Research Pathfinders 2.0

Oh, the Places You’ll Go! Research Pathfinders 2.0: Information Streams for Student Researc h Presented by Buffy Hamilton Creekview High School, Media Specialist Cherokee County School District BIGGER Conference April 17, 2009 http://theunquietlibrarian.wikispaces.com

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what do students need for the journey of learning and information fluency ?

roadmap: the pathfinder tourist attractions to explore: traditional and emerging sources of information

roadmap: the research pathfinder

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how can we help students stay afloat in endless streams of information ? Image used with http://www.flickr.com/photos/onkel_wart/2934377433/sizes/l/

what we can provide students to help them find their way rather than getting lost on the information highway? Image attribution: http://www.flickr.com/photos/palagret/210423111/sizes/o/

pathfinders guide students to the resources needed for a research task

carefully constructed pathfinders can help students access quality information more efficiently

your librarian , your travel guide for the information world, can help plot a course for research with a research pathfinder

web 2.0 tools help us manage the streams of information available

web 2.0 tools help librarians embed content more easily

research pathfinder navigation tools

widgets

rss feeds

information portals (pageflakes, netvibes, igoogle)

aggregators to “catch” feeds (google reader, bloglines)

social bookmarking

students can “pull” information rather than “pushing” to find information from the pathfinder sources via information portals Image attribution: http://www.flickr.com/photos/wendiandrews/3073959807/sizes/o/

tourist attractions to explore: traditional and nontraditional sources of information

the future is now: emerging sources of authoritative information and social scholarship

emerging web 2.0 sources of credible information Image Attribution: http://www.flickr.com/photos/66132721@N00/2784325465/sizes/l/

Image Attribution: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bksecretphoto/2227495313/ How do we help learners negotiate this friction between traditional and new media ? Joyce Valenza

unpacking web 2.0 tools for social scholarship

social bookmarking services (del.icio.us, diigo)

blogs

youtube Channels

podcasts

twitter

google library and google books

widgets

rss feeds (news sources, journals, websites)

itunes u

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rss =real simple syndication, a web feed or stream format designed to deliver content

feed aggregators capture your favorite RSS feeds and deliver streams of information to your fingertips Image attribution: http://www.flickr.com/photos/john_lustig/2537864746/sizes/l/

wikis -=open software that encourages collaboration and knowledge building

iTunes podcasts and iTunesU

YouTube features educational videos from news outlets, book publishers, and other reputable organizations

Image Attribution: http://www.flickr.com/photos/dav/104349246/sizes/l/ Social bookmarking for tagging and organizing favorite web resources as well as a research tool in one’s personal learning network

blogs are a forum for dialogue on any topic and invite conversation as well as the exchange of ideas

where do we want our students to go in their journey for information?

what routes to information do we want them to travel?

teachers and librarians must work together to help students become informationally savvy

information fluent students won’t miss a turn or get lost in their travels for information

Works Cited Valenza, Joyce. "Top School Library Things to Think About in 2008 ." Weblog entry. 2 Jan. 2008. Neverendingsearch. 13 Mar. 2008.

Contact Information Buffy J. Hamilton, Ed.S. Media Specialist Creekview High School Cherokee County School District http://theunquietlibrarian.wordpress.com http://theunquietlibrarian.wikispaces.com buffy.hamilton@gmail.com