Presentation for the Washington Library Media Conference October 2010 covers strategies on research skills, literature connections, Internet search strategies, and critical thinking to be used by teacher / librarians.

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Information Skills Strategies and
Critical Thinking
using Technology
presented by
Jan Copeland
Sean Fullerton
WLMA 2010
Presentation and Handout available on WLMA conference site and
slideshare.net
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Thick or Thin Questions ?
Thin when it can be
Pull
A question is
answered with 1-2 words.
A question isThick when it cannot be
Pull
answered with 1-2 words.
These take long explanations with several
sentences and often more questions!
Prepares students to think about their
questions. Thick questions leads to forming
essential questions or thinking in terms of
their main ideas. Thin questions help them
find supporting details or evidence.
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Keywords
Practice activities:
...in questions, produces better search strategies
...in text features, expedites finding relevant information
...in text so that they find "gold nuggets" of information
...in their notes so that they can synthesis the
information, not just restate it.
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Keywords
Underline the keywords in each question below. Check your answers with
the "circle checker"
1. What is the population of Canada?
2. What causes a volcano to erupt?
3. What is a giraffes favorite food?
4. How do Mexicans celebrate Christmas?
5. What is the capital of Washington State?
6. How many baseball series have been won by the Yankees?
7. How could man survive on planet Mars?
8. Why does California have earthquakes?
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Keywords
Sometimes we must think of more keywords that would be relevant to our
question. For example: How many live volcanoes are in the world?
We may also want to look for "active" volcanoes!
Create a list of keywords that would be relevant to each question
based on your background knowledge.
What are the enemies of sea turtles?
What does a moose look like?
What is the life cycle of a wolf?
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Keywords
Sometimes, we must also think of keywords that are not relevant to
our question. Can you think of some of these questions?
What is the culture of the people who live in China?
Good Keywords Irrelevant keywords*
*These irrelevant keywords can be used with
Googles Advanced Search tools.
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Biography: Note taking
Your categories & keyword questions may
look like these!??
Childhood Character Traits Sources of Inspiration Accomplishments
Born: Challenges?
where? Humorous events? Book Titles?
when? Possible traits?
Childhood
-patient Awards?
Family: experiences?
-humorous
Parents?
Brother? -perseverant Interests ?
Sisters? -thoughtful Careers?
-kind
Education? -courageous
-athletic
-talented
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Biography: Note taking Practice!
Excerpt from Knucklehead by Jon Scieszka Chapter 1, page 11
"I grew up in Flint, Michigan, with five brothers- Jim, tom,
Gregg, Brain, and What's-His-Name. The youngest one, Oh
yea---Jeff.
I'm the second oldest. And the nicest. And the smartest. And
the best looking. And the most humble.
My dad, Louis Scieszka, was an elementary-school principal. We
didn't go to his school, which was probably good, because being sent
to the principal's office would have been weird. But my dad used a lot
of his principal skills to run a house with six boys. We had the home
version of meetings and rules and schedules."
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Biography: Note taking ...on author Jon Scieszka using a
4-square graphic organizer.
Do your notes look similar to these? Did you
use only a few keywords for each idea?
Facts CharacterTraits
*Born Flint Michigan * good sense of humor
*5 brothers,no sisters *respectful
*2nd oldest *good listener
*Dad school principal
*Mom nurse
Jon
Scieszka Accomplishments
Sources of Inspiration
* teacher
* family of jokers
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http://www.henry.k12.ga.us/pges/xmas_around.htm
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More Strategies and
Locations!
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Relevancy --Authority-- Bias
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Search Tips:
· Phrase searching using quotation marks
· Boolean Operators
· Site Operator
Examples:
human body site:edu
"U.S. population" site:gov
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Using Online Sources & Scaffolding
School or District Servers
Folders: Out box -- Workspace -- Inbox
Google Docs Applications
Student Share Documents
Quiz in Form / Spreadsheet
Scaffolding in Templates
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http://www.nhusd.k12.ca.us/ALVE/NativeAmerhome.html/nativeamhome.html
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Google Docs
Enables you to Create...
Students can create and share with you
for approval before printing!
Quiz form / Speadsheet
Scaffold note taking exercise
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Quiz appears in Spreadsheet format
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Sean ?
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Name: Mrs. Copeland Topic: Sea Turtles
Source:_________________
Question (main idea)
Keywords Details
What do sea Description
turtles look like?
size
weight, inches
color
features
shell
head
tail
legs
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Research Products
* Cause students to synthesis the information.
* Make suggestions for teachers.
Possibilities include:
Pop-up books
Powerpoint presentations
Fact or Fiction Books
ppt
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Evaluations
Rubrics
Webquest
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Research Process Rubric
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Presentation available at WLMA conference website
and
slideshare.net account copelandnelson
THANK YOU!
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