students, ipads, and research: a perfect combination computers in libraries conference 2014
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Students, iPads & Research A Perfect Combination
Mary Catherine Coleman [email protected]
Lauren Crooke [email protected]
Goal: Prepare the 4th graders for their 5th grade independent research projects.
Teach 21st Century skills and
the research process.
Find relevant apps that
supported the process.
Introduce our online
database.
Why Inquiry?
Statue of Liberty
gift from France
New York?
where exactly is it?
why did they
give it to us?
when?
where did the idea
for it come from?
what is it made out
of?
who designed it?
how was it built?
famous poem on
tablet she's
holding
author?
why this poem?
how is it taken
care of?
cost?
how many
visitors?
other cool facts?
Mrs. Crooke topic
Finding Resources in the Library
Using books as the first stop and re-evaluating the topic
Statue of Liberty
gift from France
New York?
where exactly is it?
why did they
give it to us?
when?
where did the idea
for it come from?
what is it made out
of?
who designed it?
how was it built?
famous poem on
tablet she's
holding
author?
why this poem?
how is it taken
care of?
cost?
how many
visitors?
other cool facts?
Mrs. Crooke topic
Note-taking
Titanic sinking.
when exactly was it found?
did the captain go down with the
ship?
how were the third class cabins?
how were the first class cabins?
how was the food?
found recentlywhat ships were in reach to help the
titanic when it sank?the carpathia helped the titanic
who was the captian of te
titanic?
why did it sink?
why and how was it built? and did that influence how it
sank?
where was it when it sank?
Edward John Smith
third class filled as much as it can be
facts.
heated swimming pool, squash
courts, libraries
beef stew in 3 class
fillet mignon and roast duckling in 1
class
people thinkit sank because it was traveling to fast the Californian was
in reach but the ships radio operator
was off duty.
itwas found in1985 by Robert Ballard.
it sank north atlantic ocean off
the coast of Newfoundland.
once it was found tourists paid
3,600$ to visit it in submarines
"Titanic (ship)." Grolier Multimedia
Encyclopedia. Grolier Online, 2013. Web. 13
Nov. 2013.
the state rooms were filled to
capicity
600 crew members
carried over 2200 only enough
lifeboats for about 1200 http://
www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/engineering/titanic.html
pix for titanic
chapter one: the building
chapter 2:life in the titanic
chapter 3: the sinking
chapter 3 the finding
http://www.sciencekids.co.n
z/sciencefacts/engineering/titanic.html
the remains of the titanic sits 12400
below the surface.
it was 882 ft long
175 ft tall
built between 1909 and 1911
3years to build
http://octopus.gma.org/space1/titanic.html
found 2000 ft apart (bow and stern)
kept location secret
o
on last visit left plack honoring
people who died and telling/asking treseare hunters
not to disturb ship.
maryv c topic
Searching in Grolier
Internet Searching
Final Thoughts: What was successful:
• Students picking their topics of interest • Book Creator and Popplet apps • Project allowed for differen<a<on-‐ no
ma?er the student’s skill level all were able to produce a book
• Building on previous skills (note-‐taking,
cita<on, etc.)
• The students were able to share their work outside the classroom.
What we would do differently: • Note taking app-‐ look for a more user
friendly app • Have students use their classroom iPads • Collaborate with the classroom teachers so
aspects of the project could be worked on in the classroom-‐ including wri<ng and edi<ng skills.