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Information Fluency. It’s Elementary!. Five things every child should understand about online searching before starting Middle School 1 There are three ways to search online Search engines (still) perform literal matching Subject Directories are best for finding ideas - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Information FluencyIt’s Elementary!

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Information Fluency: It’s Elementary

Five things every child should understand about online searching before starting Middle School

1 There are three ways to search online Search engines (still) perform literal matching Subject Directories are best for finding ideas Browsing is the slowest and hardest way to search

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Five things every child should understand about online searching before starting Middle School

2 Effective searching depends on Keywords (choosing them thoughtfully produces the best results) Objects are better than Actions (who, what, where,

when and why are better than how) Proper Nouns and Numbers are the most powerful

Keywords

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Five things every child should understand about online searching before starting Middle School

3 The first thing you find is probably not the information you need. Information at the top of the list is not always relevant Every search result contains clues that will improve your

search

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Five things every child should understand about online searching before starting Middle School

4 The information you find may not be accurate. Use information only from trusted sources. Younger—search only trusted sources Older—evaluate to determine if a source can be trusted

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Five things every child should understand about online searching before starting Middle School

5 The information you find belongs to someone else--you need to give them credit. Information to be cited (minimum): (who) Author or

Publisher, (what) Title, (where) Web address, (when) date found online.

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How will I get there?

Ready

Set

Go

Readiness Activities. Discovery through existing experience

Travel Guide Ride the school bus, city bus or walk?

Practice using tools and simulations

Actual searching

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SearchingSearching is like taking a trip on the is like taking a trip on the InternetInternetYou want to get to the right place You want to get to the right place You want to get there as quickly as you canYou want to get there as quickly as you canYou want to get there safelyYou want to get there safely

Travel Guide

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How will I get there?

Ready Readiness Activities. Discovery through existing experience

Using a Reference Book Table of Contents, Index or browse?

Table of ContentsTable of Contents

IndexIndex

Page by pagePage by page

Subject DirectorySubject Directory

Search EngineSearch Engine

BrowsingBrowsing

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How will I get there?

Set Practice using tools and simulations

Search Race: Who can get there the quickest?

Divide the group into three parts (teams):

Search Engines || Subject Directories || Browsers

Using computers, individuals assigned to a team may use only that means of searching to find the information.

Each student starts in a designated place. Use the 21cif game or create your own.

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Search Race: Science FairHere’s the page students need to find

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How will I get there?

Go

Discuss: If Search Engines usually win, why use anything else?

Actual Searching:

Find ideas for a Science Fair Project

Other Search Challenges

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What keywords will I use?

Ready Readiness Activities. Discovery through existing experience

Fishing Game

Children use word cards as bait to retrieve information

Example: Candy Store

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What keywords will I use?

Ready Interactive candy page

candychewy

licorice

M&Ms

Too specific:

what if there are no M&M’s?

Too general:

what if ‘Candy’ is also the title of a book or the name of a dog?

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What keywords will I use?

Set Practice using tools and simulations

“Query Picker”

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What keywords will I use?

Set Practice using tools and simulations

“Keyword Challenges”

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What keywords will I use?

Go Actual Searching

“Search Challenges”

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What keywords will I use?

Go Actual Searching

Classroom Research Assignments using Customized (Google, Eurekster, Rollyo, etc.)

or Vetted (subscription) Databases

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What keywords do I still need?

Ready Readiness Activities. Discovery through existing experience

“Word Matching”

+ =Keywords: meal, eggs, breakfast, morning

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What keywords do I still need?

Ready Readiness Activities. Discovery through existing experience

“Keys and Locks”

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What keywords do I still need?

Set Practice using tools and simulations

“Word Post-its”

“Snippet Detective”

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Can the information be trusted?

Ready“Telephone Game”

Readiness Activities. Discovery through existing experience

Dropped Information

Added Information

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Can the information be trusted?

Ready“Rumors and Sources”The school year is ending early…

Readiness Activities. Discovery through existing experience

“To Tell the Truth” You Tube

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Can the information be trusted?

SetOnline tutorials: Author, Publisher, Links….

Evaluation Wizard

Practice using tools and simulations

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Who owns the information?

ReadyStealing vs Borrowing

Readiness Activities. Discovery through existing experience

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Who owns the information?

SetCitation Tutorials

Citation Wizard

Practice using tools and simulations

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