Finding Out
Learning communities (we consider both teachers and students to be learners) think as researchers and gather information from a variety of sources. Students are extended to go beyond the known and are challenged to use their skills to acquire new knowledge.
Use a range of resources & methods to gather information (read, view, interview, survey, experiment, observe…)
Aim to connect with people, places & objects to broaden understanding
Critically assess the value of the information gathered
Document information gathered in a range of ways
Questions:
What do I need to do?
How can I find out more?
What skills do I need to use?
What will help me learn more?
Finding Information: Research and Reading Resources
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Learn about Search Operators:
Quotes ""
OR
Hyphen and Minus Symbol
Site:
Site:.edu (specific sources from academic institutions or universities)
Site:.de (for example to learn perspectives or sources from other countries)
Finding Images
What if we want to use images from the internet?
When performing research, we expect you to...
1. Use photos that you are free to use or share. You can do this by finding photos that are labelled for reuse in Google's Advanced Search. There are also photo-finding sites like CC Search (and those listed below) where you can find reusable images that are licensed under Creative Commons.
2. Attribute your image. Give credit to the owner of the image by identifying the following:
name of the image
the owner of the image
the link to the website where you found the image
To see examples, please look at our Credits page.
Here's an example of how to attribute an image:
Creative Commons licenses are free copyright licenses that creators can use to indicate how they'd like their work to be used. Creators can choose from a set of six licenses with varying permissions, from the most open license to the least open license.
Finding Music
Tools to help with Technology or Writing
