Research and PBL with Digital Tools
Research and information fluency
“Research is what I’m doing when I don’t know what I’m doing.” -Wernher von Braun
3a and 3b
Google It!
Images > Search Tools > Labeled for reuse
Advance settings on Google Search is not available unless the user chooses to view in desktop mode. This happens in the last two versions of Chrome as well as with Safari.
safe search
While you always need to question the information and consider its historical context, there are some specific questions to ask when you're evaluating websites.
Because anyone can post information on the web, every search will give you a range of reliable and unreliable results. To decide whether a website is reliable, ask yourself:
- Who made the site? You should be able to contact them through an ‘About us' or ‘Contact' section.
- What does the domain name tell you? Has the site been made by a reputable organisation?
- gov.au = government site
- edu.au = education site
- org.au = public organisation, usually non-profit.
- What's the purpose of the site? Is it designed purely to give information, or is it trying to sell you something?
- Is the site well designed and easy to use? Do all the links work? When was it last updated? Reliable sites are usually fully functional and regularly updated.
For example
There are a range of non-profit, government and media sites that provide reliable and free information on various topics. They often have common elements in their domain names.
As a general rule, in Australia look for:
http://ergo.slv.vic.gov.au/learn-skills/research-skills/select-resources/evaluate-websites
Web Apps for the following...
KidsClick
Kid Rex
KIdtopia
Kidzsearch
Sweet Search
GoGooligans
Learning In Hand with Tony Vincent
Bing Image Search
(image size - when a student selects an image, they may only see a thumbnail size. If this happens, resolution and image quality will be poor.)
Pixabay App
The Noun Project
Open Clip Art
Or...Create your own images!
3c
Kidspiration Maps
Popplet
Create a Symbaloo
Symbaloo
- Go to the Symbaloo website
- Create a Free accoount of Login
- Verify the account through email
- On the black tab bar, click the + to create a new Symbaloo
- Name the Symbaloo
- Click the Add button
- Click on a blank tile
- Choose Create a tile on the Edit tile pane
- Paste the link of the research website in the address box
- Complete the info for the tile
- Click save
To share with students
- Click the Share button
- Click Share my Webmix
- Copy the link and share with students
4 and 6
Haiku Deck - only for 13 and older
Vidra
Vidra by Ten Touch Ltd.
Keynote
Research Project - Animals (example)
Access to Websites
Labeling the Image
Ways to Organize your Research
3d. PBL/CBL
Project Based Learning
"What Is Project Based Learning (PBL)?" What Is PBL? Buck Institute for Education, n.d. Web. 13 Apr. 2015. <http://bie.org/about/what_pbl>.