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“Today’s student lives and learns in a world that has been radically altered by the ready availability of vast stores of information in a variety of formats. The learning process and the information search process mirror each other: students actively seek to construct meaning from the sources they encounter and to create products that shape and communicate that meaning effectively. Developing expertise in accessing, evaluating and using information is in fact the authentic learning that modern education seeks to promote.”
(NC Information Skills Curriculum Philosophy, 1999).
Prescription for Research Myopia:
Implementing a School-wide Research Model
Michelle Mills & Tammy Young
Media Specialists,
Charles D. Owen High School
Black Mountain, NC
Living in an information society is NOT always easy …
A weekday edition of the New York Times
Number of Web Pages
1995: 1.3 million
January 2000: more than 1 billion
Rate at which information doubles:• 1900: Every 1500 years
• 1990: Every 3 years
• 1998: Every 18 months
• In 2010: Every 40 days
OK, Why a research model?
“…used whenever students are in a situation, academic or personal, that requires information to solve a problem, make a decision, or complete a task.”
“A systematic research model … provides an information problem-solving process, and a set of skills that provide a strategy for effectively and efficiently meeting information needs.”
IMPACT: Guidelines for North Carolina Media and Technology Programs, p. 20
IMPACT: Guidelines for North Carolina Media and Technology Programs, p. 20
OK, Why a research model?
To prepare students to become proficient problem solvers
To integrate information and computer skills SCOS within other curriculum areas
To prepare students for the 21st century workforce
Research Backs This Up
•“… a school librarian (with) a clearly defined role in information-centered pedagogy plays a critical role in facilitating student learning for building knowledge”
•“More LMC hours open = Higher student usage and consequently, higher test scores”•“…more often students receive library/information literacy instruction … (with library staff involved), the higher the test scores.”
•“Test scores increase as school librarians teach cooperatively with teachers (2000 Pennsylvania study)
•“Reading scores rise when librarians spend more time planning and teaching cooperatively with classroom teachers” (Michigan, 2003)
IMPACT: Guidelines for North Carolina Media and Technology Programs, p. 167-169
Research Model Resources• THE BIG SIX OR THE SUPER THREE www.big6.com• FLIP-IT www.aliceinfo.org/FLIPit.html• FOLLETT’S INFORMATION SKILLS MODEL www.sparkfactor.com/clients/follett/home.html• JAMIE MCKENZIE’S RESEARCH CYCLE http://questioning.org/rcycle.html• IIM Independent Investigation Method http://www.iimresearch.com/IMPACT: Guidelines for North Carolina Media and Technology Programs, p. 21
Buncombe County’s Timeline for Implementation
Media Specialist Focus GroupResearches
Models – Big 6 or IIM Media Specialists @
each school present models to faculty. Each
school votes - Big 6 selected.
2006-07 – Media Specialists receive training in Big 6
Spring 2006
Summer 2007
2007-08
Summer 2008
Teacher teams from each school along with media specialist receive
training.
Teacher teams spend 3 half-days preparing Big
6 projects.
New teacher team from each school along with media specialist receive
training.
2008-09
Teacher teams spend 2 full days preparing Big
6 projects.
Big6
Celebratio
n
•Step I: Topic
Students are required to properly generate their own questions and/or problems around a particular topic.
Teacher Steps:
•Choose a unit based on SCS goals
•Begin unit with class immersion activites
•Introduce/review IIM vocab. and steps
•Model development of concept map
•Assist students with topic selection
•Help students complete concept maps/questions using prior knowledge (if applicable)
•Encourage students to find new vocabulary and create a glossary or vocabulary list
Student Steps:
•Work with teacher to develop class concept map of possible topics
•Choose or be assigned a possible topic of study
•Record information
•Web ideas about topic on individual concept map
•Begin to develop a key vocabulary list
The student demonstrates the ability to:
Determine the information problem to be solved
Reformulate a complete statement of the task
Ask a good question.
Understand and follow printed and/or oral directions
Selection of Teacher Teams
Individual school decision
Unit topic vs. individual topics
Training – Summer 2 days
Fall/Spring 3 days
Renewal credit
Incentive to attend $$ or trade day
Big 6 Celebration
Getting Started at School
• Administrative Support
• Introduction at beginning of school
• Designated TWD training
• Required lesson plans and observation
Hmmmm…..
• Flexibility and easy integration• Continuous Improvement Plans• IGPs• Research Models pull it all together:
– Thinking Maps – Graphic Organizers – Intel – Project Based Learning– Graduation Projects
Good Morning Owen High School
Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to use the next 45 minutes
to prepare for a trip to a secret destination. As always should any
member of your imf force be caught or killed, Mr. Johnson will disavow all
knowledge of your actions. This PowerPoint will self-destruct in five
seconds. Good luck.
Eating Disorders – 1st try
So this is why I went to Library School!
Seeking, Locating, and Using Information:
What do I have to do?
1. Research a type of food poisoning/food-borne illness. Complete the food-borne illness organizational worksheet.. Write a minimum 1 page paper, double spaced using the worksheet information.
2. Prepare a bibliography of at least 3 sources used to prepare the 1 page paper. All citations should be in MLA format.
3. Develop a 1 page paper with the following information:
a numbered list of the steps in washing dishes properly by hand,
discuss the advantage of following a prescribed order when hand-washing dishes,
determine why glassware should be washed first and cookware last.
Food Borne Illness Assignment
What information do I need to include?
What key search terms will I use?
Where will I find this information?
How will I record the information that I find?
How will I give credit to my sources?
Foodborne Illnesses
Name of Food-Borne Illness
Causes Symptoms Treatment Prevention Long term Effect on the Body
Personal Hygiene
Cross-Contamination
Time/Temperature Principles
Shelf-Life
Used car vs. New carNew Car
Make/Model/Year EPA/Fuel Economy (MPG) Engine Transmission Trouble Spot 1 Trouble Spot 2 Trouble Spot 3
Cars.com (Vehicle Summary ) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------->
Good Point 1
Good Point 2
Good Point 3 Invoice Price Vehicle Style Warranty
Fuel type Reliability Depreciation
Consumer Reports(Magazine)
Wrapping all the Candy
• Using Databases
• Using Books (yes, books!)
• Using the Web Effectively
A Few Good Examples
• Civil Rights Magazine• Atomic Theory• Genetic Disorders• Alternative Energy• Vitamins/Minerals Poster• Pure Poetry
Arm Your Students…
Use a consistent research model to teach your students how to arm themselves with information literacy skills that will prepare them to do battle in a world filled with dubious data!
…with the library arsenal
ResourcesBerkowitz, Robert E., Robert Darrow, Michael B. Eisenberg, and
Kathleen L. Teaching Information & Technology Skills: The Big6 in Secondary Schools. Worthington, Ohio: Linworth Publishing, Inc., 2000.
Hendler, Jordan. "SkillsUSA and its Business & Industry PartnersLeadership in Skilled Workforce Development." Collision Industry Conference (CIC). 23 Oct. 2008 <http://www.ciclink.com/ SpecialPresentations/SkillsUSA.pdf>.
Impact: Guidelines for North Carolina Media and Technology Programs. Raleigh, NC: NC Department Of Public Instruction, 2005.
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"Awesome Powerpoint Military Backgrounds Set." Awesome Backgrounds. 10 Oct. 2007 <http://www.awesomebackgrounds.com/s-military.htm>.
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