Presentation at Dist. 204 Institute 2/25/11

1. Students as 21st Century Users of Information IPSD 204 Institute Day February 25, 2011 Presented by Laurie May laurie_may@ipsd.org

4. Charlotte danielsonProfessional framework The Classroom Environment Planning and Preparation Domain 1: Planning and Preparation Component 1d: Demonstrating Knowledge of Resources Resources for teaching Resources for students Professional Responsibility Instruction

5. Three keys to a great search Ask the right questions Look in the right places Look critically your findings

7. Excerpt from Dialog Search Manual

8. = 20 quality results

9. = 1,620,000 “quality” results

11. Common craft – search strategies

13. don’t have a strategy for dealing with poor results;

14. can’t articulate how they know content is credible;

15. don’t check the author or date of an article. (Finding Dulcinea, 2010)

16. what can we do? Teach students that searching starts before they sit down at the computer. Provide students with an arsenal of reliable information sources. Teach students to become critical users of information. Model these practices on a regular basis.

17. Formulating the Question What’s up with that volcano in Italy? Natural Language Visuvius? Vusuvios Vesuevius? Boolean Logic Pre-searching

18. Where do I start? Ask, “What do I hope to find?”

19. Before you start: Develop background knowledge Formulate keyword list Start your search with 2 or 3 relevant words.

20. Activity Time Do a Google search using the search terms on your worksheet. Write down the number of hits that you get with each volcano *…………………………………111,000,000 volcano …………………………………..32,800,000 volcano italy……………………………..….4,450,000 vesuvius ……………………………………2,730,000 volcano italyvesuvius ………………….………304,000 volcano italyvesuviusnaples……………………169,000

21. Basic strategies: No CAPITALS No articles(the, a, an) Use wildcards (Usually * or ?). Use quotation marks to search phrases. Be systematic. Start with 2 or 3 words, then add one at a time to narrow your topic.

22. Great! Now I only have 150,000 sites to look at!

23. Are you looking in the right place?

25. Bing

26. Yahoo

27. Ask

28. Meta search engines

29. Excite

31. Ask Kids

32. Kids Click

35. For young or inexperienced users, a search engine may not be the way to go. Pre-selected sites (Teacher marked favorites/bookmarks) Database such as Nettrekker (District 204 subscribes to this site) Let’s try our search on Nettrekker…

38. Evaluating resources Can you trust the information you find on the Internet? …Maybe Least Reliable Most Reliable

39. Clues to reliability Sponsoring organization Author…Is he or she qualified to write about the topic? Date updated? Why was the site created? (Is it biased in some way?) Who is profiting from this website?

40. What about wikipedia? Wikipedia Beneath the Surface Wikipedia is an amazing collaborative work, and it has its uses. However, there are many more reliable sources.

42. Google has built in filters.

43. First search on pre-screened sites.

44. Databases provide focused, safe sources of information.

45. Use search engines designed for kids.Disclaimer: Nothing is foolproof or smart-kid proof!

47. This presentation was made possible by information gleaned from the following sources: http://charlottedanielson.com/theframeteach.htm http://www.slideshare.net/sweetsearch/teaching-the-ten-steps-to-better-web-research http://issuu.com/richardbyrne/docs/beyond-google-/1 http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/tutorials/wikipedia/ Valenza, Joyce Kasman. Super Searchers Go To School. Medford, NJ: Information Today, Inc., 2005 For more links as well as a copy of this presentation, go to my blog at http://21stcenturysearching.blogspot.com