21st Century Research

Janet Neyer, CAPS

janet.neyer@cadillac.k12.mi.us

Google Hangout with an Expert

Dr. Troy Hicks

Associate Professor of English at Central Michigan University, Director of the Chippewa River Writing Project, Author of the Heinemann titles Crafting Digital Writing (2013) and The Digital Writing Workshop (2009), as well as a co-author of Because Digital Writing Matters (Jossey-Bass, 2010) and Create, Compose, Connect!(Routledge/Eye on Education, 2014).

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Objectives:

• Recognize the expectations for research in the CCSS.
• Rethink the process of research given the tools available today.
• Gain familiarity with a number of technology tools for research.
• Rethink a research unit with just one new tool.

Common Core Standards

At what grade level is a student supposed to:

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Participate in shared research and writing projects (e.g., explore a number of books by a favorite author and express opinions about them).

Common Core Standards

At what grade level is a student supposed to:

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Conduct short research projects to answer a question, drawing on several sources and generating additional related, focused questions for further research and investigation.

Common Core Standards

Common Core Anchor and Grade Level Standards: Research to Build and Present Knowledge

Before the Internet, research looked like this...

And this...

Today, it might look like this...

I have to be careful to put this in my own words.

All of my notes and ideas are organized online. I can access them anywhere.

I have a hangout with an expert at 2:00.

I found some great sources. Now let me capture the info I need.

I’m going to upload my research paper to my blog and share it on twitter!

I’ll share my Google doc so my group can collaborate.

And this...

1. Ask a question.
2. Gather preliminary information.
3. Search out, learn from, and converse with the experts.
4. Keep track of what I learn.
5. Share my findings...authentically.

Ask a question.

• Instagrok
• Wonderopolis
• Newsela
• DoNow
• “OK, Google…”

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Gather preliminary information.

• Google Searches
• Be a Better Googler.
• Be a Google Search Star.
• Google Research in Docs
• The New MEL Interface

Learn from the experts.

All of the above sites and...

• Google Hangouts
• Google Connected Classrooms Workshop
• Skype in the Classroom

Keep track of what I learn.

• An Overview of Google Tools
• Citelighter
• Diigo
• EasyBib

Share my findings authentically.

Many of the sites above and...

• Google Drive
• WeVideo
• KidBlog
• Piktochart

Avoid plagiarism.

Tutorials:

• A step-by-step interactive tutorial from Acadia University: http://library.acadiau.ca/tutorials/plagiarism/
• An interactive tutorial from Indiana University that allows students to earn a certificate for passing a test about plagiarism: https://www.indiana.edu/~istd/test.html
• From the University of Southern Mississippi, a simpler site, perhaps not as interactive, but good info: http://www.lib.usm.edu/legacy/plag/plagiarismtutorial.php
• From Rutgers, a three-part video collection about plagiarism: http://library.camden.rutgers.edu/EducationalModule/Plagiarism/

Checkers:

• Plagiarism Tracker: http://www.plagtracker.com/
• FreeTech4Teachers on Plagiarism: http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2012/06/8-resources-for-preventing-and.html#.VFZtbfTF87U
• Grammarly’s Plagiarism Checker: http://www.grammarly.com/plagiarism-checker/

Thank you!