To begin today's challenge, we started off talking about a very important aspect of project creation: RESEARCH! The web we drew on the board included ideas about using keywords; taking notes; citing sources; using a variety of resources, including people; not using Wikipedia; and paraphrasing. Students were then handed out a singular question about a particular real-world topic to research on their own, using the Chromebooks. The goal was to research as much as they could in a 45 minute time-span and then formulate an answer to the question and share it with me through Google Docs.
Questions I used. Activity criteria that guided them.
The sweet sound of Chromebook keys taping quickly filled the room! Some students needed a little bit of extra guidance as they were confused by the simple task of just answering the question they were given. A little nudge in the right direction had them catching up to their peers in a flash. Circulating the room, I found that most students had a pretty definitive answer right off the bat; the research that they were doing was simply allowing them to answer it in a more effective, thorough way. I was impressed by how much information students were able to gather in the 45 minute time limit.
Students were asked to share their research with me through a Google Doc and I look forward to seeing what additional information they found to help them answer their assigned question.
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