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Search Your Way

To Success

As Required by the Common Core

Sally Markiewicz

Nancy Atterberry

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Facts

  • Students are turning to the Internet to meet both their personal and academic information needs.
  • Online information is available 24/7 regardless of location. It is rich in content and available in multimedia format.
  • Handheld devices make connectivity to the Internet convenient and easy for students.

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Moving from Print to Pixel

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Concern

Without the proper knowledge and skills students can find themselves frustrated and confused as they navigate the World Wide Web in their attempt to meet their information needs.

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Common Core Standards - Students Who are College and Career Ready

These students use technology and digital media strategically and capably.

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Students employ technology thoughtfully to enhance their reading, writing, speaking, listening, and language use. They tailor their searches online to acquire useful information efficiently, and they integrate what they learn using technology with what they learn offline...

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Problem

How can we help our students achieve success when navigating the Internet?

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Mozilla Web Literacy Standard

https://wiki.mozilla.org/Learning/WebLiteracyStandard

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Online Research Media Skills (ORMS) Model

Excerpt from CTHSS library curriculum draft

Online Reading Comprehension (ORC)

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Keyword Search using

Google

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Practice developing effective keywords

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How a web search works:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNHR6IQJGZs

Searching tips & tricks

https://www.google.com/insidesearch/tipstricks/index.html

Google Power Search

http://www.powersearchingwithgoogle.com/course/ps/assets/PowerSearchingQuickReference.pdf

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Wikipedia’s Keyword Summarizer

  • http://www.wikisummarizer.com - A tool that allows for autocomplete to give you keyword ideas.
  • Summarizes wikipedia article
  • Provides views of information
  • Export capability

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Evaluating

CRAP Test Animoto Adapted from the LOEX2008collaborate Wiki (Library Orientation EXchange)

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CURRENCY - RELIABILITY

AUTHORITY - PURPOSE

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References

Websites:

www.corestandards.org

http://loex2008collaborate.pbworks.com/w/page/18686701/The%20CRAP%20Test

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