Transcript Utilizing the World Wide Web for Research

Utilizing the
World Wide Web
for Research
Linda Mills
Library Media Specialist
Greensburg Elementary
[email protected]
http://www.greensburg.k12.in.us/ges/Library/
index.htm
Why Research?
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Productive member of society
Life long learners
Develop a deep understanding of a
subject
Create and share knowledge
Speak to an audience
Present a well reasoned point of
view
Indiana Language Arts Standards
Language Art Standards
(2006)
5.5.3 (moved and changed-Under Research
Applications) Write or deliver a research report
that has been developed using a systematic
research process (define the topic, gathers
information, determines credibility, reports
findings) and that:
--Uses information from a variety of sources
(book, technology, multimedia) and documents
sources (title and author).
--Demonstrates that information that has
been gathered has been summarized.
--Organizes information by categorizing and
sequencing.
Examples: Holocaust, Solar System, Lewis and
Clark, American Revolution
Second Grade Language
Arts
2.5.8 (added) Write or deliver a research report that
has been developed using a systematic research
process (define the topic, gathers information,
determines credibility, reports findings) and that:
--Uses a variety of resources (books,
technology, pictures, charts, table of contents,
diagrams) and documents sources (titles and
authors)
--Organizes information by categorizing it into
single categories (such as size or color) or
includes information gained through observation.
Examples: Penguins, Snakes, Spiders, Landforms,
Biographies, Landmarks
Language Arts Standards
LA 3.5.8 (added) Write or deliver a research report
that has been developed using a systematic
research process (define the topic, gathers
information, determines credibility, reports
findings) and that:
--Uses a variety of sources (books,
technology, pictures, charts, table of contents,
diagrams) and documents sources (titles and
authors)
--Organizes information into more than one
category (such as living and nonliving, hot and
cold) or includes information gained through
observation.
Examples: Habitats
Fourth Grade Language Arts
4.5.3 (moved and changed--Under Research
Applications) Write or deliver a research report
that has been developed using a systematic
research process (define the topic, gathers
information, determines credibility, reports
findings) and that:
--Uses a variety of resources (books,
technology, multimedia) and documents sources
(titles and authors)
--Demonstrates that information that has
been gathered has been summarized.
--Organizes information by categorizing it into
multiple categories (such as size or color) or
includes information gained through observation.
Example: Scientists
Digital Information Fluency
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Ability to find, evaluate and use digital
information efficiently, effectively, and
ethically
DIF is knowing how digital information is
different than print information
Having the skills to use specialized tools
Developing the dispositions needed in
digital environment
Examples of student
research
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Penguins
Continents
Animals/Biomes
Scientists
Space
Lewis and Clark
Holocaust
ABC books
Research Models
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The Big6
Pathways to Knowledge
Research Cycle
Kids Connect Toolbox
Information Search Process
Savvy Seven
8W’s of Information Inquiry
Stripling Pitts Research Process
Big6 (http://big6.com)
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Information fluency tips
Copyright information
Locating resources
Evaluating resources
Search challenges modules
http://21cif.imsa.edu
Use of Information
Engage (e.g., read, hear, view, touch)
Extract relevant information
Synthesis
Organize from multiple sources
Present the information
Evaluation
Judge the product (effectiveness)
Judge the process (efficiency)
Pathways to Knowledge
http://www.sparkfactor.com/clients/follett/home.html
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Appreciation and Enjoyment
Examine the world.
Presearch
Develop an overview; explore relationships
Search
Identify information providers; select information
resources; seek relevant information
Interpretation
Interpret information
Communication
Apply information; share new knowledge
Evaluation
Evaluate process and product
Research Cycle by Jamie
Mckenzie http://questioning.org
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Questioning
Planning
Gathering
Sporting and sifting
Synthesizing
Evaluating
Reporting
Information Search Process
http://www.asis.org/Bulletin/Feb-99/kuhlthau.html
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Initiation
Selection
Exploration
Formulation
Collection
Presentation
Savvy Seven
http://www.davidvl.org/savvy7.html
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What is the Question?
What Resources Should I Use?
How Do I Find the Information?
How Do I Gather the Information?
Which Information Do I Use?
How Do I Share What I Learned?.
How Do I Evaluate My Work?
Pitts/Stripling
http://witloof.sjsu.edu/courses/250.loertscher/modelstrip.html
Step 1:Choose a broad topic.
Step 2:Get an overview of the topic.
Step 3:Narrow the topic.
Step 4:Develop a thesis or statement of purpose.
Step 5:Formulate questions to guide research.
Step 6:Plan for research and production.
Step 7:Find / Analyze / Evaluate sources.
Step 8:Evaluate evidence / Take notes / Compile bibliography.
Step 9:Establish conclusions / Organize information into an
outline.
Step 10:Create and present final product.
8 W’s by Annette Lamb
http://eduscapes.com/tap/topic71.htm
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What is the Question?
What Resources Should I Use?
How Do I Find the Information?
How Do I Gather the Information?
Which Information Do I Use?
How Do I Share What I Learned?.
How Do I Evaluate My Work?
Using Books
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Books used first as a basic of
knowledge
Maybe a picture book
Maybe a non fiction book
Maybe a group of books
Background knowledge needed for
elementary students
Where to find books?
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Library Media Specialist
Lists of great books
Magazines
Bookstore browsing
Talking to others
Conferences
Don’t make young students search
(especially in the beginning)
Doesn’t come naturally even if they
are Digital Natives and not Digital
Immigrants
http://www.marcprensky.com/writing/Prensky%20%20Digital%20Natives,%20Digital%20Immigrants%20%20Part1.pdf
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Need to be taught how to search
Need to be taught how to evaluate
Need to know what to search for
What? No Google? Instead
use……
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Pathfinders
Webquests
Noodletools
Online encyclopedias
Directories or Kid Search Engines
Reference sites
Specific subject areas
Teacher sites
Maps and Cams
What is a Pathfinder?
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Around since the ‘70s to help library users
navigate resources
Establishes a plan of action
Now Web-based and even more
necessary!
Sharable 24/7
Scalable—makes teachers’ and librarians’
advice vastly available
Models selection, evaluation, strategies,
and balance!
Why Pathfinder for Students?
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So they won’t miss the really good stuff!
Promote a wide and balanced range of
relevant resources
Multiple formats/Displays range of
information choices
Can students discern quality?
Move students from reliance on free Web
or their favorite search engine
Pathfinders also…….
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Inspire thoughtful, comprehensive
research
Have annotations
Select only the best
Have broad spectrum of resources
Have been evaluated by someone
Are entry point to the oral defense
Pathfinders
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Help navigate through a wealth of search
choices and resources by developing a
path for a student to follow
Examples and template for a pathfinder
http://mciu.org/~spjvweb/pathmenu.html
My webpage – Go to Presentations
http://www.greensburg.k12.in.us/ges/Libra
ry/index.htm
Pathfinders to try
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Internet Public Library Pathfinders http://www.ipl.org/div/pf/
Great sites to try for lots of links.
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Morton Grove Public Library Webrary http://www.webrary.org/rs/bibmenu.html
 Site defines the difference between a bibliography and pathfinder and
provides links to both.
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Potamus Place Pathfinders http://www.potamusplace.net/pathfinder.shtml
 From the Cleveland Heights-University Heights Library system. Includes
several well-organized pathfinders for school projects.
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Travilah Web Walkabout
http://ntweb.mcps.k12.md.us/schools/travilahes/walkabout.html
 Educational Resources which include pathfinders. Excellent site!
Joyce Valenza's Online Lessons and Activities http://mciu.org/~spjvweb/jvles.html
– You'll find high quality examples of high school pathfinders, as well as
a pathfinder template at this site. Take time to visit all of Ms. Valenza's
site. She provides exceptional resources for the LMS.
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Lakewood Public Library http://www.lkwdpl.org/schools/schlpath.htm
– Class Assignment Pathfinders (Lakewood, Ohio) for elementary,
middle and high school.
Pathfinders to try…….
Infozone Pathfinders
http://www.imcpl.org/kids/guides/index.html
– The Indianapolis Marion County Public Library provides an
extensive list of well-organized, well-designed pathfinders
for kids. Pathfinders are indexed by subject, as well as
alphabetically. Cross references to related pathfinders are
included. Book cover images add a great visual connection
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Walter Johnson High School Research Pathfinders
http://www3.mcps.k12.md.us/schools/wjhs/mediactr/resproj2.html
 A treasure trove of pathfinders for high school students.
Eduscapes
http://42explore.com/
Why start with a search engine, when you can find a pathfinder to fit your
needs at 42eXplore? When learning something new, it's nice to have more
than one resource to explore. This web project provides "four to eXplore"
for each topic. On each page you'll find definitions, activities, the 4 good
starting points, and many more links and resources for the thematic topic.
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Pathfinders to try…….
Wenatchee School District Pathfinders
The Library Media Web pages at these schools have information pathfinders
to support state and local curriculum standards:
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John Newbery Elementary School
http://nb.wsd.wednet.edu/lmc/pathfinders/pathfinder.htm
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Pathfinder Template
http://home.wsd.wednet.edu/pathfinders/template_pathfinder.htm
 Basic template used by library media specialists in Wenatchee
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Pathfinders, Subject Guides and Thematic Resources
http://42explore.com/
 An extensive resource about pathfinders and more, developed by
Annette Lamb and Larry Johnson. As always, these folks provide
a thorough, well-organized resource. It's a pathfinder developer's
dream
Webquests
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Inquiry oriented activity
Information is drawn from web
Focus on using information and
synthesizing it, NOT searching for it
http://webquest.sdsu.edu/
Noodletools
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Helps develop research skills
Bibliography maker
Helps develop search strategies
Articles about research
Location www.noodletools.com
Pay vs. Non-Pay Sites
Pay sites
 Online encyclopedias
 United Streaming
 Other data bases
Non cost Sites (Invisible
sites)
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INSPIRE--free to ALL people in
Indiana
Databases of magazines resources
http://inspire.net
Online Encyclopedias
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Encyclopedia(s)
Atlas
Dictionary
Search features
Videos--Animations--Magazines
Wikipedia
Good or bad?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
Try one
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Groliers
ID: greensburg
World Books
ID:greensburg
password:home
password: home
http://www.greensburg.k12.in.us/ges/Li
brary/encyclopedia.htm
United Streaming
http://www.unitedstreaming.com
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Great way to get full length videos
Great way to get snippets of videos
Lots of images
Can use on computer for whole class
Students can use individually
Premise
“If people believe that they have
searched the entire Internet
when they run a search on a
search engine, they are sadly
mistaken—they are only seeing
a subset of what is available.”
Vint Cerf, Financial Times, 12/5/01
Need to teach students to:
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Evaluate sites
How to be safe on the Internet
How to choose keywords
How to not plagiarize
Evaluating Websites
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Author’s expertise
Publisher reliable
Links from author’s page
Reliable pages link to this page
Information from traditional sources
Updated or published
Information accurate
Bias in perspective
Evidence in support
Kathy Schrock
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Sponsored by Discovery School
Rich in grade level appropriate materials
Searching terminology
Evaluation skills
http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/
http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/
evalelem.html
Quick
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Quality Information Checklist
United Kingdom
8 step evaluation guide and online
quiz
http://www.quick.org.uk
Cyberbee
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Rich site with a variety of materials
Evaluation guide
Research tools
Web projects
www.cyberbee.com/guides.html
Cypersmart
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Useful site for teaching children how to
use the Internet effectively and safely.
Learn to evaluate and cite the web sites
Developed by McMillian/McGraw Hill
Designed for K-8
Includes lesson plans, teacher support
materials and ISTE NETS alignment
http://www.cybersmartcurriculum.org/hom
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Great Sites Selection Criteria
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American Library Association
Selection criteria for Great Sites
Four evaluation points:
authorship/sponsorship; purpose;
design/stability; and content.
http://www.ala.org/parentspage/great
sites/criteria.html
Illinois Mathematics and
Science Academy
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Information fluency tips
Copyright information
Locating resources
Evaluating resources
Search challenges modules
http://21cif.imsa.edu
Various sites to use
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Directories/Kid Search Engines
Reference sites
General sites
Specific subject area sites
Image sites
Links
My webpage:
http://www.greensburg.k12.in.us/ges/Libra
ry/index.htm
Find these under Presentations and then
Utilizing the Worldwide Web for Research
Locating Resources
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Don’t waste time searching for things
Search familiar print sources online
Use unique terms
Use +, - and “” operators to narrow search
Search best sites in depth
Refine your search strategy
Use synonyms
Focus on format
Search the invisible web
What is the Invisible Web?
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‘Stuff’ that search engine crawlers cannot or will
not add to their databases.
Two to 50 times larger than the visible Web
Invisible Web resources often much higher
quality than the visible Web
Great article by Chris Sherman entitled “The
Invisible Web: Uncovering Sources Search
Engines Can’t See” in Library Trends
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1387/is_2_52/ai_112542832
Websites Explained
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Deep Web refers to everything else.
Surface Web refers to Internet resources indexed
by general search engines.
Invisible Web refers to Internet resources
accessible only by specialized search tools.
Opaque Web refers to Internet resources that are
unlinked.
Dark Web refers to Internet resources that are off
limits except to the privileged few.
New vocabulary
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What is Web 2.0?
Blogs, podcast, wikis, webinar,video
broadcasting, music files, photo
sharing
Integrating digital content into
projects
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Respect copyright laws
Use the browser’s find feature
Use bookmarks/favorites to organize
documents
Create an annotated URL list
Cite Internet documents correctly
Incorporate text from the web in
reports and presentations
Incorporate images
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Teach research model to be effective
Use pathfinders
Evaluate information
Teach students to be good
consumers
Explore sites in depth
Use site map
Important information may be just a
click away
Becoming Researchers
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Prepare yourself for change
Teach students directly
Teach the teachers
Propose a research model for your
school
Gain administrative support
Last but not least……
Have fun!!!!