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Research Projects in the
K-12 Classroom
Using Web 2.0 tools for engagement, scaffolding, and multi-media
presentations
WITH an added bonus information about online professional development
Alice Mercer Spring 2008 Licensed under Creative Commons
Materials from this presentation will be posted at: http://mercertraining.edublogs.org/
Today’s Presentation
This will be video streamed on UStream (http://www.ustream.tv/channel/edtechtalk)
This is part of Ed Tech Talk (http://edtechtalk.com/)
All of today’s presentation links and materials will be at my training blog (http://mercertraining.edublogs.org)
Sources for online training(share some of your own) Ed Tech Talk (http://edtechtalk.com/) Classroom 2.0 (http://classroom20.com) K12Online (http://k12onlineconference.org/)
You can find me at: http://itselementary.edublogs (my show) http://mercertraining.edublogs.org
(blog for trainings)
Why do it?
On your time and pace Friendly folks to help Community to support you You can do PD in your pjs
Research projects and the multitude of ways they can go wrong… Teaching plagiarism with cut ‘n
paste Just the facts m’am Just do it:
free-range projects = feral students One side says vote yes, the other
says vote no, I’m just confused
Creative Commons license http://flickr.com/photos/auntiep/2055051/
Getting more (quality)…
…by demanding less (quantity)
Creative Commons licensehttp://flickr.com/photos/sukkulaati/423983587/
You need a plan…
The elements…
Resources that are accessible to students
Explicit instruction in how to use resources
Student generated research questionsThe “how” and “whys”
Feedback, feedback, feedback Structure, structure, structure
Structuring for success
Resources
Pre-vetted sites Teaching evaluation
skills How to glean a main idea
Bookmark http://flickr.com/photos/derbeth/300105723/
Otherwise, this is all they see…
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Using Diigo for research What you can do:
Highlight text Leave sticky notes
How it can be used What’s the main
idea Give them
feedback
Highlighting Postmodernism http://flickr.com/photos/stephmcg/1265507662/
How Does Diigo Work?
Diigolet (thin bookmarklet) Diigo Toolbar for browsers The tools
Highlighter Clip-it In situ Sticky notes Page notes
http://flickr.com/photos/63031528@N00/852247291
A picture is worth 1,000 words
Sources of photos
Flickr (Creative Commons) Library of Congress (Public Domain) Wikipedia (Both)
Do you have language learners? Oral language is on their test Story boards + Scripts = structure
= safety net Don’t forget the vocabulary
Scripts and storyboards: Don’t do a project without one. TITLE
SCRIPT
What’s next?
How Movie Maker, Photo Story, iMovie VoiceThread, Slideshare, BubbleShare
Where Teacher Tube Blogs Wikis Class Web page