Need pedagogy for the digital revolution!

Children of the digital revolution

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The power of 2.0

What is your digital

adaptability?

How are you learning?

How are they learning because of your learning?

I’m managing my digital identity.

I’m managing my digitalnetwork.

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reveal digital information capabilities embedded in your pedagogical

approach

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reveal digital information capabilities embedded in your pedagogical

approach

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PLEI’ll show you mine, if you’ll show me yours!

The goal is for students to have real choice!

The value-add is in the

coaching and

troubleshooting

when students are

applying their learning,

and in challenging

students to apply their

thinking to hands-on

learning by

doing and working in

teams.

The flipped classroom

http://thefischbowl.blogspot.com/

Karl Fisch

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they need a range of reading and information options

delivered via all manner of media and digital devices

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they need to know how to juxtapose text, sound, media and social connections in real time

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they need to know how to filter, then mix and match what they see, hear and experience - to build personal knowledge and understanding.

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information literacy action happens wherever they read and interpret the world

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learning today requires that teachers understand reading and information seeking in a connected world....

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I’m managing my information?

I’m managing my knowledgework?

?Our computer to their brain

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Rich choices need explanation

There is a large opportunity cost for schools whose teachers are not fully aware and fully equipped searchers

and managers of information.

Does anyone know of any good online videos showing beginner debating, suitable for Year 7 students? I'm thinking of Youtube, Teachertube etc.

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Context for action

Our widgets, portals, Apps, tags, feeds and aggregators provide us with our tools of trade

for information curation.

‣ Facilitate and inspire student learning and creativity

‣ Design and develop digital-age learning experiences and

assessments

‣ Design and develop digital-age learning experiences and

assessments

‣ Model digital-age work and learning

‣ Promote and model digital citizenship and responsibility

‣ Engage in professional growth and leadership

Performance Indicators for Teachers

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Information curation & dissemination

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Gather

Seek Follow

Explore

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Information labyrinth

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rapidly navigate information pathways to construct

knowledge

While the web can provide excellent sources of information, the amount of relevant information found on the web depends on the quality of searching, the sources used (not just search

engines) and the time available for searching.

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•ask good questions in order to get good answers

• access and acquire material from the appropriate digital

information sources

• analyze the raw material to distinguish value, bias, and

re-usable information

• apply the knowledge within a real-world problem or

simulation

• and assess the process and the product.

Information Fluency

http://bit.ly/informationfluency

Information Fluency

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..... because your knowledge and my

knowledge, based on what search

results we are served, may be very

different from each other.Siva  Vaidhyanathan  in  The  Googlization  of  Everything,

New developments in search, such as Google

instant (that shows results as you type) have

both enhanced & hindered the information

seeking habits of students by responding quickly

to search terms, and so making keyword

customization seem less relevant.

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How do you keep going without Google Wonder wheel?

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Quintura – A Keyword Cloud Alternative to the Wheel

Use Google’s Related Search

This offers a greater range of keywords than using the ‘default’ related keywords that normally appear at the bottom of your search result page.

Use Google’s Related Search

Carrot cluster

Search-cube

http://trove.nla.gov.au/

10 X 10 http://tenbyten.org/

http://fastflip.googlelabs.com/

Good information fluency means guiding your students to the smartest search tools for the job.

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Pandia All-in-One List of Search Engines

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http://www.pandia.com/powersearch/index.html

Kids & Teens Meta Search

Power Search

http://www.pandia.com/index.html

Subscribe to search engine news

Picking the right tool

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http://bit.ly/knowledge2

We have a new information

environment that is demanding more

extensive information literacy capabilities.

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The Ethnographic Research in Illinois Academic Libraries (ERIAL) Project, a two-year study of the student research process involving five US universities, included extensive interviews with students, librarians and other academics in an effort to better understand 21st Century student research habits.

“The students surveyed often looked in

journals or databases unsuited to their field of

study and displayed a poor understanding of

how to refine search results”.

“While the interface of Google and other similar search engines might

be more intuitive, what’s going on behind the scenes isn’t intuitive at all,

and very few students had a clear conception of how search engines

work. This lack of understanding compounds the problem of building an

effective search strategy.”

By showing our students how to connect a

database information repository (such as

EBSCO, Gale, or JStor) or a local library

service with Google Scholar, we are helping

students broaden the scope of their information

seeking, while at the same time refining the

quality of the information response.

alsoGoogle Scholar Alerts

When a technology focus subverts students’

conversation and development of critical

thinking skills (and their ability to evaluate and

analyse the information at hand), the mental

processes that change knowledge from

information to concept are not learned.

Bomar, S. (2010). A School-Wide Instructional Framework for Evaluating Sources. Knowledge Quest, 38(3),

72-75.

RSS topic and journal alerts

Re-think what ‘collection’ of information means,

thereby supporting personalized and collaborative

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Content exploration and learning demands a mix-and-match approach.

Search strategiesEvaluation strategiesCritical thinking and problem solvingNetworked conversation & collaborationCloud computing environmentsEthical use and production of informationInformation curation of personal & distributed knowledge.

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Essential tools for

teachers

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Pick your tool

http://bit.ly/digitaltoolbox

http://sdst.libguides.com/newtools

http://sdst.libguides.com/researchtools

http://cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com/

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http://www.scoop.it/t/digital-citizenship-in-schools

Creative Commons & Attribution

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Taming information

chaos

Microblogging

Social bookmarking and tagging

Collaborative writing

Information management – e.g. Zotero, Endnote, Easybib

Information capture on multiple devices – e.g. Evernote

Library resources, databases all used for information

collection, RSS topic and journal alerts, and compatible

with research organisation tools

Aggregators and start pages

Online storage for access across multiple platforms

Taming information chaos

It’s not information overload....it’s filter failure!

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Choose the right tool to re-frame information collection as highly flexible and collaborative information and

knowledge conversations, while also facilitating information organisation.

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Technology and online integration can facilitate critical thinking, creativity and knowledgeable actions, rather

than merely being a skills activity.

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Re-think information collection to become highly

flexible and collaborative forms of information

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Query, browse, gather, curate and share information from many sources.

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release a passion for research

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Our connections are everything!

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