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=**1.1.4: Find, evaluate, and select appropriate sources to answer questions**= **MD Curriculum Standards:** **PreK – 8: 2.0 Locate and evaluate resources and sources: Students will be able to follow and inquiry process to identify, locate, evaluate, and select resources and sources, in a wide variety of formats, to meet the information need in an ethical manner.**

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**3.0 Find, Generate, Record, and Organize Data/Informaiton: Students will be able to follow an inquiry process to find, generate, record, and organize information relevant to the informaiton need in an ethical manner.** ======

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**3.0 Collect Information: Students will be able to collect information relevant to their current information need.** 3.a Apply expanded strategies for collecting relevant information from computer/online/digital resources, applying concepts related to access, currency, and accuracy of information. 4.b Apply more sophisticated strategies for determining relevance of information collected in relation to what is asked for in the question. 6.a Apply criteria related to determining authority of author, accuracy, and currency of information to select appropriate computer/online/ digital resources to meet current need. **NETS Standards:**
 * Grades 9 – 12:** **2.0 Locate Information: Students will be able to use resources, in a wide variety of formats, to locate information to meet an identified need.** 3.a Students will define and refine an information need by formulating compelling / effective questions.======
 * 3. Research and Information Fluency:** Students apply digital tools to gather, evaluate, and use information. Students: a. plan strategies to guide inquiry b. locate, organize, analyze, evaluate, synthesize, and ethically use information from a variety of sources and media. c. evaluate and select information sources and digital tools based on the appropriateness to specific tasks. **4. Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, and Decision Making:** Students use critical thinking skills to plan and conduct research, manage projects, solve problems, and make informed decisions using appropriate digital tools and resources. a. identify and define authentic problems and significant questions for investigation.


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SimplyBox** is an application that allows users to store, organize, and share information they find on the Web. Users must download the SimplyBox application, which will then allow them to store their information in virtual “boxes.” These boxes can be labeled, their content described, and shared with others. School Librarians and teachers can use SimplyBox to create boxes of information on particular topics for students to access. Students can then comment on the content of the boxes and add their own content. This feature is great for collaborative projects. Visual-Spatial: SimplyBox allows users to capture graphics, photos, and videos. Interpersonal: Students can use SimplyBox to collaborate with others students and teachers. Interpersonal: Students can create, organize, and tag information that is meaningful to them. Linguistic: These students can use SimplyBox to comment on ideas.
 * Connections to //Meaningful Learning with Technology//: ** SimplyBox’s features are similar to social bookmarking sites (e.g., Diigo). The application helps users personalize information by tagging, adding sticky notes, and sharing with others.
 * Connections to Multiple Intelligences: **

====We learned about [|Daily Life Online] databases from a high school media specialist at Holton-Arms School in Bethesda. Her students love browsing and searching for information in the following databases:====
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· Daily Life America
====Some common browsing features of all three databases include browsing by: Subject, Tales, Time Period, Region, and Title. In addition, there are 1,503 primary sources, maps and images. Research is supported with a feature called “Research Tutor,” which takes students through the research process (developing questions, searching and gathering for information, evaluating resources, synthesizing information, and sharing results of research with others). The databases are easy to search and navigate. The interfaces are also attractive. Greenwood Press publishes these databases and many other useful social studies databases. If your school district doesn’t subscribe, you can request a 60 day trial subscription. ==== ====**Connection to Meaningful Learning with Technology: ** Daily Life Online databases support open-ended and student-directed research projects described in our text. Students can use Daily Life Online to locate information in order to deepen their understanding of a topic. The background knowledge students’ gain will help them develop their own questions to research (p. 24). ==== ====**<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Connections to Multiple Intelligences: ** · <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Visual-Spatial: These learners will enjoy the maps, charts and photos that support the text in Daily Life Online. ====

· <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Linguistic: There is a “Folktales and Folklife” feature that includes folk and fairy tales from all over the world.
====**<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">UDL: **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> Daily Life Online doesn’t have features, such as audio readers, to support students with disabilities. ====

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==== **[|eyePlorer.com]** s a graphical knowledge engine that allows students to enter a keyword and the engine will retrieve related keywords (initiated through Wikipedia). When students initiate a keyword search, eyePlorer.com retrieves related facts and generates a graphic to help them see relationships among ideas. There is also a notebook feature that allows students to organize their retrieved facts and keywords by subject. This site can help students gain some basic background knowledge on topics and find relevant keywords. However, eyePlorer.com only retrieves information from Wikipedia. If you choose to use eyePlorer. com with your students, it is important to emphasize that they must triangulate the information found through this site.==== ====**Connection to Meaningful Learning with Technology:** eyePlorer.com generates concept maps for students to help them find keywords and related ideas. In chapter 5, Jonassen et al. believe that concept maps are useful tools for helping learners see the “semantic structure of domain knowledge (p. 86). “ ** Connections to Multiple Intelligences: ** · Visual-Spatial: Concept maps & notebook features · Kinesthetic: Click & drag features · Logical-Mathematical: Explore relationships among ideas · Linguistic: Discover keywords & related concepts ====

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==== <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">This site serves as a portal for finding the following types of Web resources: //Library & Literacy//, //Technology Tools//, //Internet//, and //Tech & Learning.// Teacher Tap also emphasizes the importance of matching technology resources to different multiple intelligences. The site is targeted to librarians and classroom teachers. These users would find the resources in Teacher Tap to be extremely useul. Our group particarly likes the site's links to digial resources and author & illustrator sites. **Connections to //Learning wth Technology://** How Technologies Foster Learning - "Technology tools can be used to produce organized, multimedia knowledge bases (chaper 1, p. 7)." Teacher Tap is an example of an organized knowldge base that connects users to digital resources. ==== ==== **Connections to Multiple Intelligences:** Teacher Tap links to Web sites and toos that appeal to a wide variety of users. Visual-Spatial: Teacher Tap links to Web sites and tools that include multimedia, pictures, and graphics Interpersonal: Teacher Tap has links to sites that provide students with opportunities to read about their favorite authors. and to write stories. ==== Linguistic: Many sites and tools that focus on literacy learning. Logical-Mathematical: Links to math & science sites and software

=Library Scavenger Hunt=

<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Joyce Valenza designed this scavenger hunt to introduce the library to her students. It's an excellent way for students to familiarize themselves with staff, rules, and materials, including books and online resources. Connection to Multiple Intelligences: The activities in the scavenger hunt would appeal to visual-spatial, linguistic and logical learning styles.

<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Classroom Architect is 4Teachers widget for room designing. It helps students understand the layout of the library by allowing them to recreate their school library online and label the resources.
 * Connections to //Learning with Technology//:** Classroom Architect is a tool for creating a model of a learning environment. Chapter 5 in our text focuses on using technologies to build models.
 * Connections to Multiple Intelligences:** Visual-Spatial and Kinesthetic learners will enjoy creating models of learning environments in Classroom Architect.

<span style="color: red; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;"> **[|Library of Congress]** offers a treasure trove of resources for students and teachers. The screenshot above shows some of the resources available for student research. Library of Congress’s //American Memory// provides access to millions of primary source documents. //Portals to the World// offer students a brief overview and important statistics for many countries in the world. For current events, Library of Congress has //Places in the New//s, where students can learn more about important events around the world. For younger students, America’s Library has games that allow them to explore American history. ** Connections to Multiple Intelligences: ** · Visual-Spatial: photos, documents, and multimedia · Musical: Students can listen to a vast collection of American music. · Intrapersonal: Pursue own interest in American history · Linguistic: Books are available for these students to download and read.
 * Connections to Learning with Technology:** Information Gathering with Internet Resources (p. 14-15).

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**[|Smithsonian Education]** is a great Web site for elementary and middle school students to gain background knowledge on a wide range of topics related to artifacts in the Smithsonian’s collections. Students can search the following categories: Everything Art, Science & Nature, History & Culture and People & Place. The site also a feature called //IdeaLabs//, where students can engage in interactive learning experiences. · Visual-Spatial: Graphics, photos, and multimedia features · Linguistic: Text and multimedia · Logical-Mathematical: Investigations and problem solving activities UDL: Some features in the //IdeaLabs// include narration.
 * Connections to Meaningful Learning with Technology:** Smithsonian’s //IdeaLabs// provide students with authentic learning tasks. Jonassen et al. assert, “most contemporary research on learning has shown that learning tasks that are situated in some meaningful real-world task or simulated in some case-based or problem-based learning environment are not only better understood and remembered but also transferred to new situations (p. 4).”
 * Connections to Multiple Intelligences:**

[|21st Century Information Fluency] is a commercial site that offers online courses, webinars, and tutorials for users who want to improve their ability to find information on the Web. The site also contains free information to help guide users as they formulate more effective queries. In addition, there are free podcasts and videos available through this site that offer tips for searching the Web. We think both teachers and students will find the information on the site to be helpful in learning how to find information more effectively and efficiently. Visual-Spatial: Videos, text, and charts available on Web site Interpersonal: Learners can acquire information on the site at their own pace. Linguistic: Podcasts and multimedia resources on the 21st Century Information Fluency site would appeal to these learners. Logical-Mathematical: There is a model for query formation that would make the process explicit for these students.
 * Link to** **//Learning with Technology://** “The learner must develop a conscious and intentional search strategy in order to locate information sources that may be useful. Selection of search terms can be a difficult process. It will be necessary for you, the teacher, to model the process of asking questions, such as who, where, when, and what, in order to identify search terms associated with the problem (chapter 1, p. 15).”
 * Connections to Multiple Intelligences: **