RESEARCH: the play

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RE-SEARCH the play

• Or
• Taming Information Overload

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Play in 3 Acts

• Act 1
• Scene 1 Welcome to the Farm
• Scene 2 Steps
• Scene 3 Outcomes
• Act 2
• Scene 1 Questioning
• Scene 2 Planning
• Scene 3 Gathering
• Scene 4 Sorting Sifting
• Scene 5 Synthesizing
• Scene 6 Evaluating
• Act 3
• Scene 1 Nuts Bolts
• Scene 2 A Rose by Any Other Name
• Scene 3 Bibliography

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Act 1, Scene 1

• Work smarter not faster
• Focus on process content
• Many different names
• www.big6.com
• www.noodletools.com/debbie/
• www.pembinatrails.ca/infozone/
• Welcome to the FARM

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Act 1, Scene 2
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Wordilly Durdillies
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Act 1, Scene 3
Act 1, Scene 3
The Super 3 vs. The Big 6
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Engaged learners are

• Personally invested

• Energized by learning

Strategic
Collaborative
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Act 2
Act 2
Structure of the FARM
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Scene 1 Questioning

• What is the task?
• What types of information do I need?
• Tools to support questioning
• Inspiration Software
• inspiration.com/productinfo/inspiration/index.cfm
• Cluster Graphic Organizer
• www.graphic.org/cluster.html

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Scene 2 Planning

• What are possible sources?
• Which are the best?
• Tools to support planning
• The Search Strategy
• www.kyvl.org/html/tutorial/research/developing.sht
  ml

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Scene 3 Gathering

• Where is each source?
• Where is the information in each source?
• Tools to support gathering
• Boolean not Bouillon

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Boolean not Bouillon
Dateline 1847, George Boole Invents Boolean
Algebra
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Boolean Logic
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Scene 4 Sorting Sifting

• How can I best use each source?
• What information in each source is useful?
• Tools to support sorting sifting
• Take Note 5 Lessons for Fun
• http//www.education-world.com/a_lesson/lesson/les
  son322.shtml

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Scene 5 Synthesis

• How can I organize all the information?
• How can I present the result?
• Tools to support synthesis
• Free, Jean. Ruth Sidorchuk, and Brenda
  Willoughby. Presentation Ideas. Creative
  Research Activities with the New Book of
  Knowledge. Toronto Grolier, 1987. p. 96-97.

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Scene 6 Evaluation

• Is the task completed?
• How can I do things better?
• Tools to support evaluation
• Noodletools
• http//www.noodletools.com
• (click on NoodleBib Express under Free Tools)

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Act 3, Scene 1
TASK DEFINITION The fifth grade class was given a
homework assignment to write a one page report
about any Olympic sport. Eleanor decided she
wanted to write about Figure Skating. What might
she want to know about figure skating?     SCORE
1 PT FOR EACH Who invented it? When it was
invented? What equipment is needed? Who are the
top performers? Others?
Nuts and Bolts of the Big6www.kn.pacbell.com/wire
d/big6/game/index.html
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Act 3, Scene 2

• 8Ws Lamb, Annette. Wondering Wiggling, and
  Weaving A New Model for Project and Community
  Based Learning on the Web. Learning and Leading
  With Technology 1997, 24(7), 6-13.
• Big6 Little3 Eisenberg, Michael B. and Robert
  E. Berkowitz. Big6 An Information Problem
  Solving Process. The Big6 Information Literacy
  for the Information Age. May 12, 2005. Big6
  Associates.
• InfoZone Stimson, Marg. InfoZone. Pembina
  Trails School Division. January 2005.
• Information Search Process (ISP) Kuhlthau,
  Carol. Information Search Process A Search for
  Meaning Rather than Answers. Seeking Meaning A
  Process Approach to Library and Information
  Services. Norwood, New Jersey. Ablex, 1993.
• I-Search Bowen, Carol. A Process Approach The
  I-Search with Grade 5 They Learn! Teacher
  Librarian. December 2001, Vol. 29, Issue 2, p14,
  4p. Based on the original concept by Ken
  Macrorie, Marilyn Joyce and Julie Tallman.
• Continued on next slide

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Act 3, Scene 2 continued

• Pathways to Knowledge Pappas, Marjorie L.
  Tepe, Ann E. Pathways to Knowledge and Inquiry
  Learning. Libraries Unlimited. 2002. Online model
  _at_ http//www.sparkfactor.com/clients/follett/home
  .html
• Pre-Search Process Rankin, Virginia. The
  Thoughtful Researcher Teaching the Research
  Process to Middle School Students. Englewood, CO
  Libraries Unlimited, 1999.
• Research Cycle McKenzie, Jamie. The Research
  Cycle 2000 From Now On. Vol. 9, No 4. December
  1999.
• REACTS Taxonomy Stripling, Barbara Pitts,
  Judy. Brainstorms and Blueprints Teaching
  Research as a Thinking Process. Engelwood, CO
  Libraries Unlimited. 1988. Online article _at_
  http//witloof.sjsu.edu/courses/250.loertscher/mod
  elstrip.html
• 5 As Jukes, Ian, Anita Dosaj, and Bruce
  Macdonald. Becoming NetSavvy InfoSavvy in an
  Information Age. Peachland, B.C. The InfoSavvy
  Group, 2001.
• Continued on next slide

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Act 3, Scene 2

• DIALOGUE Model for Information Literacy Skills
  INFOhio (The Information Network for Ohio
  Schools) 1998.
• FLIP IT Yucht, Alice H. FLIP IT! An Information
  Skills Strategy for Student Researchers.
  Worthington, OH Linworth, 1997.
• NoodleTeach Building Blocks of Research
  Abilock, Debbie. Information Literacy An
  Overview of Design, Process and Outcomes.
  NoodleTeach Teaching Intelligently. NoodleTools
  Inc. 2004.
• Research Helper Hughes, Sandra. March 2, 2005.
  http//www3.sympatico.ca/sandra.hughes/sandra.hugh
  es/research/default.html
• Painless Research Projects print, not on-line
  by Elliott, Rebecca and James Elliott. Hauppauge,
  New York. Barrons Educational Series, Inc.,
  c1998.

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Act 3, Scene 3Bibliography Step 1
Good Research Questions www.hccs.cc.tx.us/system/l
ibrary/Center/lobby.html Brainstorming
www.psychwww.com/mtsite/brainstm.html Graphic
Organizers SCORE www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/actba
nk/torganiz.htm Graphic Organizers Enchanted
Learning www.enchantedlearning.com/graphicorganiz
ers/5ws/ Task Definition Strategies
www.squires.fayette.k12.ky.us/library/research/pro
blem.htm Continued on next slide
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Bibliography Step 1 continued
Graphic Organizers The Graphic Organizer
www.graphic.org/goindex.html The Quest Design
compass rose. The Young Learners Handbook A
Questioning Toolkit www.fno.org/nov97/toolkit.html
Webbing and Outlining. Learning Skills
Guideline K-6
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Bibliography Step 2
Developing a Search Plan websearch.about.com/od/in
ternetresearch/a/searchplan.htm Developing a
Research Strategy www.kyvl.org/html/tutorial/resea
rch/developing.shtml Kinds of Reference Tools.
École Seven Oaks Middle School Type of
Information Needed. Brainstorms and
Blueprints Topic Worksheet Begin the
Pre-searching Analysis www.lib.berkeley.edu/Teachi
ngLib/ Guides/Internet/form.pdf Continued on
next slide
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Bibliography Step 2 continued
How to Research Find Information in the Library
www.ipl.org/div/teen/aplus/infosearch.htm Info
Search Wheres the Information?
www.ipl.org/div/teen/aplus/infosearch.htm Whats
Important? Using Descriptors to Find
Information. Alice Klumper Second Summary the
Hundred Divisions. Sears Subject Headings Where
to Find Information For Your Research Project.
École Seven Oaks Middle School NoodleQuest
Search Strategy Wizard www.noodletools.com/noodleq
uest/ Choose the Best Search For Your Purpose
www.northmason.wednet.edu/best.html
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Bibliography Step 3
Steps in Searching. Alice Klumper How to Use What
You Know So Far A Checklist. Alice
Klumper Interviewing. Learning Skills Guide
K-6 Learning to Research in the Library
www.ipl.org.ar/teen/aplus/library.htm Expert
Searching A Guide to Developing Your Search
Skills www.walthowe.com/navnet/searchtips.html Che
cklist for Evaluating Web Resources
http//library.usm.maine.edu/research/researchguid
es/webevaluating.html
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Bibliography Step 4
Webbing and Outlining. Learning Skills Guideline
K-6 Graphic Organizers SCORE www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us
/score/actbank/torganiz.htm Graphic Organizers
Enchanted Learning www.enchantedlearning.com/gra
phicorganizers/5ws/ Note Taking. Learning Skills
Guideline K-6 Recording Information From Texts

student-support.cant.ac.uk/sssu/guides/guide01.htm
Lets Look at Biography. Scholastic Magazines
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Bibliography Step 5
Reporting How to Write Your Research Answer in
Essay Format. Creative Research Activities with
the New Book of Knowledge Writing Paragraphs
http//www.uottawa.ca/academic/arts/writcent/hyper
grammar/paragrph.html Perfecting Paragraphs
http//www.tameri.com/write/paragraphs.html
Basic Paragraph Structure http//lrs.ed.uiuc.edu/
students/fwalters/para.html Continued on next
slide
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Bibliography Step 5 continued
Presentation Ideas. Creative Research
Activities Information Literacy Skills Producing
http//www.pembinatrails.ca/infozone/produce.html
Planning (Inventing) Thought Starters (Asking
the Right Questions) http//owl.english.purdue.edu
/handouts/general/gl_plan3.html Some Forms of
Writing. The Young Learners Handbook
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Bibliography Step 6
How to Cite a Web Site. MSLA Journal. Bibliography
. Gordon Bell High School Library Sixth Grade
Bibliography http//www.hobbyhorsebooks.com/biblio
graphy6.html NoodleBib Starter
http//www.noodletools.com/login.php Citation
Machine http//citationmachine.net/ Information
Skills Rating Scale http//www.fno.org/libskill.ht
ml Continued on next slide
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Bibliography Step 6 continued
Library Media Center Evaluation. Alice
Klumper Tips on Proofreading, Editing Revising.
Purdue OWL Handouts Brainstorms and
Blueprints Research Paper Evaluation. Brainstorms
and Blueprints Reader-based Feedback. Brainstorms
and Blueprints Evaluation Who Might Give You
Feedback http//www.pembinatrails.ca/infozone/chec
klist.html Information for a Bibliographic
Entry. Source unknown.
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- The End -
Prepared by Alice Neufeld-Klumper May 20, 2005