Beyond Google: Finding, Understanding, and Using Information
- 1. BEYOND GOOGLE: FINDING, UNDERSTANDING, USING INFORMATION Elizabeth Dobler, Ph.D. bdobler@cox.net blog: readingtheweb.net
- 4. DIGITAL USE DIVIDE Those who use technology to transform their learning vs. those who use technology to complete traditional activities with an electronic device. Future Ready Learning: Reimagining the Role of Technology in Education US Department of Education, 2016
- 5. 84% 2015 Digital Future Project Report 43%
- 6. $23 billion operating income 2015 40,000 3.5 BILLION 1.2TRILLION 39 BILLION "to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful"
- 7. To be ready for college, workforce training, and life in a technological society, students need the ability to gather, comprehend, evaluate, synthesize, and report on information and ideas, to conduct original research in order to answer questions or solve problems, and to analyze and create a high volume and extensive range of print and nonprint texts in media forms old and new. The need to conduct research and to produce and consume media is embedded into every aspect of today’s curriculum.
- 8. Inquire, think cri.cally, and gain knowledge Draw conclusions, make informed decisions, apply knowledge to new situa4ons, and create new knowledge. Share knowledge and par4cipate ethically and produc4vely as members of our democra4c society.
- 9. Crea.vity and Innova.on Communica4on and Collabora4on Research and Informa.on Fluency Cri.cal Thinking, Problem Solving, Decision-‐Making Digital Ci4zenship Technology Opera4ons and Concepts
- 11. WEB LITERACIES IT’S NOT AS EASY AS IT LOOKS
- 14. QUESTIONING Cultivating a Sense of Curiosity
- 16. QUESTIONING ACTIVITY Step 1: Brainstorm 10 or more ques4ons about your topic on 3x5 notecards – one ques4on per card. Step 2: Sort the notecards into categories. Step 3: Create a name that describes each category that would make a good focus area (not too big or too small). Step 4: Choose your two favorite categories and turn them into research ques4ons.
- 18. UNDERSTANDING SEARCH RESULTS AND WEBSITES McCarthy & Swierenga, 2009 confusing page layout unclear navigation poor color text and screen selection poor size of graphics and text text uses complicated language
- 20. SEARCH ENGINE COMPARISON ACTIVITY As a class, generate a question and five key words/phrases. Share with students possible search engines. As a team, have students search for information and complete the comparison chart. As a class, discuss observations about this process and the results found.
- 22. EVALUATION ACTIVITY Reader Friendliness Checklist Bogus Websites
- 23. “…sum of information from the text, other relevant texts, and the reader’s background knowledge, ideas, and opinions, produced in an original way.” —Keene, 2008, p. 252 Synthesis
- 24. Survey Question Read Recite Review SQ3R https://newsela.com/ - literary nonfiction and current events
- 25. TRANSFORMING Teacher: What have you learned about inquiry? Student: I have learned that if you set your mind to something that you may learn something that you didn’t know before.
- 26. NOTEMAKING When I find information I want to remember When I am unsure about an idea or a word When I want to point out what is important When I want to link ideas together When I want to add information to what I already know about the topic When I notice something that helps me to understand