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Teaching the research process - for discovery and personal growth - 65th IFLA Council a... - 18 views

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  • students who do not have a clear understanding of their topic (a topic focus) cannot select pertinent information.
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      Sandy Novak on 15 Apr 10
       
      Teaching students to determine importance is crucial.
Sandy Novak

Questioning Toolkit - 19 views

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  • This Questioning Toolkit should be printed in large type on posters which reside on classroom walls close by networked, information-rich computers.
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      Sandy Novak on 03 Apr 10
       
      I like this idea. It would remind teachers to think more closely about the questions they are using.
  • These are questions which combine to help us build answers to our Essential Questions.
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      Sandy Novak on 03 Apr 10
       
      I've nver heard of Subsidiary Questions before, but this makes good sense. These questions help students put some ideas together.
  • They have one member type the list into the outlining part of Inspiration.
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      Sandy Novak on 03 Apr 10
       
      Inspiration is a great tool for this, if there enough computers to access. If no computers are available, notecards could be used and then arranged and rearranged.
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Big Ideas - Exploring the Essential Questions of Education - 5 views

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  • requires students to consider alternatives, weigh evidence, support their ideas, and justify their answers;
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      Sandy Novak on 03 Apr 10
       
      I think it's hard for students to consider alternatives because they are used to thinking in black/white terms. That's why essential questions are great!
  • But those questions are not “essential” in the sense of signaling genuine, important and necessarily-ongoing inquiries.
    • Sandy Novak
      Sandy Novak on 03 Apr 10
       
      These questions do not require students to think critically.
  • but we soon learn that answers to them are invariably provisional. In other words, we are liable to change our minds in response to reflection and experience concerning such questions as we go through life, and that such changes of mind are not only expected but beneficial.
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      Sandy Novak on 03 Apr 10
       
      Many students feel it's weak to change their mind after they have stated one opinion. Teachers need to model and encourage students to have an open mind and consider all available information.
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MySpace: Your Kids' Danger? - CBS Evening News - CBS News - 0 views

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social networking myspace

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  • The Center for Missing and Exploited Children reported more than 2,600 incidents last year of adults using the Internet to entice children.
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      Sandy Novak on 03 Apr 10
       
      Don't people have to be invited to be friends on MySpace?
  • "Please don't allow your children to go onto MySpace," she says. "It's a very unsafe environment for them to be in.
    • Sandy Novak
      Sandy Novak on 03 Apr 10
       
      Instead of banning teens from social networking sites, parents and teachers need to teach them responsible use of these sites.
  • Sandy Novak on 03 Apr 10
     
    This article can show how social networking sites can be unsafe for teens.
  • Sandy Novak on 03 Apr 10
     
    This might be an article to share with students to demonstrate the importance of keeping personal information away from public viewing.
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