Information Literacy - Rethinking Research Projects
Internet sites mentioned in the presentation Shift Happens Wiki – Watch the video created by Karl Fisch called “Did You Know”. It’s 2 years old but presents a compelling story about why its important to be aware of how our world has changed and why it’s important to be aware of the impact on the classroom.
Resources:
American Association of School Librarians Standards for 21st Century Learner
21st Century Fluency Project
The Partnership for 21st Century Skiils
Teaching for 21st Century Skills
Cybersmart
Web Search Strategies in Plain English
Quick Guide to Quality Information
Examples of Fake Websites
Boolify - use this search engine to illustrate the logic of their search and showing them how the manipulation of key words impact the results
Student News Daily
November Learning - Information Literacy Resources
Nortel - Learn IT
Evaluating Internet Sources
Information Literacy - Building Blocks of Literacy
Delicious Links Tagged Information Literacy
American Association of School Librarians Standards for the 21st Century Learner – The presentation is based on the standards set out by this organization, to facilitate information literacy
Wisdom of the Crowds
ChaCha - “Social Searching”: Mobile guides who answer questions by text message from users
Yahoo Answers - a place where people ask and answer questions on any topic, sharing facts, opinions and personal experiences.
Answer Bag – similar to Yahoo Answers
WikiAnswers – similar to Yahoo Answers
wiseGEEK - similar to Yahoo Answers
Yedda - similar to Yahoo Answers
HowStuffWorks - ”HowStuffWorks, a wholly owned subsidiary of Discovery Communications, is the award-winning source of credible, unbiased, and easy-to-understand explanations of how the world actually works. Founded by North Carolina State University Professor Marshall Brain in 1998, the site is now an online resource for millions of people of all ages.” (Quote from website)
Wikipedia - The Free Online Encyclopedia that anyone can edit - check out this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nOe26xY1zM
Britannica Online Encyclopedia – requires a subscription at a cost, but always a trusted source
Citizendium – An online Encyclopedia related to Wikipedia but claims to overcome reliability issues
Knol – Google’s answer to Wikipedia
Quarkbase – Find complete information about a website including the author and the sponsoring organization, great way to evaluate a website
Omgili – find out what people are saying, when you want subjectivity
Twitter Search – see what’s happening right now
Google Trends – provides insight into what people are searching for on the web
Resources for Teaching 21st Century Information Fluency – Resources for teaching students 21st century research skills including articles, games, and assessment tools to enhance these critical skills. The Core Competencies page lists essential skills and refer the user to the specific online/interactive activities
Defining Literacy in a Digital World – ReadWriteThink Lesson Plan to help student understand and be able to evaluate internet sites
Good places to start a search These search engines offer suggestions based on your search words. When you put a key word in the search box, these search engines will give recommendations that will help you narrow or expand your search.
Reference Resource Search Engines
Answers.com – All results are reference resources
RefSeek.com – a web search engine for students and researchers, making high quality information easily accessible
Ask.com – will narrow or expand your search (not reference resource search engine, but might be a good alternative to Google)
Research Project Examples
Hall of Scientists Wax Museum
Mrs. Cassidy’s Dinosaur Wiki
Ben Franklin Voice Thread
The Shot Heard Around the World
Colonization Blogs
Secret Life of Bees Wiki
Bloom’s Taxonomy -Digitized - Andrew Church took Bloom’s Taxonomy and revised the levels of the learning process to correlate with the digital tools, including web2.0 and social media. This document helps if one is looking for innovating ideas for projects that utilize technology.
Boxes of Stuff
(These are saved as SimplyBox sites. I’ll be adding to these every time I find relevant content that fits in the box.)
Interesting Articles and Blog Posts that relate to the topic
Teaching Research Skills
Reference Resource Searches
Media Literacy Resources
Safe Search Sites for Elementary Students
Evaluating Websites
Tools that Enhance the Research Process
Unusual Searches – When subjective is what you are looking for
Other Cool Stuff
Wordle.net – create a “word cloud” that visually represents source text, example: Illinois State Language Arts Standards
TeacherLibrarian Network - a community of teacher-librarians and other educators
The Keyword Blog - 21st Century Information Literacy
Internet Search Challenge Blog
Boolify - use this search engine to illustrate the logic of their search and showing them how the manipulation of key words impact the results
Sources Cited
“AASL Standards for the 21st-Century Learner.” 17 Sept. 2008. American Library Association. 10 Oct. 2008 <http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/aasl/aaslproftools/learningstandards/standards.cfm>.
Alpert, Jessie. “We Knew the Web Was Big.” Weblog post. Google Blog. 25 July 2008. 28 Sept. 2008 <http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2008/07/we-knew-web-was-big.html>.
“Internet Usage and Broadband Usage Report.” 2008. 16 Oct. 2008 <http://www.internetworldstats.com/am/us.htm>.
Lejnieks, Carly. “A Generation Unplugged.” 12 Sept. 2008. Harris Interactive. 15 Oct. 2008 <http://www.ctia.org/advocacy/research/index.cfm/aid/11483>.
Salpeter, Judy. “21st Century Skills: Will Our Students Be Prepared?” Techlearning. 15 Oct. 2003. 30 Oct. 2008 <http://www.techlearning.com/story/showarticle.php?articleid=15202090&pgno=3>.
“Information Behavior of the Researcher of the Future.” 11 Jan. 2008 <http://www.bl.uk/news/pdf/googlegen.pdf>
Sanford, Jason. “Knowledge Smackdown: Wikipedia vs. Citizendium by Jason Sanford.” StorySouth: a journal of literature from the New South. 22 Sept. 2006. 24 Feb. 2009 <http://www.storysouth.com/comment/2006/09/knowledge_smackdown_wikipedia.html>.
Singer, Adam. “49 Amazing Social Media, Web 2.0 And Internet Stats.” Social Media, Marketing, PR | The Future Buzz. 12 Jan. 2009. 24 Feb. 2009 <http://thefuturebuzz.com/2009/01/12/social-media-web-20-internet-numbers-stats/>.
Resources:
American Association of School Librarians Standards for 21st Century Learner
21st Century Fluency Project
The Partnership for 21st Century Skiils
Teaching for 21st Century Skills
Cybersmart
Web Search Strategies in Plain English
Quick Guide to Quality Information
Examples of Fake Websites
Boolify - use this search engine to illustrate the logic of their search and showing them how the manipulation of key words impact the results
Student News Daily
November Learning - Information Literacy Resources
Nortel - Learn IT
Evaluating Internet Sources
Information Literacy - Building Blocks of Literacy
Delicious Links Tagged Information Literacy
American Association of School Librarians Standards for the 21st Century Learner – The presentation is based on the standards set out by this organization, to facilitate information literacy
Wisdom of the Crowds
ChaCha - “Social Searching”: Mobile guides who answer questions by text message from users
Yahoo Answers - a place where people ask and answer questions on any topic, sharing facts, opinions and personal experiences.
Answer Bag – similar to Yahoo Answers
WikiAnswers – similar to Yahoo Answers
wiseGEEK - similar to Yahoo Answers
Yedda - similar to Yahoo Answers
HowStuffWorks - ”HowStuffWorks, a wholly owned subsidiary of Discovery Communications, is the award-winning source of credible, unbiased, and easy-to-understand explanations of how the world actually works. Founded by North Carolina State University Professor Marshall Brain in 1998, the site is now an online resource for millions of people of all ages.” (Quote from website)
Wikipedia - The Free Online Encyclopedia that anyone can edit - check out this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nOe26xY1zM
Britannica Online Encyclopedia – requires a subscription at a cost, but always a trusted source
Citizendium – An online Encyclopedia related to Wikipedia but claims to overcome reliability issues
Knol – Google’s answer to Wikipedia
Quarkbase – Find complete information about a website including the author and the sponsoring organization, great way to evaluate a website
Omgili – find out what people are saying, when you want subjectivity
Twitter Search – see what’s happening right now
Google Trends – provides insight into what people are searching for on the web
Resources for Teaching 21st Century Information Fluency – Resources for teaching students 21st century research skills including articles, games, and assessment tools to enhance these critical skills. The Core Competencies page lists essential skills and refer the user to the specific online/interactive activities
Defining Literacy in a Digital World – ReadWriteThink Lesson Plan to help student understand and be able to evaluate internet sites
Good places to start a search These search engines offer suggestions based on your search words. When you put a key word in the search box, these search engines will give recommendations that will help you narrow or expand your search.
Reference Resource Search Engines
Answers.com – All results are reference resources
RefSeek.com – a web search engine for students and researchers, making high quality information easily accessible
Ask.com – will narrow or expand your search (not reference resource search engine, but might be a good alternative to Google)
Research Project Examples
Hall of Scientists Wax Museum
Mrs. Cassidy’s Dinosaur Wiki
Ben Franklin Voice Thread
The Shot Heard Around the World
Colonization Blogs
Secret Life of Bees Wiki
Bloom’s Taxonomy -Digitized - Andrew Church took Bloom’s Taxonomy and revised the levels of the learning process to correlate with the digital tools, including web2.0 and social media. This document helps if one is looking for innovating ideas for projects that utilize technology.
Boxes of Stuff
(These are saved as SimplyBox sites. I’ll be adding to these every time I find relevant content that fits in the box.)
Interesting Articles and Blog Posts that relate to the topic
Teaching Research Skills
Reference Resource Searches
Media Literacy Resources
Safe Search Sites for Elementary Students
Evaluating Websites
Tools that Enhance the Research Process
Unusual Searches – When subjective is what you are looking for
Other Cool Stuff
Wordle.net – create a “word cloud” that visually represents source text, example: Illinois State Language Arts Standards
TeacherLibrarian Network - a community of teacher-librarians and other educators
The Keyword Blog - 21st Century Information Literacy
Internet Search Challenge Blog
Boolify - use this search engine to illustrate the logic of their search and showing them how the manipulation of key words impact the results
Sources Cited
“AASL Standards for the 21st-Century Learner.” 17 Sept. 2008. American Library Association. 10 Oct. 2008 <http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/aasl/aaslproftools/learningstandards/standards.cfm>.
Alpert, Jessie. “We Knew the Web Was Big.” Weblog post. Google Blog. 25 July 2008. 28 Sept. 2008 <http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2008/07/we-knew-web-was-big.html>.
“Internet Usage and Broadband Usage Report.” 2008. 16 Oct. 2008 <http://www.internetworldstats.com/am/us.htm>.
Lejnieks, Carly. “A Generation Unplugged.” 12 Sept. 2008. Harris Interactive. 15 Oct. 2008 <http://www.ctia.org/advocacy/research/index.cfm/aid/11483>.
Salpeter, Judy. “21st Century Skills: Will Our Students Be Prepared?” Techlearning. 15 Oct. 2003. 30 Oct. 2008 <http://www.techlearning.com/story/showarticle.php?articleid=15202090&pgno=3>.
“Information Behavior of the Researcher of the Future.” 11 Jan. 2008 <http://www.bl.uk/news/pdf/googlegen.pdf>
Sanford, Jason. “Knowledge Smackdown: Wikipedia vs. Citizendium by Jason Sanford.” StorySouth: a journal of literature from the New South. 22 Sept. 2006. 24 Feb. 2009 <http://www.storysouth.com/comment/2006/09/knowledge_smackdown_wikipedia.html>.
Singer, Adam. “49 Amazing Social Media, Web 2.0 And Internet Stats.” Social Media, Marketing, PR | The Future Buzz. 12 Jan. 2009. 24 Feb. 2009 <http://thefuturebuzz.com/2009/01/12/social-media-web-20-internet-numbers-stats/>.
