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A 12-15 day lesson plan on 21st century skills.
Teacher Plans: 21 Century Skills
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Student Summary List of Required Assignments
Purpose of this Activity: In this day of instant news feeds, social media blitzes, and the advent of anyone posting anything that can appear to be official, requires students to become information skeptics. Prospective researchers and the average citizen need 21st century evaluating skills in order to sift through the Internets ever expanding information data base and use it. Many times when we compile information from the internet it is difficult for novice researchers to gain factual information and at the same time avoid copyright, plagiarism, and citing issues. This tutorial is intended to assist student researchers in gaining knowledge of the internet, how to conduct searches for information and resources, how to evaluate those resources for accuracy, how to use the information once you have found it without copyright or plagiarism issues, and finally how to cite those sources.
Intro to Lessons: Day 1
Mike the Chicken Video
Internet quiz: 21'st Century Literacy.
Be sure to record scores with your teacher!
Start online Tutorial if time allows
Days 2 and 3 Lessons 1-3 Doing Research on the Web: Do all three lessons and activities.
You must outline notes that will be graded.
Lesson 1: Where do I begin?
Lesson 2: What are search tools?
Activity: Search Tool Scavenger Hunt: Post answers on Portfolio
Lesson 3: How do I search?
Activity: Create a Search Strategy: Post answers on Portfolio
Day 3 and 4: Lesson 4: How do I evaluate Web sites?
Criteria for Evaluating Web Sites
Activity: Evaluate a Web Site: Do tutorial then as a group pick 2 sites on the activity and use the form found below in the attachments to evaluate them. Post answers on Portfolio
Retake Quiz: Internet quiz: 21'st Century Literacy (Record score with your teacher)
Take the Internet EXPERT QUIZ: (Record score with your teacher)
Lesson 5: Comparing Resources
Day 5
View this Prezi about Primary Resources: Please take notes!
http://prezi.com/esfhbfzrfkbs/types-of-academic-sources/
Bovine Farts Activity: As a Team evaluate several different kinds of articles about cow farts.
Articles and evaluation sheet are below in the attachments section.
Day 6: With your Librarian go over How to use the Library Data Bases for Primary Research: Using the Library explore the data bases available to do primary article research.
Lesson 6: Citing Sources/Copyright/Fair use
Day 7-12:
Day 7: Citing Sources: Your teacher will guide you through the Link below in order to explain
how to cite your materials you plan to use on a project.
Internet Help with Citing Resources: Son of Citation Machine
Practice citing in APA the following three pieces of information: Post Citations in your Portfolio
1. Photo: http://www.howstuffworks.com/nuclear-power.htm
2. Article: http://www.howstuffworks.com/nuclear-power.htm
3. Abstract of a journal Article:
http://www.osti.gov/energycitations/product.biblio.jsp?osti_id=5749619
Day 8: Watch this interesting video on Copyright and fair use:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJn_jC4FNDo
Your instructor will lead you through this part of the lesson byMaria Kardick which helps students understand copyright, fair use, and plagiarism by focusing on why students should avoid plagiarism and exploring strategies that respect copyright and fair use. The lesson includes three parts, each framed by a KWL chart. In the first part, focusing on plagiarism, students discuss plagiarism and look at examples to determine whether the passages are plagiarized. Part two introduces copyright and fair use. Students use a Think-Pair-Share strategy to explore questions about fair use, then read several scenarios and determine if the uses described are fair use. In the third part, students develop paraphrasing skills through direct practice with paraphrasing text book passages using an online note-taking tool.
This lesson plan was developed as part of a collaborative professional project with the American Library Association Office for Information Technology Policy and the American Association of School Librarians (AASL).
Day 12: Student Assessment/Reflections
-These will be placed in your student portfolio
Introduction to the Assignment (Fact or Fiction)!
Day 13 and 14
Lesson 7: Fact or Fiction Research: Based on three scenarios form the internet resources, choose one and research it to determine if it is Fact or Fiction. You will write a 1 page typed report that will include an introduction to the assignment, and a body that paraphrases credible information from primary or secondary resources that proves it is fact or fiction with quotations, citations, and a conclusion that includes a discussion of what you have learned during this unit.
Type up a Report put and place it in your Portfolio Under Evaluating Information on the Internet Page (Make this page)
Report Rubric: See Below
Day 15 Class Discussion, and Self Reflections posted to your portfolio.
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