If your students canthe answer

you may be asking the WRONG questions.

Brian Housand, Ph.D. brianhousand.com

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2013 IDAHO CALIFORNIA NORTH CAROLINA GEORGIA PENNSYLVANIA CONNECTICUT INDIANA SOUTH CAROLINA TEXAS

RE : SEARCHAHOY MAT IES

TRY T H I S !

WHO GIVES A FLIP?

If your students can GOOGLE the answer...

You may be asking the WRONG questions!

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RECALL

≠ UNDERSTANDING

The illiterate of the 21st Century will not be those who cannot read or write,

but those who cannot LEARN, UNLEARN

AND RELEARN.(Toffler, 1970)

Research to Build and Present Knowledge 7. Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects based on focused questions, demonstrating understanding of the subject under investigation. 8. Gather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources, assess the credibility and accuracy of each source, and integrate the information while avoiding plagiarism. 9.Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.

76% of teachers surveyed “strongly agree” with the assertion that internet search engines have conditioned students to expect to be able to find information quickly and easily.

76%

Agree with the notion that the amount of information available online today is overwhelming to most students.

83%

Today’s digital technologies discourage students from using a wide range of sources when conducting research.

71%

DID

1) In what year was the first U.S. postage stamp issued? !

2) Who was on it? !

3) How much did it cost?

R E : S E A R C HAHOY MAT IES

TRY T H I S !

WHO GIVES A FLIP?

IDENTIFY Important Questions

LOCATE Information

CRITICALLY EVALUATE

SYNTHESIZE Information

COMMUNICATE Answers

NEW LITERACIESnewliteracies.uconn.edu

A METHOD TO OUR MADNESS

Proof of EvidenceDetermine the RelevanceNote the AmbiguityJudge with CriteriaRelateDifferentiate Fact from OpinionDefend

-THINKING SKILLS ACCORDING TO KAPLAN

A METHOD TO OUR MADNESS

Proof of EvidenceDetermine the RelevanceNote the AmbiguityJudge with CriteriaRelateDifferentiate Fiction from TruthDefend

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AC

F TD

ER AC F T D

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Criteria

agoogleaday.com

google.com/insidesearch/searcheducation

www.boolify.org

RELEVANCE

ADVERTISEMENTS

NATURAL RESULTS

FILTERS

TITLE

WEB ADDRESSSNI PPET

SEARCH TERMS ARE BOLD

ELLI PSES

__

OR “x”

intext: filetype:

Ambiguity

Info Info

Commercial

Definition

Subheading with more information

Fiction f rom Truth using Evidence

“Every man should have a

built-in automatic

crap detector operating

inside of him.”

-- Ernest Hemingway

5 TYPES OF EVALUATION

UNDERSTANDING RELEVANCY ACCURACY

RELIABILITY BIAS

(Coiro, 2006)

TRIA

NGULA

TION

WHO WROTE THIS

INFORMATION? !

WHEN WAS THE ARTICLE WRITTEN?

!

CAN THE INFORMATION BE VERIFIED FOR ACCURACY?

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http://bit.ly/searchlesson5

Defend

CC ANCHOR WRITING 6: Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing and to interact and collaborate with others. ! STANDARD FOR 9-10 Use technology, including the Internet, to produce, publish, and update individual or shared writing products, taking advantage of technology’s capacity to link to other information and to display information flexibly and dynamically. !GRADES 11-12 Use technology, including the Internet, to produce, publish, and update individual or shared writing products in response to ongoing feedback, including new arguments or information.

Audience

Audience

Audience

-Subjective -Not authentic

Audience

- Authentic -Co-Created

!

R E : S E A R C HAHOY MAT IES

TRY T H I S !

WHO GIVES A FLIP?

AGGREGATOR

LiveBinders

WHO

WHAT WHEN

WHERE WHY

HOW

IS

DID CAN

WILL MIGHT

SHOULD COULD WOULD

BLUFF THE INTERNET

SEARCHER

B L U F F T H E I N T E R N E T S E A R C H E R W H I C H O F T H E F O L L O W I N G S I T E S I S N O T A N I N T E R N E T H O A X ?

H O W D O Y O U K N O W ? !

T H E PA C I F I C N O R T H W E S T T R E E O C T O P U S

D O G I S L A N D F R E E F O R E V E R

M A R T I N L U T H E R K I N G . O R G

R Y T H O S P I TA L

P R O J E C T G L A S S

P O M E G R A N A T E P H O N E

T O Y O TA ’ S W I N D O W T O T H E W O R L D

WHAT ABOUT MATH?

www.wolframalpha.com

Google Trends

101qs.com

wonderopolis.com

sciencebuddies.org

docsteach.org

geoguessr.com

geosettr.com

writingprompts.tumblr.com

The whole process of education should

thus be conceived as the process of

learning to think through the solution

of real problems. !

-- John Dewey, 1938

Real World Problems Academic Rigor

Technology Integration

www.ecugifted.com

We need students to get more DEEPLY INTERESTED in things,

more INVOLVED in them, more ENGAGED in wanting to know,

to have projects that they can get EXCITED about and work on

o v e r l o n g p e r i o d s o f t i m e , to be STIMULATED

TO FIND THINGS OUT ON THEIR OWN.- Gardner

What do you think?

Why do you think that?

How do you know this?

Can you tell me more?

What questions do

you still have?

RE : SEARCHAHOY MAT IES

TRY T H I S !

WHO GIVES A FLIP?

FLIPPING THE CLASSROOM

KHAN CAN AND

KHAN

YOUTOO

KNOWUNDERSTAND

DO

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CURIOSITY

IMAGINATION

PASSION

CREATIVITY

PERSPECTIVE

STOP

GO

TO INFINITY AND BEYOND

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