Research toolkit 2013

Find the best tools for the job.

Infotopia-A Safe Google Alternative Search Engine for Students

20 Tips On How To Work With Students Who Have a Hard Time Collaborating Cited From: http://www.opencolleges.edu.au/informed/features/20-tips-on-how-to-work-with-students-who-have-a-hard-time-collaborating/#ixzz2hxBvFpox

Amazing site for researching artists, artworks, galleries etc..

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

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.