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What is Research?Day 1 Lesson 1

Johanna RiddleInstructional Designer

Seminole Academy of Digital Learning

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Research skills are a set of skills that help

you find information.

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They include knowing When you need information. Where to go for information. How to evaluate information. How to use information. How to share information.

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You need information when you want to: learn new skills. compare ideas. add to your knowledge.

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Long ago, it was difficult to find

information. Books were precious items.

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Today, the challenge lies in deciding which information is most

accurate.

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We live in a world where information is

available in many places and in many

forms.

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Print sources include:

books magazines newspaper articles documents

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Internet sources include: web sites databases videos podcasts slideshows

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Graphic sources include: charts diagrams graphs maps images/photographs

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Live sources include: interviews research studies lectures lessons surveys

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Each week, you will be a given a research topic. You will work on your

project each day. Let’s take a look at a typical week of research.

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DAY ONE: BrainstormDecide what you want to research.

Make a list of questions or topics

to investigate.

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DAY TWO: ResearchFind and use the best sources to

get the information you are looking for.

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DAY THREE: OrganizeOrganize the information you gathered. This may include: Deciding which information is best. Arranging information by sequence

or sub-topic. Doing a bit of

further research to fill in information gaps.

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DAY FOUR: SynthesizeIt’s time to put your research together!

You will learn some new technology skills during this step of the process.

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DAY FIVE: ShareEach week, you will share your research

project with your classmates.

You will review and comment on the

projects that your classmates created.

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This concludes today’s tutorial.

Tomorrow, you will learn about search engines, search words,

and search phrases.