21st Century Research

We began the course by giving students the Final Project. The idea was that all the skills and tools we taught would be taught through the content of the final project.

At the beginning of our 21st Century Research Unit, we asked students to screencast themselves searching as a baseline of skill. We used 21st Century Information Fluency to create a "Search" pre-assessment. At the end of the unit we asked students to teach someone how to do 21st century research based on what they had learned during the unit.

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Brianna struggles as many students do by not planning their search query and simply typing the whole question into search engine. 

http://www.screencast.com/users/bri090/folders/Default/media/2d46c383-f411-44cb-9741-e2ce6bc237ba 

Megan who successfully completed the Search Pre-Assessment in 4.30 mins, provides the best strategies for successful 21st century research. 

http://www.screencast.com/users/MPerry14/folders/Default/media/68629783-29ac-410f-8241-b1a9ed71734d