Research

**An information literate student is able to recognize their information need and then locate, evaluate, and use effectively and ethically the needed information.**



//Provide students with two articles or editorials reflecting conservative and liberal views, ask students to compare and contrast the articles.//

 * //Ask students to research a topic using information published in different decades and ask them to compare and discuss what changes occurred and why.//
 * //Ask students to work as small teams to research// both //sides of an issue. Don’t tell the students which side they will be taking until the day of the debate.//
 * //Ask students to locate a popular magazine article, a newspaper article and a scholarly journal article on the same topic, then compare the articles for content, style, bias, audience, etc.//
 * //Ask students to compare and contrast primary and secondary sources on the same topic; ask them to contrast the sources, their content and treatment of the topic.//

If you want your students to develop problem solving skills...

 * //Ask students to propose a new action, procedure or activity in a particular setting and conduct research to locate materials that support the need for and the proposed new action.//
 * //As////k students to propose new legislation for a current issue. Conduct research to support the need for the legislation.//

If you want your students to develop their communication and presentation skills skills...

 * //Have students research a topic and present it as a poster session that other students will use to learn about the topic. This gives them experience with research as well as with expressing important points succinctly.//
 * //Ask// //them to prepare an audio presentation for the class, and ask them to locate and evaluate information sources to use as evidence in their presentations.//
 * //Have students construct a timeline or map that illustrates the cause and effect of incidents in an event.//
 * //Ask// //students to create a digital presentation incorporating images located by searching the Web.//

If you want your students to understand "the literature" in a discipline....

 * Assign students a scholar/researcher in the field. Ask students to explore that person’s career and ideas by locating biographical information, preparing a bibliography of the scholar’s writings, analyzing the reaction of the scholarly community to the researcher’s work, and examining the scholarly network in which the scholar works.
 * Provide for students – or have them locate - a relevant article from the literature and use its bibliography to track down other relevant sources.

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EXAMPLES

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You should see several similar attributes in these research assignments. Do you?


 * Are they authentic in focus (do they have a REAL WORLD application or are do they ask the student to rephrase and regurgitate information?
 * Does the assignment ask learners to DO the research to support or form a new idea?
 * Will the assignment cause intrigue for the learner?
 * Will the learner have a degree of discomfort as they delve into the assignment?

TURN AND TALK

LEARN IT!

http://www.tumblr.com @http://www.glogster.com

1. Sign up (email, password, URL) 2. Customize --title/description --save Changes 3. Choose theme (account, preferences, customize) 4. Modify Colors

DASHBOARD --Add Content --Put in links --Create post

To see blog: From dashboard, click on far right-hand side.

Tumblr tutorial Glogster tutorial

DO IT!

1. Create a [|Tumblr] account (or Glogster) and create a public "Tumblelog" or Glogster with an appropriate URL.

2. Select "Customize" link and set up your "research project" look and feel (Info, Theme, and Appearance).

3. From the "dashboard", include: --Text (this will be the questions you want the students to explore and the structure of the research assignment). Be sure to include the detailed requirements of the research project; --Photo (appropriate to the project or subject); --Quote (appropriate to the project or subject); --3-5 websites links with a brief annotation; --Audio inclusion (no music necessary).

Your research assignment must be:  a. Authentic (it must have a <span style="background-color: #000080; color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%; text-decoration: blink;">REAL WORLD FOCUS (i.e., a report on George Washington's life is NOT authentic; a report on the impact of George Washington's life on his view of the presidency has an authentic nature). <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> b.. Use researched information to support or form a new idea. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> c. Be NON-regugitative!!!!!!

**BE CAREFUL!** When you're done, don't send me your Tumblr "editing page (it has a page name like this: []). INSTEAD, send me your BLOG address (it has a page name like this: []).

4. Create a Shelfari account and populate it with at least five books that kids might use in their project. Make SURE you embed the Shelfari in the Tumblr (I don't want a URL link) and link it in the Glogster.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Once you have created the Tumblr or Glogster research project, you need to include (on your wiki), an embedded [|Shelfari] with at least five books that would serve as good references for your students to use in doing their research project.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">A few things I learned from doing one ( <span style="border-collapse: separate; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">[]) (this is my example, although it is not complete--no audio inclusion and no annotations on my made-up websites).

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