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Wednesday, December 8, 2010
Inquiry Based Learning
Do you have a great strategy to share about how to help students with the "search" process? If so, share that strategy with all of us by posting to this blog.
I feel like such a cheater when I'm searching. I use wikipedia to find basic information about a topic, then use the linked resources at the bottom of the page for more information.
I also use the dictionary and thesaurus on my mac to give me other terms to search for basic topics.
Congrats, Samantha. You win the prize for posting the first comment on "Searching". Your search strategy is a good one...using a tool (wikipedia) to "nudge" you to other sources.
Students need to understand the difference between social bookmarking sites and bookmarking on their computers using "Favorites" or "Bookmarks" depending on which browser they use. I teach them to use "Delicious" and when they are researching they can then tag articles they might have already looked up or encountered previously as a starting point for their present search. Adults certainly need to use such tools as well!
To encourage the use of credible and reliable sources such as the Gale Database, I ordered the "One Search" tool to use within Destiny. While we only recently worked out all the kinks to gain access, the teachers I have spoken with have been grateful to direct their students to Destiny and in this way familiarize our students with the materials found in an educational database.
I teach the students about authority of websites using faux ones, in particular, The Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus. I am always sure to point out that the children were not fooled but their younger siblings might certainly be. This has worked in both high school and elementary.
I teach the students about authority of websites using faux ones, in particular, The Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus. I am always sure to point out that the children were not fooled but their younger siblings might certainly be. This has worked in both high school and elementary.
I teach the students about authority of websites using faux ones, in particular, The Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus. I am always sure to point out that the children were not fooled but their younger siblings might certainly be. This has worked in both high school and elementary. Daniela
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I feel like such a cheater when I'm searching. I use wikipedia to find basic information about a topic, then use the linked resources at the bottom of the page for more information.
I also use the dictionary and thesaurus on my mac to give me other terms to search for basic topics.
Congrats, Samantha. You win the prize for posting the first comment on "Searching". Your search strategy is a good one...using a tool (wikipedia) to "nudge" you to other sources.
Students need to understand the difference between social bookmarking sites and bookmarking on their computers using "Favorites" or "Bookmarks" depending on which browser they use. I teach them to use "Delicious" and when they are researching they can then tag articles they might have already looked up or encountered previously as a starting point for their present search. Adults certainly need to use such tools as well!
Thanks, Sharon, for another good search strategy. Your prize is on it's way to you for posting the second comment.
To encourage the use of credible and reliable sources such as the Gale Database, I ordered the "One Search" tool to use within Destiny. While we only recently worked out all the kinks to gain access, the teachers I have spoken with have been grateful to direct their students to Destiny and in this way familiarize our students with the materials found in an educational database.
I teach the students about authority of websites using faux ones, in particular, The Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus. I am always sure to point out that the children were not fooled but their younger siblings might certainly be. This has worked in both high school and elementary.
I teach the students about authority of websites using faux ones, in particular, The Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus. I am always sure to point out that the children were not fooled but their younger siblings might certainly be. This has worked in both high school and elementary.
I teach the students about authority of websites using faux ones, in particular, The Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus. I am always sure to point out that the children were not fooled but their younger siblings might certainly be. This has worked in both high school and elementary.
Daniela
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