Day 1 lesson 1 What is Research?
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What is Research?Day 1 Lesson 1
Johanna RiddleInstructional Designer
Seminole Academy of Digital Learning
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Research skills are a set of skills that help
you find information.
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They include knowing When you need information. Where to go for information. How to evaluate information. How to use information. How to share information.
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You need information when you want to: learn new skills. compare ideas. add to your knowledge.
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Long ago, it was difficult to find
information. Books were precious items.
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Today, the challenge lies in deciding which information is most
accurate.
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We live in a world where information is
available in many places and in many
forms.
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Print sources include:
books magazines newspaper articles documents
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Internet sources include: web sites databases videos podcasts slideshows
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Graphic sources include: charts diagrams graphs maps images/photographs
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Live sources include: interviews research studies lectures lessons surveys
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Each week, you will be a given a research topic. You will work on your
project each day. Let’s take a look at a typical week of research.
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DAY ONE: BrainstormDecide what you want to research.
Make a list of questions or topics
to investigate.
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DAY TWO: ResearchFind and use the best sources to
get the information you are looking for.
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DAY THREE: OrganizeOrganize the information you gathered. This may include: Deciding which information is best. Arranging information by sequence
or sub-topic. Doing a bit of
further research to fill in information gaps.
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DAY FOUR: SynthesizeIt’s time to put your research together!
You will learn some new technology skills during this step of the process.
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DAY FIVE: ShareEach week, you will share your research
project with your classmates.
You will review and comment on the
projects that your classmates created.
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This concludes today’s tutorial.
Tomorrow, you will learn about search engines, search words,
and search phrases.