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Faith Ward

Project Information Literacy Research Report: "Learning the Ropes" | - 0 views

projectinfolit.org/...3_FreshmenStudy_FullReport.pdf

research web searching education 21stcenturyskills

shared by Faith Ward on 17 Jan 14 - No Cached
  • Faith Ward on 17 Jan 14
     
    How Freshmen Conduct Course Research Once They Enter College - take a look at the executive summary about how prepared these students were to do research at the higher ed level. This is extremely timely given our work this year!
Faith Ward

The Future of Library Services for and with Teens: A Call to Action - 0 views

www.ala.org/...YALSA_nationalforum_final.pdf

shared by Faith Ward on 30 Jan 14 - No Cached
  • Faith Ward on 30 Jan 14
     
    Great, new report from YALSA on serving teens in the Library. This could be used as a guide from anything missing in our survey with students.
Renee Hawkins

Education Week: Teaching Students Better Online Research Skills - 3 views

www.edweek.org/...32el-studentresearch.h32.html

education teaching students online research skills

shared by Renee Hawkins on 28 Jul 13 - No Cached
  • "Saturn-car"
    • Renee Hawkins
      Renee Hawkins on 28 Jul 13
       
      Actually - what worked is Saturn -car. You don't need quotes but you do need to place a space after the word Saturn and before the "-".
  • Finding the right search engine or database is also an important step in conducting online research,
  • Google Scholar
  • ...20 more annotations...
  • Google Books
  • type in a key word and the word "kid" after it. Doing so pulls up results for younger students.
  • checking whether its URL ends in a .com, .org, .gov, or .edu.
  • a lesson called "Whodunit," which takes students to various sites and has them answer questions about who wrote the information, what their credentials are, and who is sponsoring the site.
  • a checklist to help students decide whether sites are credible. It includes questions such as: Are there dead links? Do images support the stated facts? Are there links and references to other websites, and resources and experts that corroborate the information?
  • language comes on too strong and the attempt is to persuade readers how to think
  • teaching a media-literacy unit
  • "If you don't take time to do it, the kids aren't going to be giving you their best work,"
  • integrated searching into her classroom by creating a classroom job of "searcher." That student's responsibility was to search the Internet for answers to questions that would come up during the day's class. Ms. Shaw used that approach as an opportunity to talk about strategies for good online research.
    • Renee Hawkins
      Renee Hawkins on 28 Jul 13
       
      A great idea! Indirect instruction plus careful modeling in class. Then outsource discussion questions as a homework assignment to the class "searcher." Eventually students will teach one another the skills.
  • Teachers should give credit to the process of searching, not just for the final product, she added. Students can turn in search logs or annotated bibliographies to emphasize that process.
  • it's vital to reinforce those skills repeatedly in working with students.
  • Every context is different.
  • predict the results they expect to see when they type in search terms,
  • November 2012, the Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project released a study that surveyed 2,067 Advanced Placement and National Writing Project teachers.
  • You need precise words
  • while most teachers agreed that the Internet provides a wealth of information to students, they also said students often don't have the digital-literacy skills to wade through that information.
  • skim search results for words that pop up, especially unfamiliar words.
  • For instance, if a student wanted to find information on immigrants who send money back to their home countries, the term "remittances"
  • quotation marks around their search terms to get results that include the exact wording
  • minus sign eliminates something from a search.
Siobhan O'Boyle

IFTF: Future Work Skills 2020 - 3 views

www.iftf.org/...future-work-skills-2020

shared by Siobhan O'Boyle on 27 Aug 13 - No Cached
  • Siobhan O'Boyle on 27 Aug 13
     
    This helped me think a little more about the big picture and what could be beyond college for our students. Summary: Global connectivity, smart machines, and new media are just some of the drivers reshaping how we think about work, what constitutes work, and the skills we will need to be productive contributors in the future. This report analyzes key drivers that will reshape the landscape of work and identifies key work skills needed in the next 10 years.
Faith Ward

NYC edtech startup Citelighter relocating to Baltimore [VIDEO] - 0 views

technical.ly/...ighter-relocates-baltimore-nyc

research citation report writing

shared by Faith Ward on 22 Nov 13 - No Cached
  • Faith Ward on 22 Nov 13
     
    The startup cites the city's strength as an edtech hub as its main reason for making the move. Citelighter is free and I am demoing an educator account.
Renee Hawkins

Stubborn Skills Gap in America's Work Force - NYTimes.com - 0 views

www.nytimes.com/...ap-in-americas-work-force.html

skills gap workforce information technology problem-solving

shared by Renee Hawkins on 09 Oct 13 - No Cached
  • The report is based on assessments of literacy, math skills and problem-solving using information technology
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