Organise

ISP FOCUS: How can I use this information?

have I enough information for my purpose?
do I need to use all of this information?
how can I best combine information from different sources?

DC Focus: Understanding and responsibly applying copyright laws when organising, citing and paraphrasing information from other sources

LEARNING OUTCOMES

After completing this section EDUCATORS should be able to:

LEARNING OUTCOMES: LO1,LO2,LO3,LO4

TEACH STUDENTS TO:

Use online tools to organise research
Recognise copyright –text and images and plagiarism
Understand, acknowledge and respect intellectual property, ownership and referencing conventions

MEET STANDARDS:

ISTE Student: 1b, 1d, 2b, 2c, 3a, 3b, 3c, 4b, 5b, 5c, 6a, 6b, 6c, 7a
ITSE Educator: 1a, 1c, 2a, 2b, 2c, 3b, 3c, 3d, 4a, 4b, 4c, 5a, 5b, 5c, 6b, 6d, 7b
ACARA: ACTDIP003, ACTDIP009, ACTDIO016, ACTDIP006, ACTDIP013, ACTDIP022
AITSL: 1.5, 2.1, 2.2, 2.6, 3.4, 3.6, 4.1, 4.2, 4.5, 5.2, 6.1, 6.3, 7.1
ALIA: 1.1, 1.2, 1.4, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3

ACARA CONTENT, SKILLS AND CONTINUUM LINKS:

STUDENTS WILL DEVELOP COMPETENCIES (knowledge, skills & attitudes) IN:

Using online tools to organise information

Foundation - Year 2

Viewing some online tools (such as Popplet or Pic Collage) with explicit instruction
Using co-constructed headings

Years 3 - 4

Exploring a variety of online tools
Developing titles and headings to organise information

Years 5 - 6

Selecting from multiple online tools for a specific purpose
Incorporating accurate titles headings and subheadings to organise information

Understanding intellectual property; copyright, plagiarism and referencing (text and images)

Learning the term and symbol for copyright
Understanding authorship and plagiarism

Defining content creation and authorship
Observing and following copyright guidelines and plagiarism
Creating a bibliography using author, title and date

Understanding and utilising Creative Commons
Introducing and using online citation tools
Producing a bibliography using referencing conventions for text and media

Educator Immersion Activities

View the video 'Organise Information'
- - Document the key concepts in organising information
  - Devise a checklist of these key concepts
  - Compare this checklist to the steps in the Information Process
  - Seek feedback from colleagues to co-create an organising checklist and incorporate within curriculum planning
  - Use this curated checklist as a guide for giving feedback and feed forward to students

Organising

Visit Eduwebinar
Locate the text version of the webinar Web Tools to Support Inquiry-based Learning (2015) to view a vast list of web tools to support inquiry based learning
View the tools highlighted in the organising section
Compare this list to any web tools currently used in your school/classroom
Which tools would you add/delete in the organising section?
Create a school-based shared document in a table format enabling current and future web tools used within the Information Process (ISP) to be documented

Examine Literacy Ideas
Read the post How to Write an Information Report (2018) and locate the section entitled 'Structure of Information Texts'
Explore the summary given of the main features of an information report
Create a visual poster of the key components required within an information report to assist in organising information for students

Explore Smartcopying - The Official Guide to Copyright Issues for Australian Schools and TAFE
Investigate the answer to the question What is Creative Commons? (nd)
Construct a definition of Creative Commons for
- F-2
- 3-4
- 5-6
Locate any curated digital resource utilised in the locate stage to determine which of the 6 Creative Commons licences the resource fits into
What steps should be taken to ensure curated resources abide by Creative Commons licensing?

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Students are able to use the infographic for guiding their work through the Information Process (ISP).

QUALITY children's LITERATURE

"The inquiry teacher recognizes literature as a critical element in his/her repertoire of resources - it is the perfect bridge from the known ... to the unknown" (Murdoch, 2015, p. 1)

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