Finding What You Need When You Need It; Making Internet Research Work for your Students K-12

Instructor: Martha Borden

"I spent the period searching on the Internet and I didn't find any good information!" How often do our students make this statement? This session focuses on developing learning opportunities to help students secure the research skill needed to successfully navigate the web. We will begin by brainstorming and creating activities that will help our students become critical, pro-active, and questioning consumers of digital resources. With the foundations of effective search strategies in place we will work with and build activities that define and highlight digital ethics: recognizing and respecting copyright, understanding fair use, and citing resources.

Bringing it all together we will finish the session creating a research unit using the iSearch format. We will also explore ways students can translate their research into a final presentation.

3.0 CEU's