Redesigning+Research+Session+3

=Redesigning Research= 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.

=Agenda:=

4:00: Welcome and Startup Tasks
Let's talk about rescheduling. After you have reached a conclusion, please sign your name under your choice.
 * One make up session
 * Virtual make up work
 * Any combination. Sharon Natalie Scott Adrienne

4:15: Search Tools
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 * Google Printed Materials
 * [|Web_Search: Google Anatomy]
 * [|Tips_Tricks]
 * [|Educators]
 * Qwiki
 * ALTERNATE EMBED OPTION: </
 * View Sample
 * Note the spelling. Q + wiki.
 * This actually is a wiki. People can contribute information.
 * Important because you don't want students to google the word quickie, right?
 * A visual search tool designed to appeal to humans.
 * Think of it as a slide show with voice.
 * Alpha version, still in it's initial stages.
 * Can embed in blog, wiki, or website. View sample
 * ** Task: ** Find a qwiki on a topic of interest to you and embed it into a new wiki page. View sample
 * Go to qwiki and search for your topic
 * Find and copy the embed code by accessing at button at the top of the page, pictured below.
 * Create a new wiki page
 * From the menu on the left, choose **new page.**
 * Give it a name. (i.e Grand Canyon Qwiki)
 * Type the title of the page at the top of the screen.
 * Add a Widget
 * From the top of the screen, in edit mode, click on Widget.
 * Choose html
 * Paste the code from the Qwiki screen into the Widget.
 * Save
 * Link that page to your workspace page.
 * Return to your page.
 * Type the text for a link. (i.e. Grand Canyon Qwiki)
 * Highlight the text.
 * Choose link from the top of the page.
 * Find the page.
 * Voila!
 * Google Custom Search
 * View Sample
 * Teachers can find appropriate websites and build their own search tool.
 * Students still get to learn to search, but results are limited to the websites chosen by teachers.
 * Custom search tool can be embeded into your blog, website or wiki.
 * One problem: Ads.
 * Get directions/poster [|Custom_Search]
 * View sample
 * ** Task **: Create a Custom Search and embed it into a new wiki page, link it.
 * ** Task **: Create a Custom Search and embed it into a new wiki page, link it.
 * [|Google Wonder Wheel]
 * Visual Search
 * Be careful, the wheel never ends
 * Found in sidebar of the Google Search Screen > More Search Tools. Tricky to find. [|View image].
 * Task : Try it yourself. (Go to Google)
 * Awesome Library
 * Student-friendly website
 * Organized by topics
 * Websites have been evaluated
 * Kids Click
 * Student-friendly website designed by librarians
 * Organized by topics
 * Websites have been evaluated

5:30 - Odds'n Ends

 * Online notetaking tool, Read Write Think
 * NoteStar Tools for Research
 * Mr. Nussbaum, A Thousand Sites in One, maps, geography, science and more