The Decades: A Research Example

RESEARCH IN THE 21ST CENTURY

Ann T. Reddy DamonTiffin Columbian High School

ann_reddy@tiffin.k12.oh.us

Description

NYTimes.com Learning modulehttp://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/12/21/from-00-to-10-defining-the-decade/

Ohio Library and Technology Standards

Apply appropriate communication design principles in published and presented projects.

Create, publish and present information, utilizing formats appropriate to the content and audience.

Identify communication needs, select appropriate communication tools and design collaborative interactive projects and activities to communicate with others, incorporating emerging technologies.

What is a computer’s favorite kind of music? Disk-o

ProcessNY Times Introduction

Day 1 “Decade in 7 minutes”

Pre-Research guideDay 2 50 Fill InsDay 3 DiigoDay 4 Google DocsDay 5 Dipity

http://web.me.com/areddy2/thedecade/Day_1.html

Why do authors always get good marks on tests?They know how to copy-right.

Tools Diigo

Teacher Console

Easy Class Set up

GoogleDocsDipityTurn it in

Create an account.

Install the toolbar (doesn’t like Safari, much.)

Diigo

The Diigo tool barUses of Diigo

Highlight button primarily to mark up the text Bookmark to add the page to your library.

What do you call a person whose library books are overdue? A Bookkeeper

The Highlight Tool

Teacher ConsoleAfter you have

your diigo account got to this address and apply for the teacher console.http://

www.diigo.com/education

A guide to using the teacher console can be found at http://

help.diigo.com/teacher-account/getting-started

Creating a class

Making users in Diigo

Q. Where does a librarian sleep?A. Between the covers.

Putting it together in Google Docs

Checking it out in Turnitin.com

Dipity.com do da, do da!

A collaborative timeliner that includes text, pictures and a map feature.This is the final product students

use to defend their theses.http://www.dipity.com

Dipity.com

Description in Dipity

The Picture in Dipity

The Map in Dipity

Different ways to view Dipity Timeline

Flipbook

• Timeline

• List view

ExamplesCody S goldfox64 Cyber Warfare

http://www.dipity.com/goldfox64Kenzie K KenzieKraft Reality TV

http://www.dipity.com/kenziekraftTrevor S ts07331 Disasters in Sports

http://www.dipity.com/ts07331

EvaluationRubricSpeech

Did you hear about the schoolgirl who was so excited about a book she found in the library called How to Hug?It turned out to be volume eight of an encyclopedia.

Timeline Rubric

Oral Presentation Rubric

What we would do differentlyOver-riding

QuestionUniform

naming in Dipity Teacher create accounts

Make a persuasive outline in preparation for the speech.

Citations and Websites

Arcimboldo, Guiseppe. Librarian. 1570. Stokholm. Web. April 2010. Byrne, Amy. Sexy Libraian. Craft Assassins. Web. April 2010. Good to Know @SCPL. j0427686.jpg. St. Charles Public Library. Web. April

2010. Http://www.dipity.com Http://www.docs.google.com Http://www.diigo.com JRTStarlight. Batgirl librarian. Photobucket. Web. April 2010. Mack, Debbi. Librarian Image.jpeg Random and Sundry Things. Web. April

2010. Nytimes.com Decades. Web. April 2010. PunditKitchen.com. Barack Obama library cool1. Web. April 2010. Rembrandt. A Scholar. 1631. The Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Web. April 2010.