Information Skills Strategies & Technology

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Information Skills Strategies and Critical Thinking using Technology

presented by

Jan CopelandSean FullertonWLMA 2010

Presentation and Handout available on WLMA conference site andslideshare.net


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A question is Thin when it can be answered with 1-2 words.

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A question isThick when it cannot be answered with 1-2 words.

Thick or Thin Questions ?

Prepares students to think about their questions. Thick questions leads to forming essential questions or thinking in terms of their main ideas. Thin questions help them find supporting details or evidence.

These take long explanations with several sentences and often more questions!


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KeywordsPractice activities:...in questions, produces better search strategies

...in text features, expedites finding relevant information

...in text so that they find "gold nuggets" of information

...in their notes so that they can synthesis the information, not just restate it.


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KeywordsUnderline the keywords in each question below. Check your answers with the "circle checker"

1. What is the population of Canada?

2. What causes a volcano to erupt?

3. What is a giraffes favorite food?

4. How do Mexicans celebrate Christmas?

5. What is the capital of Washington State?

6. How many baseball series have been won by the Yankees?

7. How could man survive on planet Mars?

8. Why does California have earthquakes?


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KeywordsSometimes we must think of more keywords that would be relevant to our question. For example: How many live volcanoes are in the world?

We may also want to look for "active" volcanoes!

Create a list of keywords that would be relevant to each question based on your background knowledge.

What is the life cycle of a wolf?

What does a moose look like?

What are the enemies of sea turtles?


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KeywordsSometimes, we must also think of keywords that are not relevant to our question. Can you think of some of these questions?

What is the culture of the people who live in China?

Good Keywords Irrelevant keywords*

*These irrelevant keywords can be used with Googles Advanced Search tools.


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Table of Content

Our Question!

What do Sea Turtles look like?

Page taken from http://www.biguniverse.com/


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Biography: Note takingYour categories & keyword questions may look like these!??

AccomplishmentsChildhood Character Traits

Born: where? when?

Family: Parents? Brother? Sisters?

Sources of Inspiration

Book Titles?

Awards?

Careers?

Humorous events?

Childhood experiences?

Interests ?

Challenges?

Possible traits?-patient-humorous-perseverant-thoughtful-kind-courageous-athletic-talented

Education?


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Biography: Note taking

Excerpt from Knucklehead by Jon Scieszka Chapter 1, page 11

"I grew up in Flint, Michigan, with five brothers- Jim, tom, Gregg, Brain, and What's-His-Name. The youngest one, Oh yea---Jeff.

I'm the second oldest. And the nicest. And the smartest. And the best looking. And the most humble.

My dad, Louis Scieszka, was an elementary-school principal. We didn't go to his school, which was probably good, because being sent to the principal's office would have been weird. But my dad used a lot of his principal skills to run a house with six boys. We had the home version of meetings and rules and schedules."

Practice!


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Biography: Note taking ...on author Jon Scieszka using a 4-square graphic organizer.

Facts CharacterTraits

Sources of Inspiration Accomplishments JonScieszka

*Born Flint Michigan*5 brothers,no sisters

*Dad school principal*2nd oldest

*Mom nurse

* good sense of humor*respectful*good listener

* teacher* family of jokers

Do your notes look similar to these? Did you use only a few keywords for each idea?


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http://www.henry.k12.ga.us/pges/xmas_around.htm


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More Strategies and Locations!


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Relevancy --Authority-- Bias


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Search Tips:· Phrase searching using quotation marks· Boolean Operators· Site Operator

Examples:human body site:edu"U.S. population" site:gov


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Using Online Sources & Scaffolding

School or District Servers

Google Docs Applications

Student Share Documents

Quiz in Form / Spreadsheet

Scaffolding in Templates

Folders: Out box -- Workspace -- Inbox


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http://www.nhusd.k12.ca.us/ALVE/NativeAmerhome.html/nativeamhome.html


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Google DocsEnables you to Create...

Students can create and share with you for approval before printing!

Quiz form / Speadsheet

Scaffold note taking exercise


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Quiz appears in Spreadsheet format


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Sean ?


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Question (main idea)Keywords Details

What do sea turtles look like?

Description

size weight, inches

color

features shell head tail legs

Source:_________________

Name: Mrs. Copeland Topic: Sea Turtles


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Research Products* Cause students to synthesis the information.

* Make suggestions for teachers.

Possibilities include:

Pop-up books

Powerpoint presentations

Fact or Fiction Books

ppt


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Evaluations

Rubrics

Webquest


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Research Process Rubric


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Presentation available at WLMA conference website and

slideshare.net account copelandnelson

THANK YOU!