Heritage Christian Online Schools

Research Skills
Generation Z

Pippa Davies
Learning
Commons Chair
CHEC 2016 April

Thy word is a lamp unto my feet,

and a light unto my path. Psalm 119:105

Generation Z? Gen Z kids will grow up

with a highly sophisticated media and
computer environment and will be more
Internet savvy and expert than their Gen Y
forerunners

Social/Empathe
tic

Your Teenager?
Pew Internet stats

http://bit.ly/22ALwnJ

Incorporate tools to work for you!

Collaboration Tools
are Positive! Teach
balance! Create
rules for usage

Google Docs
OneNote - Microsoft
Skype
Google Hangouts
Symbaloo
Evernote
Scoopit
Twitter/Ning
Explain Everything
WikiSpaces
Pinterest

THINK before you SHARE

Digital
Citizenship
PRIVACY
COPYRIGHT
BULLYING
COMMUNICATION
ACCURACY
SOURCES
IMAGES
SAFETY
REPUTATION
DISCIPLESHIP!!

Create an authentic representation of YOU!

What size is
your footprint?
High school: UBC Digital Dossier files.
Discover: Commonsense Media and Media Smarts
Teaching Digital Citizenship

http://www.teachinctrl.org/
Google Lesson Plans
Digital Literacy and Citizenship Kits

http://hcslearningcommons.org/6-9-digital-literac
y/
Passport to the Internet
Everfii

Plan ahead!

Big Six
Research Skills
Overview of standards
Define the task/problem
Information seeking strategies
Use information for research
Revisit reflect
Synthesize and make it yours!

Define Research Topic!

What standards am I covering?

What Primary or Secondary Resources will I
need?
Who can I brainstorm with?
How do I get my student to look critically at
sources?

Provokes deep thought.

Solicits information-gathering and

Essential Question

evaluation of data.

Results in an original answer. Or

not?

Helps with problem-related

research.

Encourages critical thinking not

regurgitation of facts.

Use Who, Why, Where and How

Ideas for implementa

Open and closed ques

Vocab
E reading
Big ideas

Driving Question!
In the 2010 Vancouver Olympics examine how Biblical
stewardship was practiced by; officials, citizens,
athletes and other members of the community, and
whether this contributed to the overall success of
the games?
Basic Question:
Write some facts about your favourite athlete who was
represented in these winter Olympics.

Tame The.. WEB

6 websites or 4 sites and two books

Discover your friendly teacher librarian!

Reach out and connect with an expert

Google, Wikis, and Advanced Google,

Explora, Discovery Streaming, Learn 360, World

Book

RightNowMedia, BrainPop, KNowBc, Passport to

Internet

Adaptive Curriculum science.

Research, bookmark, take notes, store sites

When to Google?

Needle in haystack kind of

queries; When was
someone famous born.

Can we use Wikis? When?

Check side of wiki under
language for Simple
English tool.
Good keywords defining
parameters of your topic.
Keep refining.
Knowledge of website
evaluation tools.

Images

Google
Advanced
Image Search

Refine by images
that are free to
reuse or modify

Advanced Google is
the best!

Evaluation skills

Danger alert!

Currency
Relevance
Authority
Accuracy
Worldview/Purpose

Examples
http://www.dhmo.org/
http://zapatopi.net/treeoctopus/
http://www.mcwhortle.com/about.htm
Evaluate these videos
Ad Forum (includes foreign work)
http://www.adforum.com/
Further tutorial
http://www.teachinctrl.org/lessons/mediabetweenlines
.php
Quick tutorial for your high school students
http://www.whoishostingthis.com/resources/evaluating
-web-resources/

Pathfinders

Ebscohost, Explora High School and Elementary

WorldBook

Discovery Streaming

BrainPop

Learn 360 (Canadian content)

Pebble Go

Scholastic Research (Canadian content)

RightNowMedia (Biblical worldview)

Overdrive e Library reference books

Worldview

Where is God
in your Story
Why did God allow this to take
place?
Which people did He use to tell
His story?
How does He use redemption as
a means to an end?
How is God found in nature?

Presentation Supremacy

Google Docs, One Note, Podcast, Soundcloud, video, Glogster,

EduBuncee, Popplet, Pictochart, book report

Book report : 5 paragraph essay. T.C.N.B

Images, maps, diagrams, charts

Bibliography. MLA Style.

Bib Me app:

http://www.bibme.org/

Google Docs and

One Note cite within

Hyperlinks

Check List

Edit, edit, get a friend to edit.

Check plagiarism using Viper

http://www.scanmyessay.com/free-check-forplagiarism.php

Check bibliography, make sure presentation

neatly collated

Understand your topic so you can answer ??

Thank God for what you have learned about

your new topic.

Empower your kids. Check browser history.

Know what they are using, watching.
We cannot police our kids, but they still need
us! It may not show they are listening but it
will later on in later!
Questions

or
Thanks so much!
PippaDavie
pdavies@onlinesch
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