Now when I read all about these strategies, I was just thinking about how much time it would take to effectively teach these students how to search the internet safely and correctly. We as teachers, already have so much to do, and now with technology being such a part of student's daily lives, we have to add those things in too. I think though, that in the long run, teaching students how to effectively use technology, such as searching the internet, they will become better citizens and it will in turn make our life this year a little bit easier during research projects and technology time.
I know that in the future, I will be teaching my students the specific strategies on how to research efficiently, using the Boolean search tools as well and utilizing the advanced search options. I think I will focus a lot of my time on show them how to pinpoint their searches using quotation marks, the words "and" and "or" as well as the plus sign. I think this well help me save some of the headache of teaching them how to research and search correctly at the same time. Also, I think this will set them up for success for the future as technology is not going anywhere.
Kirsten,
ReplyDeleteRE: " I think though, that in the long run, teaching students how to effectively use technology, such as searching the internet, they will become better citizens and it will in turn make our life this year a little bit easier during research projects and technology time."
It is the Information Age! Teaching students to locate and evaluate information in an efficient manner is critical for their future success. Not only will you save time and make your life a bit easier, but the quality of learning products will improve. Students can't create a quality product with incorrect information. If you only have time for one lesson on search, teach them to locate and use advanced search forms. Advanced search forms typically roll all of the search operators and more into one easy-to-use form.
Happy learning!
Dr. Dell
I know that many teachers are struggling trying to find time to incorporate teaching technology into their schedules; I am also one of those teachers. One thing that I am grateful for is that my school district has a technology special. My students go to technology for one hour a week. This helps me cut back on some of the skills that I would have to teach. I know many schools still do not have a technology special. I think they should start adding these specials since technology is taking over the world and many students are using it. We need to teach them how to use is appropriately, and schools should be supportive of this and accommodate these changes.
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There is also a negative sign that you can use so that the website omits any words that you may not want. One article I read used the example of identifying ancient spears, but when they typed this in a bunch of information would come up about Brittany Spears so they used the negative sign to take out any websites that contained the word Brittany. I have not yet tried it myself but I'm interested in seeing how well it works.
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