Preparing for Successful Research Projects

PowerPoint Presentation (Elementary, March-April 2004)

PowerPoint Presentation (High School, January 2004)

 

Links to web sites mentioned in presentations:

ISTE National Technology Standards for Teachers (NETS-T)
http://cnets.iste.org/teachers/t_stands.html

Essential Questions
"For the Best Answers, Ask Tough Questions"
http://www.joycevalenza.com/questions.html

Transforming Standards to a Big Idea and Essential Questions
http://magnet.sandi.net/workshops/informationquest/essential.html

Bloom's Taxonomy
http://www.coun.uvic.ca/learn/program/hndouts/bloom.html

Scaffolding
"Scaffolding for Success"
http://www.fno.org/dec99/scaffold.html

The Big 6 Information Problem-Solving Model
http://www.big6.com/

The Big 6 Skills Overview
http://www.big6.com/showarticle.php?id=16

Big 6 Assignment Organizer--Grades 7-12
http://www.standrews.austin.tx.us/library/Assignment%20organizer.htm

Big 6 Assignment Organizer--Grades 3-6
http://www.standrews.austin.tx.us/library/ElementaryOrganizer.htm

Web Site Evaluation
http://www.keyknox.com/bwit/webeval.pdf

Critical Evaluation of a Web Site--Elementary Level
http://www.school.discovery.com/schrockguide/evalelem.html

Critical Evaluaton of a Web Site--Middle School Level
http://www.school.discovery.com/schrockguide/pdf/schrockwebevalmidd_locked.doc

Citation Machine
http://www.landmark-project.com/citation_machine/cm.php

Reading for Information:  The Trash-or-Treasure Method of Teaching Note-taking
http://www.big6.com/showarticle.php?id=45

Data Organizers
    Data Chart Organizer for Taking Notes
    http://www.big6.com/kidsshowarticle.php?id=135

    Research Notes Organizer
    http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/lesson/images/note_taking.rtf

Quality Resources
Kidspace @ The Internet Public Library
http://www.ipl.org/div/kidspace/

Search Engines (Invisible Web)
http://www.keyknox.com/highschool/search.htm

Rubrics
Kathy Schrock's Assessment Rubrics
http://www.school.discovery.com/schrockguide/assess.html

Boolean Searches
Boolean Searching on the Internet
http://library.albany.edu/internet/boolean.html

Boolean Searching
http://adam.ac.uk/info/boolean.html#bool

Searching the Web with Will and Wendi (for students)
http://www.keyknox.com/websearch/Default.htm

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