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What does the strand say? Through technology integration, students acquire and evaluate digital content.
What does this mean for students? This strand looks at how students should have classroom opportunities to gather research material online and evaluate it for usefulness and authenticity. Beginning in Kindergarten, teachers model search strategies for finding information online that answers a question she has asked or generated with the class. By the end of 2nd grade, students should have the skills and confidence to begin searching for online content independently, collecting and organizing information from a variety of digital formats. Students must be able to tell if the information they've gathered is useful and true. Students begin to understand that not all online content is relevant to their task, and through classroom teacher guidance develop the necessary skills to ask critical questions about the websites they visit. To this end, Conroe ISD provides grade appropriate database research resources for all students and teachers to assist in this process.
This strand focuses on providing students with the lifelong skill of evaluating the vast amount of online information to determine its validity and usefulness.
This strand focuses on providing students with the lifelong skill of evaluating the vast amount of online information to determine its validity and usefulness.
What does this look like in the classroom?
Search Strategies
Search Strategies
Students should use keywords to search for their content. Teachers may model using a safe search engine to find content-related information using simple keyword strategies. Once students have demonstrated a basic understanding of this process, teachers may establish a research station in their classroom and allow students to search for answers to the questions they have. Using our district resources, such as Britannica School, Gale in Context - Elementary, or National Geographic, students have the opportunity to practice effective search strategies in a safe and distraction-free resource.
Collecting and Organizing Information
Collecting and Organizing Information
Collecting and organizing research is a skill students should practice as early as 3rd grade. Students may save and organize what they find during their research using Google Drive, an online cloud storage available to all students in Conroe ISD. Students should understand the differences between text, audio, video, and graphics files, specifically how and when these file types can be used in digital products. Most of our district resources save resources directly to the student's Google Drive, allowing students to quickly and effectively collect their information.
School Library Standards
School Library Standards
Following Strand 4 of the Texas School Library Standards, the campus library directly supports Research and Information Fluency. Ask your librarian for information on what digital research resources the district and campus provide.
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