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“Can We Make A Powerpoint?!”���Structuring Student���Research Projects ���

Presented by

Bruce J. Miller, M.A., M.S. Ed.

Landmark Elementary-Middle School, Manchester, MA bmiller@landmarkschool.org www.landmarkoutreach.org

h'p://www.pewinternet.org/2012/11/01/how-teens-do-research-in-the-digital-world/

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StudentResearchStudy

Thinkingabouttheresearchhabitsofyourstudents…Howlikely,ifatall,areyourstudentstouseeachofthefollowingsourcesinatypicalresearchassignment?

Student Research Study

Thinking about the research habits of your students…

How likely, if at all, are your students to use each of the following sources in a typical research assignment?

Very likely

Somewhat likely

Not too likely

Not at all likely

Google or other online search engine

Wikipedia or other online encyclopedia

YouTube or other social media sites

Their peers

Spark Notes, Cliff Notes, or other study guides

News sites of major news organizations

Print or electronic textbooks

Online databases such as EBSCO, JSTOR, or Grolier

A research librarian at their school or public library

Printed books other than textbooks

Student-oriented search engines such as Sweet Search

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Student Research Study

Thinking about the research habits of your students…

How likely, if at all, are your students to use each of the following sources in a typical research assignment?

Very likely

Somewhat likely

Not too likely

Not at all likely

Print or electronic textbooks

Online databases such as EBSCO, JSTOR, or Grolier

A research librarian at their school or public library

Printed books other than textbooks

Student-oriented search engines such as Sweet Search

! Google or other online search engine (94%)

TeenResearchintheDigitalAge

TeachersinthestudysawbothposiJveandnegaJveimpactofdigital

technology

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•  75%ofteacherssayinternetanddigitalsearchtoolshavemostlyposiJveeffect

•  87%saytechnologiesarecreaJngan“easilydistractedgeneraJonwithshorta'enJonspans”

•  64%saytechnologies“domoretodistractstudentsthantohelpthemacademically”

StudyResults•  Googleorotheronlinesearchengine(94%)•  Wikipediaorotheronlineencyclopedia(75%)•  YouTubeorothersocialmediasites(52%)•  Theirpeers(42%)•  SparkNotes,CliffNotes,orotherstudyguides(41%)•  NewssitesofmajornewsorganizaJons(25%)•  Printorelectronictextbooks(18%)•  OnlinedatabasessuchasEBSCO,JSTOR,orGrolier(17%)•  Aresearchlibrarianattheirschoolorpubliclibrary(16%)•  Printedbooksotherthantextbooks(12%)•  Student-orientedsearchenginessuchasSweetSearch(10%)

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PosiJveimpactonstudents

•  greaterdepthandbreadthofinformaJonforbeststudents

•  mulJmediaformats

•  manybecomemoreself-reliantresearchers

Concerns

•  overdependenceonsearchengines•  difficultyjudgingqualityofonlineinformaJon•  generalliteracyoftoday’sstudents•  increasingdistracJons•  poorJmemanagementskills•  diminishedcriJcalthinkingcapacity•  easeofborrowingothers’ideas

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BuildingtheFoundaJon“OrganizaJonisessenJaltoachievementinschoolandsuccessinlife.ResearchsuggeststhatteachingorganizaJonalskillstostudentshelpsreduceriskfactors.”-DarleneAnderson

h'p://educaJon.byu.edu/news/2006/01/01/prof-darlene-anderson-presents-on-organizaJonal-skills-instrucJon/

SpecialNeeds

•ExplicitinstrucJoninthisareaisparJcularlyimportantforstudentswithlearningdisabiliJesorweaknessesinexecuJvefuncJoning.•MasteryofanorganizaJonalsystemallowsstudentsmoreJmeontasklearninginformaJonratherthansearchingformaterialsanditalsomakesthemfeel“thattheyareincontroloftheirlearning.”-PatriciaNewhallh'p://www.ldonline.org/arJcle/25179/

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Furtherreading

•  Smartbutsca+ered:therevolu3onary"execu3veskills"approachtohelpingkidsreachtheirpoten3al/PegDawson,RichardGuare.2009.

•  Late,lostandunprepared:aparents'guidetohelpingchildrenwithexecu3vefunc3oning/JoyceCooper-Kahn,LaurieC.Dietzel.2008.

Furtherreading

•  Promo3ngExecu3veFunc3onintheClassroom/LynneMeltzer.2010.

•  SocialStudiesandExcep3onalLearners/DarrenMinarik,TimothyLintner.NCSSBulleJn115.2016.

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•  StructureJme

•  Structurematerials

•  StructureinformaJon

ToaidJmemanagement,teacherscan:

•  insistthatstudentskeepanassignmentnotebookoragenda

•  helpstudentsuseacalendartobreakdownlong-termassignments

•  checkperiodicallytoensurestudentsarekeepingupwiththeplan

•  providesupporttomeetshort-termgoalsandconsequenceswhengoalshavenotbeenmet

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OrganizaJonofMaterials

•  masternotebooksystem•  classroombinders•  accordionfolderstokeepolderpapersathome•  notebookchecks•  threeholepuncheverything(studentscouldgetsmall

holepunchestocarryintheirnotebooks)

•  differentcoloredfoldersforresearchprojects

AlternaJvesto

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h'ps://duckduckgo.com/

h'p://www.sweetsearch.com/

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Reliabilityofsources

ReadAllThe

Screen

Lookespeciallyforthe“abouts”(Abouttheauthor)

Targetinternetsearch

•  Limitsiteordomain

•  Keywords,Brainstorm,refine,searchagain

•  UseBooleanOperatorsandotherStrategies

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Limitsiteordomain

•  site:gov

•  site:loc.gov

•  site:edu

•  site:org

Keywords:Brainstorm,refine,searchagain

•  UserelatedsearchsuggesJons

•  FindkeywordsuggesJonsinarJclesorwebsites

•  UsualvisualsearchsiteslikeInstaGrok

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UseBooleanOperatorsandotherStrategies

•  Useand/ortonarroworexpandasearch•  UsequotaJonmarkstosearchforanexactphrase

•  Usefiletypetosearchforspecifictypesofdocuments(PDF,doc,ppt)

•  Use+or–toincludeorexcludeterms(e.g.,-wiki,-.com)

capital Kampala government Republic population 24,618,000 (2000 est.) language(s) English Religion(s)

money (currency)

area 93,065 sq. mi. (241,038 km2) highest point

lowest point

interesting facts Lake Victoria one of largest freshwater lakes industries

products bananas, coffee, cotton, cassava natural resources copper, forests, wild animals

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The World Book Student Discovery Encyclopedia, p 134

Two-columnNotes

BJMiller, Landmark School

Social Studies Name: ____________________________

Note-taking Date: ____________________________

Topic: _____Uganda_____ Day: ____________________________

Source: ____World Book Student Discovery Encyclopedia_________

MAIN IDEA (who? what?) DETAILS (did what? where? when? why? how?)

Uganda • country in east central Africa

• Kampala – capital and largest city

Geography •high plain called plateau

•mountains in the east

•thick forests in the south

•north is a savanna

•many wild animals

•huge national parks

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OrganizingInformaJontoprepareforwriJng

•  LookatorganizaJonforthattypeofwriJng

•  Providetemplatesfordraqs

h'p://www.Jmeforkids.com/files/2011-07/biosampler.pdf

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h'p://www.Jmeforkids.com/files/2011-07/bioorganizer.pdf

PowerPointWriJngTemplate

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PowerPointPresentaJonTemplate

ClassSample

•  ClassstudiedUgandainconjuncJonwithschoolparJcipaJoninUgandaGoatProject

•  CollaboraJveresearchproject

•  Twostudentsvolunteeredtopresenttothewholeschool

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DoesithavetobePowerPoint?

OtheropJons:

•  h'ps://docs.google.com/presentaJon/

•  h'p://www.easel.ly/

•  h'p://piktochart.com/high-flier/

h'p://www.easel.ly/

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h'p://piktochart.com/high-flier/

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h'p://piktochart.com/high-flier/

Questions?���Comments?���For more information:

Bruce J. Miller, M.A., M.S. Ed.

Landmark Elementary-Middle School, Manchester, MA

bmiller@landmarkschool.org www.landmarkoutreach.org