Who are we as a community of thinkers, innovators?
What do I need to know about myself and my community, in order to develop a project?
How can I document and share my thinking through effective routines and organization?
At the end of this week of exploration, we begin narrowing ideas toward a driving question and a course of research.
DO NOW: Begin by opening only the following tabs (and your paper notes) 1) This blog 2) Your Project Block 2015 folder 3) EasyBib.com 4) Google.com. Close all other tabs. Choose one of your topics or questions and engage in 5 minutes of research using google search. For each new source, open a new tab so that they are all open
SHARE OUT: On a scale from 0-5, how much information did you find? Share out, including one piece of new information and the source. Consider, the quality of the source.
SEE. - What did you notice in your 5 minutes of research? In our share out?
THINK. - What do you think a lot/little information in 5 minutes means? What do you think about the quality of sources found in 5 minutes?
WONDER: What does this experience make you wonder about your own research process.
DOCUMENT: Set up an account and new project in Easy Bib. Enter any sources worth keeping on a topic. (If you have multiple topics, because you are still deciding, please create multiple projects in EasyBib. This will help keep the research separated.)
MORE QUESTIONS: Working toward a driving question.
- Create a new document in your Project Block folder. Name it : Firstname Lastname | Driving Question | Fall 2015
- Read the Driving Question page on the Humanities Website.
- In your document, generate clear lists of Open and Closed questions on a topic. (New document for each topic you are considering.)
CONTINUE INITIAL RESEARCH & DOCUMENT VALUABLE SOURCES in EASYBIB
10:30 - 11:05 a.m. Like yesterday, this will be time for students to leave classrooms with a purpose...and notebooks, Chromebooks, post-its, etc. to have to have brief conversations with advisors who have an interest or expertise related to the topic. On a whiteboard (or another place) each person should sign out - Stating their names & where they are going and who they intend to talk to.
(Note: Rod and some Mosaic teachers may not be available. Find them after school.) This could also be a time for collaborators to bounce ideas off of one another.
