The document outlines steps for helping students with research projects. It discusses the role of teacher librarians in assisting students with research, including avoiding plagiarism. It presents a seven step research model involving encyclopedias, books, current resources, general resources, government sources, maps, and search engines. It also discusses using Web 2.0 tools and 21st century lesson planning approaches.

1. Steps to Research Helping Students Research One step at a time… http://betterresearchprojects.wikispaces.com/

2. Agenda What is a teacher librarian and how can they help you? Higher order thinking Avoiding plagiarism Seven step research model and resources Web2.0 Break? 21 st Century Lesson Planning

3. Instructional Responsibilities Curriculum Development Responsibilities Consultative Role Selection of Learning Resources Management Function Program Advocacy

4. http://www.togetherforlearning.ca/

5. Neil Munro’s analysis of task-difficulty 1 2 3 4 Difficult task; Easy sources Easy task; Difficult sources Difficult task; Difficult sources Easy task; Easy sources

6. Facts Comparison Explanation Examples Predictions and Possibilities Create Probabilities Evaluation 1 2 3 4

7. 1 2 3 4 Facts Comparison Explanation Examples Predictions and Possibilities Create Probabilities Evaluation What is? Where/ When is? Which is? What did? Where/ When did? Which did? What can? Where/ When can? Which can? Who is? Why is? How is? Who did? Why did? How did? Who can? Why can? How can? What would? Where/ When would? Who would? What will? Where/ When will? Which will? What might? Where/ When might? Which might? Which Would? Why would? How Would? Who will? Why will? How will? Who might? Why might? How might?

8. Avoiding plagiarism 1.Have students adopt a persona because they won’t likely find ready to copy information online Lawyer arguing euthanasia Character from a book Example of elements project 2. Have students take notes into a framework, graphic organizers or template 3. Always ask for sources and define what sources. Example 2 magazines, 2 open source…

9. Near North District School Board Seven Step Model http://www-lib.nearnorthschools.ca/exp/index_open.htm Encyclopedias Books Current Resources Internet Links Government Maps Search Engines

17. Before we begin the steps… Good & bad information come from print, non-print and online sources A Maclean’s article is the same whether it comes in print or online Don’t say “only 1 Internet source” when you mean only 1 unregulated Internet source . All of our encyclopedias, newspapers, magazines, journals & atlases & many e-books are now online Be safe, test and model What does “Put in your own words” look like? What does note taking look like? What is APA/MLA – EasyBib and Bibme.org

18. Before the students begin… How to read a screen How to skim, scan and highlight Edit find feature How are they to save their work What is a search box What are the keywords New terminology (active x, sort, boolean) Match your instructions to what they see

19. What are the seven steps? Step 1 – Encyclopedias Step 2 – Books Step 3 – Current Resources Step 4 – General Resources

20. Step 1 - Encyclopedias FREE Grolier (OSAPAC) Canadian DK/EYEWITNESS (French) Fact Monster SUBSCRIPTION World Book

21. Type key word here

23. What are the seven steps? Step 1 – Encyclopedias Step 2 – Books Step 3 – Current Resources Step 4 – General Resources

24. Step 2 - Books Near North Board is fully automated You can search from any computer on the internet Automating book rooms

25. Step 2 – Books (continued) ReadPlease (text to speech) Forest of reading Battle of the Books Literature Resource Centre (Knowledge Ontario) SUBSCRIPTION FREE Literary Reference Centre-EBSCO Literature Study Centre-Proquest Tumble books

28. What are the seven steps? Step 1 – Encyclopedias Step 2 – Books Step 3 – Current Resources Step 4 – General Resources

29. Step 3 – Current Resources Free Knowledge Ontario National Geographic Time Magazine for Kids Les Debrouillards (French) Subscription Proquest Proquest Literature SIRS EBSCO EBSCO host Science reference center Galenet Global Issues in Context

41. What are the seven steps? Step 1 – Encyclopedias Step 2 – Books Step 3 – Current Resources Step 4 – General Resources

42. Step 4 – General Resources FREE OERB Petit Monde (French) Cybersciences (French) Ology SUBSCRIPTION Student Link Project Links

51. http://sites.google.com/site/projectlinkssecondary/

54. Step 5 – Government Step 6 – Maps Step 7 – Search Engines

55. STEPS - 5, 6 & 7 Step 5 Government Free Canada Ontario North Bay Stats Canada E-Stat Step 6 Maps Free Canadian atlas Canada from Space CIA World Factbook NASA maps Step 7 Search Engines Free Yahooligans Ask Jeeves Kids KidsClick! Kidadoweb (French)

56. Web 2.0

57. Options… Presentation Tools http://edu.glogster.com/ http://prezi.com/ http://www.xtranormal.com/index http://www.tagxedo.com/app.html http://animoto.com/ http://blabberize.com/ Collaboration http://www.symbaloo.com/ http://popplet.com/ http://todaysmeet.com/ http://www.wallwisher.com/ Story Telling Tools http://www.kerpoof.com/ http://www.bitstripsforschools.com/ http://www.toondoo.com/Home.toon Cloud Tools http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/edu/k12.html Music http://www.isleoftune.com/ http://www.jamendo.com/en/

58. How does she know about all of that? Social networks – twitter , blogs igoogle

59. Break?

60. 21 st Century lesson planning Wiki Style – substance abuse Grade 9 science elements Healthy Eating Dashboard Style - Pageflakes Ban those bird units Literacy expectations (OSSLT) Web 2.0 and Technology expectations Symbaloo

61. Let’s pick a topic… With the people at your table… Pick a grade, level and course Use the OERB Login: nndsbteacher Password: oerbt Find a research unit you would like to work on.

62. Looking at the unit Open up each assignment in the entire unit Make a point form list of the assignments Keep in mind that your students would have approximately 14 teaching days or 3 weeks to complete everything in the unit. Decide on one specific assignment you would like to work on as a group to help improve.

63. Resources/Research – Be specific Literacy expectations – tie in to grade 10 OSSLT if you chose a grade 10 course especially Technology – Web 2.0? DI (Differentiated Instruction, IEP’s) Neil Munro’s task difficulty, Q-Matrix’s, Blooms and higher order thinking Think…SO WHAT?

64. HSB4M – Unit 2 Activity 1 – Group work – discussion on world demographic trends - List of questions to answers - Prepare a verbal report and submit a written copy - Journal/Blog – looking at your local community - list of questions to answer Activity 2 – Using the internet  fill in a chart about the generations - Post to discussion area - Interview someone from the generations - What kind of business would you start - Respond to other classmates Activity 3 – Write a letter from the point of view of a Canadian after world war II - Write a letter from the point of view of an American after Vietnam - Webquest - Research Canada in Afghanistan – write a report to an editorial board - Post to discussion and respond to two other classmates Activity 4 – Fill out a chart - Read an article - Write a response to the article – answering specific questions

65. HSB4M – Unit 2 continued Activity 5 – Create an image college on what being Canadian means to you - Pick a quote from the content section and write a one page response - Post to discussion area Activity 6 – Research and submit a report on the Standford Prison Experiment - Answer specific questions – states APA format (no help) - Design a hypothesis and post to the discussion area - Group work - how would you redesign the experiment, design a hypothesis, Class discussion questions,

66. HSB4M – Unit 2 Assignment 5 Activity 5 – Create an image college on what being Canadian means to you - Pick a quote from the content section and write a one page response - Post to discussion area http://nndsb.elearningontario.ca Complete the following assignment and submit your work to the dropbox . Find an image, video, collage, presentation, ect. that illustrates what being Canadian means to you. It can be a beer commercial or Tim Hortons commercial, maybe a picture of the flag...anything that is significant to you. Write a question from either a sociologist, psychologist or anthropologist perspective about Canadian: ethnicity, language, institutions, norms or values. Along with sending me your item and your question in the dropbox please post both items to this link so that everyone can see each others items and questions: http://www.wallwisher.com/wall/Iamcanadian Comment on one of the quotes in the content section. Do you strongly agree or disagree with the quote? Does it reflect your own views of the Canadian identity? Comment on one other classmates post. Enter the discussion here .

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68. Thank You! Questions? Comments? Kate Shields Board Librarian – Secondary Schools tlshieldsk [email_address]