Redesigning+Research

=CO370-1 Redesigning Research for the 21st Century - Overview= =﻿= ==Session 1: Intro to 21st Century Research ==  This session will start with a discussion to identify the ways research has changed in the 21st century, including an overview of tools that are available for use. Participants will examine the New Digital Divide and take a look at the NETS as they begin to redefine research as something students and teachers should regularly engage in to guide inquiry and construct knowledge, not just when it’s time to create a formal paper or project. Samples of new tools will be explored and discussed. Using a tech toolkit template, teachers will begin to identify curriculum connections to focus on for the remainder of this course. All work will be published in a wiki and available for all to use and modify.

==Session 2: Using Microsoft Word - Tips and tricks you probably didn’t know == This session will be filled with useful and amazing things Microsoft Word can do to streamline the research and formal paper-writing process. Useful for students and grown-ups alike, discover ways to make Word do the work for you. Tricks include simple ways to create bibliographies, footnotes and citations, as well as ways to use Word to help narrow down information acquired during the research process. Teachers will work collaboratively to create some mini lessons to introduce students to these features and also to add to their tech toolkits. All work will be published in the wiki and available for all to use or modify.

===Session 3: Digital Tools for Finding, Organizing and Working with Information ===  During this session teachers will experiment with a variety of tools for note-taking, highlighting/annotating information found on websites, bookmarking and organizing appropriate website for students. Teachers will review ways to evaluate a good website, and a student activity will be shared. Teachers will use information presented in this session to continue to build their tech toolkits. All work will be published in a wiki and available for all to use and modify.

===Session 4: Innovative Research Projects === During this session teachers will think outside the box and take a look at research in a whole new way. Participants will learn to use inquiry to construct knowledge and use the information to create a product. Teachers will add classroom connection ideas to their tech toolkits. The samples created in class will be published in our wiki.

===Session 5: Design a Student Project === Participants will use the tech toolkits developed during this workshop to create one or more curriculum connected activities for student learning. The samples created in class will be published in our wiki.