Transcript Research Presentation - Teacher-Technology

Effective
Research
Why is it important?
• Internet is becoming #1 source for
information
• Available information growing
exponentially
• Need to teach students how to
research effectively
• Need to be able to determine quality
information
Consider this…
Search Engine Results: 2,690,000 hits
If you could examine each site in 5 minutes, in order to
complete this research (without stopping for food or rest) it
would take you:
224,167 hours
-or9,343 days
-or1,334 weeks
-or25.6 years
Calculated by Fr. Don Highberger,
Regis University For Professional Studies,
Communications Program
Information Growth
• “Information stored on paper, film, optical, and magnetic
media totals about 5 EB of new information each year.”
• “New information communicated through electronic
information flows - telephone, radio, TV, and the Internet is
about 17.7 EB each year”
• “Volume of information on the public Web at 20 to 50 TB in
2002, ... In 2003 - 167 TB”
http://www2.sims.berkeley.edu/research/projects/how-much-info2003/execsum.htm
Search strategies
• Regis Modules
• I-Search Model
• The Big 6
Regis Modules
• Getting started
• Effective search strategies
• Finding books and other items
• Finding periodical articles
• Critically evaluating information
I-Search Model
(Ken Macrorie)
• Inquiry-based research process to actively
involve students
• 4 phases
– Immersion in a topic and generating questions
– Developing a search plan
– Gathering & integrating information
– Presenting knowledge
The Big 6
(Mike Eisenberg & Bob Berkowitz)
6 Steps
– Task Definition
– Information Seeking Strategies
– Location & Access
– Use of information
– Synthesis
– Evaluation
Not necessary to complete these steps in linear order.
Task / Topic
• What questions do you have?
• What do you know already?
• What do you need to find out?
• What type of information is needed?
Search Strategies
• Identify keywords & phrases
• Nouns & adjectives
• 4 – 6 words for search
• Use thesaurus
• Use View option in the browser
• Using advanced search
• Using + or –
Subject Directories
• Librarians’ Index: http://www.lii.org
• Infomine http://infomine.ucr.edu
• Academic Info http://www.academicinfo.us
• Yahoo Directory http://dir.yahoo.com/
• Google Directory http://directory.google.com
Locating and
Accessing the
Information
• Locate the sources
• Find the information within the sources
• Evaluate the accuracy of the information
Extensions
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.edu Educational organization (most US universities)
.k12 US school site (not all US schools use this)
.ac Academic institution (outside of US)
.sch School site (outside of the US)
.com Company (usually .co in the UK)
.org Any organization
.gov Government agency
.net Network
.mil Military institution
New extensions to look for are .biz, .name, .pro, .info. All
are used for commercial purposes.
Personal sites (~)
http://pubweb.northwestern.edu/~abutz/di/intro.html
– This site is a Holocaust Revisionist site that argues that the
Holocaust did not take place.
http://www.seas.upenn.edu/~udani/personals.html
– Contains links to free personal/singles pages.
Geocities http://pages.yahoo.com/
Regis On-line Library &
Databases
http://www.regis.edu/library.htm
Other Search Engines
• Google http://www.google.com
• Google Scholar http://scholar.google.com/
• Clusty http://www.clusty.com
• Ask http://ask.com
• Yahoo Search http://search.yahoo.com
• Search Prospector http://prospector.coalliance.org/
Still Not Sure?
• Internet Tutorials
http://www.internettutorials.net/started.html
• Cyward Internet Education: Search Engines
& Specialized Directories
http://www.cyward.com/speciali.htm
• Specialized Search Engines & Directories
http://webquest.sdsu.edu/searching/specialized.html
Who owns the site?
http://www.easywhois.com/
– http://www.martinlutherking.org
• Stormfront
– http://www.harrypotter.com
• Sony
– http://www.globalwarming.org
• National Consumer Coalition
History of a Site
http://www.archive.org/web/web.php
Using the Information
(note taking)
• Thinking tools
• Based on the
source, purpose
and user
• Citations
document
authority
• Note cards
• Cut-&-Paste
• Color coding
• 3 column notes
• Cornell notes
• Interactive
Notebook
APA Format
• Regis site
http://www.regis.edu/content/lib/pdf/lib.handouts.APAcitationstyle
.pdf
• The Purdue On-line Writing Lab (OWL)
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/
• Noodletools http://www.noodletools.com
• Son of Citation Machine http://citationmachine.net/
Putting it All Together
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Paper
Slide Show / Movies
Webpage
Graphics and charts
Evaluation
How do you feel about your project?
– Grammar, spelling, formatting
– Self edit
– Peer edit
– Rubric - Did project answer the task?
– Turnitin http://www.turnitin.com/static/index.html
Social Responsibility
• Did you respect intellectual property?
• Do you have a bibliography with diverse sources?
• Did you use in-text citations when paraphrasing?
• Did you collaborate effectively with others?
• Copyright Laws http://www.benedict.com/Info/Info.aspx
• Netiquette http://www.albion.com/netiquette/
References
Canning, A. B. (2006, October 16). An Introduction:Big6 Information Problem
Solving with Technology. In The Big6 Overview. Retrieved March 13, 2007,
from Big6 Associates Web site: http://www.big6.com/showarticle.php?id=107
Cohen, L. (2007, February 7). Checklist of Internet Research Tips. In Internet
Tutorials. Retrieved March 15, 2007, from University at Albany, SUNY Web
site: http://www.internettutorials.net/checklist.html
Cohen, L. (2007, March 9). Search Engines. In Internet Tutorials. Retrieved
March 15, 2007, from University at Albany, SUNY Web site:
http://www.internettutorials.net/engines.html
Eisenberg, M., & Berkowitz, B. (2007, March 12). The Big 6. Retrieved March 13,
2007, from Big6 Associates Web site: http://big6.com
Noodletools. (2004, July 7). (APA) How do I write an APA parenthetical (in-text)
reference? [Knowledge Base: Article 52]. Message posted to
http://www.noodletools.com/kb/index.php?article=52