Research toolkit 2013

This is a fabulous place to visit and an amazing array of information about Antarctica and the tragic history of Tasmanian indigenous people.

Another interesting option from Google. Create a quiz or survey for your class and send them the QR code to find it. It looks simple and has a video, created by high school students, to help explain how it works

Google forms are a great tool and can be used in many ways and are useful for creating quizzes or surveys. Richard Byrne has written a good post that explains how to set up a cut-off time or limit the number of responses to a google form. responses

Google forms are a great tool and can be used in many ways and are useful for creating quizzes or surveys. Richard Byrne has written a good post that explains how to set up a cut-off time or limit the number of responses to a google form. responses

It's worth a look

YouTube clip from Washington University Library

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Renewable energy, All the ABC Splash

Emaze might be a tool worth investigating if you are seeking to create interesting presentations

Great talk about learners and research from Joyce Valenza on TED

Use the Resources search on the right side for Browse and Advanced searching.

Great website to use with students for brainstorming. Create a topic wall and students simply add their electronic post notes to the wall-160 characters limit. Can also be used for things such as personal to do lists, invites etc...

Example of how i might look for information to assist in my work

This is where you'll find the course materials

Research skills course material.

A great teacher resource for virtual historical artefacts. I used the painting of Abel Tasman in the section "Finding the land down under" during a Year 4 unit on European exploration of Australia.

Links to a number of visual search engines

A selection of links to public resources on the topic of education research. Also includes a selection of subscription databases on the same topic.

There is a new digital divide on the horizon. It is not based around who has devices and who does not, but instead the new digital divide will be based around students who know how to effectively find and curate information and those who do not. Helene Blowers has come up with seven ideas about the new digital divide - four of them, the ones I felt related to searching, are listed below.