"The Kentucky Virtual Library presents: How to do research!
Step 1: Plan your project
Plan your project tutorial
Define your subject
Brainstorm
What do you already know?
Group similar ideas
Identify key words and phrases
Make a quest strategy
Gather your tools
Step 2: Search for information
Search for information tutorial
The Kentucky Virtual Library
The library catalog
Encyclopedia
Reference books: table of contents and index
Magazines and newspaper articles
Dictionary
Search the World Wide Web
What if you can't find anything?
Step 3: Take Notes
Take notes tutorial
The KWL method
Fact finder method
Data sheets
Clustering method (also called mapping or webbing)
Venn diagram method
Note cards
Prints and photocopies
Bibliography page
Step 4: Use the information
Use the information tutorial
Scan the page first
The five finger test
Is the information true or bogus?
Put it in your own words
Organize the information
Compare and contrast
Put the information in order
Add your own conclusions
Step 5: Report
Share what you've learned tutorial
Step 6: Evaluate
Ask yourself, "How did I do?"
Glossary
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Posted by xarxatic (Jordi Martí) on Aug. 25, 2011
"... la autoformación del docente (mediante el apoyo de una comunidad -que no se encuentra en cursos reglados-) está siendo la única capaz de crear y mejorar las capacidades docentes del profesorado (a nivel de nuevas tecnologías y mejora de praxis). Por tanto, ¿a qué esperamos para reformular esta formación "oficial" y reconvertirla en esa formación individualizada y guiada que tanto se necesita? O, ¿por qué si la realidad demuestra que la autoformación en comunidad es la que da un mejor resultado, no se intenta aprovechar por parte de la Administración ese camino?"
Translation of the quotation:
"... teachers self-training (with a community's support that isn't available in formal courses) is the only one that can create and improve the teaching capacities of the teachers (at the level of new tech tools and improvement of praxis). Therefore, what are we waiting for before we reshape that "official" training and convert it into this so needed personalized training? Or: why, given the evidence that self-training within a community gives the best result, does the Administration not take this path?"