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"Why do so many students choose Wikipedia when asked to find information on the Internet? I believe the answer is that Wikipedia is like the McDonalds of the Internet, you can always find it and you know what you’re going to get. Quite frankly, I like Wikipedia because it provides students with a starting point for research and I am particularly fond of the way I’ve seen so many students develop their own method of research by using the links at the bottom to find more information."
Beth Dichter's insight:
How do we get students to learn how to effectively and efficiently search the web? This post provides a variety of resources that your students may find helpful. The list is robust and includes: * Google Search Education - This site provides a series of lesson plans that help teach students how to search as well as lessons on Power Searching, A Google A Day Challenge, and live trainings (as well as trainings that have been recorded. * The "Find" Tool which will help students quickly locate key words * Twurdy - search by reading lexile Additional resources are listed (and hot links to all are inclucluded). Please note that Qwiki Reference is no longer available. 
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"MentorMob and LearnZillion have teamed up to create a comprehensive collection of Common Core aligned learning playlists perfect for providing students with easy access to guided learning experiences. Currently there are 327 Common Core aligned playlists ready and available for free on the MentorMob site."
Kate Peila's curator insight,
March 30, 2013 2:20 PM
Awesome! Love MentorMob- excited to use it more frequently in my classrosom- this makes it easier! |
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Beth Dichter's insight:
This interactive ThingLink provides links to ten websites that are great tools to use in your classroom. Many of the links provide ideas for ways to use the tool with your students. Tools include: * Wikispaces Classroom * Padlet * MentorMob * SAMR
Sue Alexander's comment,
August 11, 2013 10:54 PM
Another great Scoop, Beth! I've learned so much from your topics this summer. Thanks!
Sue Alexander's curator insight,
August 11, 2013 10:58 PM
Fun interactive format, and the tools are good ones to explore.
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Learn What You Want, Teach What You Love... MentorMob is a Learning Playlist platform that allows users to curate, collaborate on, and share any kind of online content. Creating and editing Learning Playlists is a free and easy process that cuts out internet junk and enables users to search for relevant content. Open your knowledge to people who share your skills so they can help you refine it by adding and editing your Learning Playlist.
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I've just shared this post with our Grade 4-12 teachers. The biggest hurdle we face is keeping teachers up to speed so they can best inform their students. Information Literacy is everyone's responsibility and not only that of the modern librarian or the tech integrators.