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How Teens Do Research in the Digital World | Pew Research Center's Internet & American ... - 2 views

  • Some 77% of advanced placement (AP) and National Writing Project (NWP) teachers surveyed say that the internet and digital search tools have had a “mostly positive” impact on their students’ research work.
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    Interesting study about students and research.
Renee Liepold

CITE Journal - Search - 3 views

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    Contemporary issues in technology and teacher education journal. This looks like a great resource for our work with research.
Susan Inman

Why K-12 schools are failing by not teaching SEARCH | The Thinking Stick - 3 views

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    Interesting article about teaching students how to search on the web...with k-12 lesson plans for teaching search techniques
Rebecca Redlon

Can Google Help Students Master the Art of Online Search? | EdTech Magazine - 2 views

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    I haven't checked out any of the google tools, but the description sounds interesting
Rebecca Redlon

http://advocacy.collegeboard.org/sites/default/files/2010-cb-advocacy-teachers-are-cent... - 1 views

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    A report (produced by the College Board, NWP, and PDK International) that focuses on the teacher's role in "writing, learning and leading in the digital age"
thebda

Building Good Search Skills: What Students Need to Know | MindShift - 1 views

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    Wow, this will be SO helpful for me in my inquiry project. Thanks, Tim!
seth_mitchell

Teaching Technology to Teachers: I Used to Think... but Now I Think... - EdTech Researc... - 4 views

  • workshops should begin and end by having people think and write about their learning goals. Workshops and series should be named after learning goals rather than tools.
  • involves introducing tools not by the unconscionably boring "click-along-with-the-presenter" method, but by giving participants a logical series of steps to perform and having them figure out how to do them through play, exploration, peer and facilitator support.
  • professional development plans ultimately need to build towards creating environments where teachers are coaching, guiding, supporting and inspiring one another.
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  • Outside consultants and technology coaches can provide a boost, but really sustained change happens when teachers are teaching each other.
  • It's not about technology, it about learning. It's not about tools, it's about goals. It's not about new gizmos, it's about enduring pedagogy.
seth_mitchell

Common Core State Standards Initiative | English Language Arts Standards | Anchor Stand... - 3 views

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      These three standards hit all four of our tech PD focus areas: reflection, collaboration, publication, and revision.
  • 5. Develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach.
  • 6. Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing and to interact and collaborate with others.
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  • 10. Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of tasks, purposes, and audiences.
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