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Kenneth Griswold

Where the Common Core Meets Common Sense | November Learning - 1 views

  • Research shows that students primarily use one search engine and then only look at the first page of results.
  • our students have weaker research skills as a result of not being taught the rigor and discipline of using Google and other search tools across the curriculum in all grade levels
  • Our general analysis is that our students don’t know that they don’t know.
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  • common sense and the Common Core.
  • Most states will have to rethink their approach to teaching critical analysis of all kinds of information, as the standards require that students be able to: Gather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources, assess the credibility and accuracy of each source, and integrate the information while avoiding plagiarism; Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research; and Interpret mathematical results in the context of a situation and reflect on whether the results make sense, possibly improving the model if it has not served its purpose.
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    This article from Alan November discusses "web literacy" and the kinds of skills essential for digitally literate students and where these skills are found in the Common Core State Standards.   He makes a compelling argument for teaching these skills to students and provides some ideas about how it may be accomplished.
Kenneth Griswold

Life by the Numbers | It's Okay to be Smart | PBS Digital Studios - YouTube - 1 views

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    This short video would be excellent for prompting discussion or student research for 6-8 grade science students.  Be sure to check out the other great short videos from the "Its Okay to be Smart" YouTube channel as well.  Remember, students are not currently able to access YouTube from their devices, so you will need to project this video for the class if you want to use it.  
Kenneth Griswold

Search Education - Google - 0 views

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    Google provides a variety of lesson plans and webinars aimed at helping you and your students become better searchers and evaluators of online resources.
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    In order to prepare students to be college and career ready in the 21st century, we must help them become adept and critical users of online research tools. Google offers excellent resources here to help meet this goal.
Kenneth Griswold

4 Tools for Building Academic Vocabulary - 0 views

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    There is a wealth of research to suggest that vocabulary knowledge is the single best predictor of student academic achievement across all curriculum areas. via Feedly
Kenneth Griswold

RADCAB - Steps for Online Information Evaluation - 0 views

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    RADCAB - Steps for Online Information Evaluation "RADCAB" ™ A mnemonic acronym for information evaluation Created by Karen M. Christensson, M.S. Library Media Education via Feedly
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    A nice site and resources for helping students (of any age) evaluate information sources. This is critical for CCSS and information literacy.
Kenneth Griswold

Online tool is designed to help students gauge credibility of Internet resources - Rela... - 1 views

Kenneth Griswold

Grades 4-5 Student Center Activities: Literature (CCSS) - 1 views

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    Reading center activities aligned to CCSS from the Florida Center for Reading Research. via Best content in educators | Diigo - Groups https://groups.diigo.com/group/educators
Dorie Kisner

Reblogged from Edudemic - Combating Plagiarism on the Digital Frontier | Indiana Jen - 1 views

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    Article on Plagiarism with real-life examples
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    Great article! I think the advice here about teaching students digital research skills is absolutely critical; combatting plagiarism is a nice side-effect of this.
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