Research Skills
OVERVIEW
In this module, you will be learning about a variety of instructional technology tools and strategies that support developing students' research skills.
OBJECTIVES
- transform a traditional lesson plan that tasks students with conducting research through meaningful instructional technology tools and strategies
WONDER
Have you ever wondered how you can help students research a topic and write a research paper?
INVESTIGATE
Choose some tools/strategies from the list below that you'd like to investigate further.
LEARN
Visit the Resources page to view some video tutorials and read various support materials about your chosen tool/strategy to learn how to integrate technology into your lesson. Don't see what you'd like to learn? Please contact Rob Leo, Coordinator of Instructional Technology Training for support.
CREATE
Create a real-world example of whichever tool/strategy you have chosen, transform a lesson plan that integrates your selection, and deploy your lesson with your students.
Tools
- Save as PDF Chrome Extension
- Kami Chrome Extension
- Google Keep
- OWL at Purdue
- EasyBib Toolbar Chrome Extension
- Cite This For Me Chrome Extension
- Google Docs Explore Tool
- LucidChart
- Bubbl.us
Strategies
- Task students with conducting research via the school's database subscriptions and/or the Internet. Use the Save as PDF Chrome Extension to save webpages as PDFs. Use the Kami Chrome Extension to annotate PDFs.
- Students can use the Google Keep app on their phones and/or the Web to take notes, photos, audio recordings, drawings, or lists. Google Keep notes can be inserted into Google Docs and Google Slides.
- Students can use a variety of Chrome Extensions to cite their sources for their research: Cite This For Me, EasyBib Toolbar to name a few. Proper citation guidelines can be found at the Online Writing Lab (OWL) at Purdue University.
- Students can use the "Explore" tool in Google Docs to conduct research and create footnotes while they are involved in the writing process using Google Docs.
- Students can use mind mapping tools like LucidChart or Bubbl.us to organize their information.