Created by: Holly Earl and Karen StorrieFor Presentation to Upper Elementary Teachers

I-Search•Inquiry based•Students choose their own topic•Four-step process

Student Motivation•Topics are of personal interest

How do I use I-Search in the classroom?

Four steps to find, record, and show knowledge

What do I want to know?

Where can I find answers?

How will I record my information?

How will I show what I learned?

The teacher is a facilitator.

Your librarian can help you!

Examples of I-Search Projects

Example 1:•Topic: Coral Reefs•Information Sources: Print, Databases, Search Engines•Using Information: Analyze and Synthesize Information found•Final Product: Animoto

Example 2:•Topic: Native Americans•Information Sources: online encyclopedias, books, podcasts, and information databases•Using Information: Create a product to reflect learning •Final Product: Glogster

Works Cited/Consulted

Alvey, Tara L., Nathan C. Phillips, Emily C. Bigelow, Blaine E. Smith, Erin Pfaff, Walt Colt, Kevin

M. Leander, Bridget Dalton, and Jasmine Y. Ma. "From I-Search to ISearch 2.0." English

Teaching: Practice and Critique 10.4 (2011): 139-48. Web. 5 Oct. 2012.

Bowen, Carol. "A Process Approach: The I-Search with Grade 5: They Learn!" Teacher Librarian

29.2 (2001): 14-17. Web. 5 Oct. 2012.

Duncan, Donna, Laura Lockhart, and Lisa Ham. The New ISearch, You Search, We All Learn to

Research: A How-to-do-it Manual for Teaching Research Using Web 2.0 Tools and Digital

Resources. New York: Neal-Schuman, 2011. Print.

Lamb, Annette. "Models: I-Search." Models: I-Search. Information Inquiries for Teachers, Feb.

2005. Web. 06 Oct. 2012. http://eduscapes.com/infooriginal/isearch.html.

Shaver, Susan. "The New Isearch, You Search, We All Learn To Research." School Library

Journal 58.5 (2012): 136. Academic Search Complete. Web. 6 Oct. 2012.